MGMT312 ONLINE QUIZ 4
MGMT312 I002 Win 16: Tests & Quizzes
Problem-solving, social judgment, and knowledge are competencies typical of which approach?
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The trait approach focuses on the followers of the leader and their ability to identify and relate to the leader's traits.
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Emotional intelligence is another measurement of intelligence quotient (IQ).
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The traits that are central to the list of important leadership traits include:
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Blake and his colleagues identified two other styles of leadership that incorporate multiple aspects of the Leadership Grid. What style refers to a leader who uses any combination of the basic five styles for the purpose of personal advancement?
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Leaders influence a group of individuals to achieve a common goal while managers are more focused on planning, staffing and solving issues.
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Power is the capacity or potential to influence people. The five bases of power include:
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Based on the situational approach, leaders must determine where their employees fall on the developmental scale so they can adapt their leadership style to that developmental level.
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Leadership has some similar traits to management.
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According to Situational Leadership, D3 subordinates may be highly skilled but also lack commitment.
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In SLII, Style 2 is low directive and low supportive.
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The situational approach contends that leadership involves both directive and supportive behaviors.
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The situational approach requires leaders to demonstrate a strong degree of control.
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It is accurate to say that SLII is primarily
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The skills approach is not descriptive.
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Human skills are important at all levels.
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Although the skills approach provides a structure that is consistent with many leadership programs, it has not been widely used in leadership training and development.
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Motivation and personality fall within the competencies component of Mumford's skills model.
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In the Leadership Grid, the 9,9 type of leader prefers the middle ground, sott-pedals disagreement, and swallows convictions in the interest of progress.
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"She is a natural leader" is a phrase commonly expressed by people who take a process perspective toward leadership.
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For leaders operating at lower levels of management, which skills are most important?
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Once criticism of the trait approach is that it is not a useful approach for training and development for leadership.
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The researcher who challenged the trait approach was Stogdill. He suggested that no consistent set of traits differentiated leaders from non-leaders across a variety of situations. An individual with leadership traits in one situation might not be a leader in another situation.
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The primary functions of management, as first identified by Fayol (1916) were to influence decisions and create policy.
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Groups are the context in which leadership takes place.
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According to Situational Leadership, the coaching approach to leadership is coded as S2 in the leadership grid.. This style is highly directive.
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In supportive leadership, the follower often needs the leader to provide control and clarity.
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Participative leaders appreciate the opinions of followers and listens to them before making the final decision.
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In the three-skill approach to leadership, effective leadership depends on three basic personal skills:
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A ___________ leader talks to subordinates to understand their opinions and considers those opinions when he or she makes the final decision.
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