Question $1(3$ points$)$

$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ leadership means treating employees with respect, showing consideration for employee feelings, and building relationships with employees.

Question $1$ options:

a$)$

People$-$centered

b$)$

Financially$-$centered

c$)$

Task$-$centered

Question $2(3$ points$)$

What are the limitations of the leadership trait approach?

Question $2$ options:

a$)$

It neglects to consider the environment under which the leadership worked.

b$)$

The leadership trait studies were only conducted on men.

c$)$

It doesn't consider the qualities of the leadership stages by age.

Question $3(3$ points$)$

One guide to choosing a leadership approach uses a series of questions. For example, $"$Is decision quality highly important?" or $"$Is the problem structured and easily analyzed?". With the answers, the leader can choose how authoritarian or how democratic to be$.$ This guide is

Question $3$ options:

a$)$

Fiedler's contingency theory.

b$)$

Vroom and Yetton's normative decision model.

c$)$

situational leadership theory.

Question $4(3$ points$)$

Martin Winterkorn, ex$-$CEO of Volkswagen, was known for his exacting standards and perfectionism. He set VW on a path to become the world's largest automobile manufacturer. In the culture he shaped, failure simply was not an option,

Question $4$ options:

a$)$

even if it meant competing with colleagues.

b$)$

even if it meant neglecting training and employee development.

c$)$

even if it meant taking illegal steps.

Question $5(3$ points$)$

Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Theory categorizes leadership behavior into four categories. These are

Question $5$ options:

a$)$

telling, counselling, participating, and delegating.

b$)$

compelling, selling, participating, and delegating.

c$)$

telling, selling, participating, and delegating.

Question $6(3$ points$)$

Leadership is about establishing a direction and influencing others to follow. Management is about

Question $6$ options:

a$)$

assigned titles and positions of authority in the established hierarchy.

b$)$

successfully administering the details involved in a business's operations.

c$)$

pursuing goals and challenging the status quo.

Question $7(3$ points$)$

$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ is committed to persuading followers to share a leader's vision and desired goals.

Question $7$ options:

a$)$

Transactional

b$)$

Contingency

c$)$

Transformational

Question $8(3$ points$)$

If companies hired and fired based on trait analysis, then

Question $8$ options:

a$)$

Richard Branson would not lead Virgin Group. He lacks confidence.

b$)$

Warren Buffet would not lead Berkshire Hathaway. He lacks integrity.

c$)$

Bill Gates would not have led Microsoft. He is an introvert.

Question $9(3$ points$)$

Transactional leadership is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ transformational leadership.

Question $9$ options:

a$)$

more common and familiar than

b$)$

less common and familiar than

c$)$

about equally as common as

Question $10(3$ points$)$

Volvo tried $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ in the $1960$s$,$ and quality skyrocketed, according to then$-$president Pehr Gyllenhammar $($who retired in the $1990$s$).$ This approach dramatically boosted quality $($and often raised productivity as well$)$ by pushing power down, replacing inspection with responsibility, and having people work in teams. Volvo found that production under teams stayed constant, largely due to systems constraints, but that the time and capital invested to make the switch was more than paid off in cost savings from reduced turnover and absenteeism$.$

Question $10$ options:

a$)$

job rotation

b$)$

job enrichment

c$)$

job enlargement