A+ Answers of the following Questions

1. Question : Self-leadership activities are often divided into these three broad categories:
behavior focused, natural reward and constructive thought pattern strategies.
cognitive, behavior and emotional strategies.
focus, ambiguous and unfocused strategies.
bottom-up, top-down and middle strategies.
group, individual and team strategies.

2. Question : Which of the following is NOT one of the four styles of leadership identified by Hersey and Blanchard?
delegating.
participating.
Selling.
telling.
motivating.

3. Question : When Linda, a manager in a department store, tells someone to do something and refers to the fact that she is the boss and therefore the other person must do as asked, she is trying to use which type of power to influence the other person’s behavior.
personal power.
reward power.
legitimate power.
coercive power.
process power.

1. Question : Which of the following statements about stakeholders is false?
customers, owners, employees, suppliers, regulators, and local communities are the key stakeholders of most business organizations.
the interests of multiple stakeholders sometimes conflict.
executive leadership must often find the right balance among multiple stakeholder expectations.
owners and suppliers are the primary stakeholders of most business organizations.
stakeholders are the people, groups and institutions that are affected by and thus have a “stake” in an organization’s performance.

2. Question : According to the social traits literature, __________ individuals are oriented toward conformity and try to accommodate themselves to other people.
cognitive-type.
sensation-type.
intuitive-type.
feeling-type.
thinking-type.

3. Question : __________, a Dutch scholar and consultant, refers to culture as the “software of the mind.”
Edward T. Hall
Geert Hofstede
Fons Trompenaars
David McClelland
Thomas Donaldson

1. Question : Which of the following statements about perception is NOT accurate?
although important, perceptions have only a minor impact on the way people respond to various situations.
through perception, people process information inputs into responses involving feelings.
perception is a way of forming impressions about oneself, other people, and daily life experiences.
perceptions serve as a screen or filter through which information passes before it has an effect on people.
through perception, people process information inputs into responses involving action.

2. Question : Henry Mintzberg identified a set of roles that managers perform. These roles are grouped into which of the following three categories?
interpersonal, strategic, and decisional.
strategic, informational, and political.
interpersonal, informational, and decisional.
supervisory, authoritarian, and decisional.
supervisory, informational, and strategic.

3. Question : Peoples’ ___________ develop as a product of the learning and experience they encounter in the cultural setting in which they live.
wants
needs
perceptions
cognitions
values

1. Question : When a manager monitors the progress of an affirmative action program to advance minorities within the corporation, reviews progress on changes in employee attitudes, calls a special meeting to discuss problems, and makes appropriate adjustments in the program, the manager is performing the function of __________.
planning.
organizing.
leading.
controlling.
delegating.

2. Question : Perceptual information is gained through __________.
sight only.
hearing only.
sight and hearing but not touch, taste, and smell.
touch, taste, and smell but not sight and hearing.
sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

3. Question : __________ occurs when individuals express positive feelings upon encountering others who exhibit values similar to their own.
personal consistency.
desirability conformity.
personal usefulness.
 value performance.
value congruence.

1. Question : According to the research conducted on the nature of managerial work, which of the following is false?
managers work at fragmented and varied tasks.
managers work at an intense pace.
managers work long hours.
managers spend much time working alone.
managers work with many communication media.

2. Question : Peoples’ ___________ develop as a product of the learning and experience they encounter in the cultural setting in which they live.
wants
needs
perceptions
cognitions
values

3. Question : According to the social traits literature, __________ individuals are oriented toward conformity and try to accommodate themselves to other people.
cognitive-type.
sensation-type.
intuitive-type.
feeling-type.
thinking-type.