Question : MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.              According to John Kotter, leadership (in contrast to : 1264965

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.              According to John Kotter, leadership (in contrast to management) entails:

a.planning and budgeting

b.organizing and staffing

c.problem solving

d.setting a direction for the organization

2.              Kotter suggests that leadership and management:

a.consist of very similar activities

b.involve the alignment of people to the overall direction of the organization through communication

c.involve the management of major change efforts within the organization

d.are two distinct, yet complementary systems of action in organizations

3.              According to Zaleznik’s thinking on leaders as distinct personalities, leaders and managers differ along four different dimensions of personality. Which of the following is NOT one of those dimensions?

a.attitudes toward goals

b.relationships with others

c.sense of self

d.internal versus external orientation

4.              Trait theories of leadership attempt to:

a.fit traits to various situations

b.emphasize the situation in classifying approaches to leadership

c.suggest leaders are born and not made

d.focus on leaders physical attributes, personality, and abilities

5.              Which of the following is NOT one of the leadership theory categorization factors?

a.traits

b.attitudes

c.behavior

d.contingency

6.              Trait leader theories focus on all the following except:

a.intelligence

b.personality characteristics

c.physical attributes

d.situational characteristics

7.              Which of the following statements best reflects the support for trait theories to identify universal distinguishing attributes of leaders?

a.Trait studies have identified physical attributes as being more important to leadership than personality or leader abilities such as intelligence.

b.When looking at physical attributes, height has been the indicator of a leader attribute with universal generalizability.

c.Findings on traits as a basis for explaining leader effectiveness are neither strong nor uniform.

d.Trait theory studies have tended to conclude that there are strong implications for training and development rather than selection.

8.              A major difference between trait and behavioral theories of leadership is:

a.trait theories, unlike behavioral theories emphasize the leader as opposed to the situation

b.trait theories help organizations train and develop leaders rather than select them

c.trait theories emphasize personality & ability attributes versus actions and abilities

d.trait theories emphasize personality & ability attributes versus the characteristics of the followers themselves

9.              When considering the type of leadership style exhibited according to the behavioral theories, which of the following is most accurate?

a.The specific situation is important because the leader’s style varies with each situation.

b.The emotional atmosphere of the work environment has not been associated with a particular leadership style.

c.Situational characteristics are not important because the leader’s style does not vary over different situations.

d.Laissez-faire leadership is similar to the employee-centered or subordinate-centered approach to leadership.

10.              When comparing autocratic leadership style to democratic leadership style, democratic leaders:

a.are more directive and less likely to allow follower initiative

b.force compliance to rules and procedures

c.do not closely supervise and allow employee initiative and decision making

d.require more structure in the work environment