Chapter 17: LeadershipRevision exercises….Kamal AL MASRI

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True or false questions (1/5) ( ) A leader is someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority.

() Research of Trait Theories focused on identifying personal characteristics that differentiated leaders from non-leaders was successful.

( ) Behavioral Theories focused on identifying personal characteristics of leaders.

( ) Kurt Lewin identified three leadership styles: autocratic, democratic, and “Laissez faire” style.

( ) Research findings of the University of Iowa Studies indicate that no specific style was consistently better for producing better performance.

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True or false questions (2/5) ( ) University of Michigan Studies Identified two dimensions

of leader behavior: Employee oriented and production oriented.

( ) One of the leadership dimensions identified by the Ohio State Studies was the leader’s mutual trust and respect for group members’ ideas and feelings.

( ) The Fiedler Model is one of the Contingency Theories of Leadership.

( ) The Fiedler Model belongs to the Trait Theories of Leadership.

() The Path-Goal Model States that the leader’s job is to assist his followers in attaining their goals and to provide direction or support to ensure that their goals are compatible with those of the organization.

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True or false questions (3/5) ( ) According to the Fiedler Model, we need to

match leaders to the situation but not to change their style.

( ) Transactional leaders guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements.

( ) Transformational leaders inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization by clarifying role and task requirements.

( ) Transformational and transactional theories represent Contemporary Views of leadership.

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True or false questions (4/5) ( ) Leadership may not always be important. ( ) Experience, training, professional orientation, or the need for independence are factors that can reduce importance of leadership.

( ) Training is more likely to be successful with individuals who are high self-monitors than those who are low self-monitors.

( ) Individuals with lower levels of motivation to lead are more receptive to leadership development opportunities.

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True or false questions (5/5) ( ) According to University of Michigan Studies, Leaders

who are employee oriented are strongly associated with high group productivity and high job satisfaction.

( ) Individuals with higher levels of motivation to lead are more receptive to leadership development opportunities.

( ) Experience, training, professional orientation, or the need for independence can replace the employee’s need for a leader’s support or ability to create structure and reduce task ambiguity.

( ) According to research women tend to use transformational leadership while men tend to use transactional leadership.

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Directive leaderSupportive leaderParticipative leaderAchievement oriented leaderAll of the above.

According to the “Path-Goal Model” leaders assume different leadership styles at different times :

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Have a visionAre able to articulate the visionDon’t want to take risks to achieve the vision

Are sensitive to the environment and follower needs

Have extraordinary behaviors

The following are characteristics of charismatic leaders except:

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High concern for productionLow concern for peopleHigh concern for people and low concern for productionNone of the above.

According to the Managerial Grid “Task management” refers to:

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High concern for productionLow concern for peopleHigh concern for both people and productionAll of the above.

According to the Managerial Grid “Team management” means:

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Transactional LeadershipTransformational LeadershipHersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory (SLT)All of the above

Is/are considered as contingency Theory/s of Leadership:

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Discuss what is a “leader”.Are all managers leaders? Discuss this idea.

Discuss the importance of leaders and leadership theories.

List three of the issues affecting leadership in the twenty-first century.

Explain what do we mean by “empowering employees”.

Short questions: