1. In leadership literature, more than ______ different definitions of leadership have been identified.
a. 5
b. 50
c. 100
d. 1,000
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
2. A leadership approach is ______.
a. a general way of thinking about a phenomenon
b. based in empirical research
c. never changing
d. based in empirical research and never changing
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
3. So-called “Great Man” theories belong to which of the following leadership approaches?
a. Behavior
b. Relational
c. Situational
d. Trait
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
4. Which of the following theorist’s work is included in the behavioral approach?
a. Blake and Moulton
b. Hersey and Blanchard
c. Northouse
d. Reddin
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behavior Theories
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
5. A business manager needs their subordinates to problem solve in an uncertain and changing environment. That manager might consider which emerging leadership approach?
a. Spiritual leadership
b. Servant leadership
c. Authentic leadership
d. Adaptive leadership
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
6. A trait can be defined as ______.
a. the capacity to lead
b. a distinguishing quality of an individual
c. a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively
d. what leaders do when they are in a leadership role
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
7. When leadership is viewed as non-linear and highly collaborative, the ______ between leader and follower(s) becomes paramount.
a. hierarchy
b. dynamic
c. skill
d. relationship
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
8. A manager who encourages subordinates to take time off from work to recuperate from stressful projects might be utilizing leadership as a ______.
a. relationship
b. behavior
c. skill
d. task
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
9. Influence is central to the process of leadership because leaders affect ______.
a. outcomes
b. goals
c. followers
d. vision
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
10. The GLOBE study sought to increase our understanding of the impact ______ has on leadership effectiveness.
a. culture
b. globalization
c. democratization
d. nationalism
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.2: Discuss the findings of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness studies.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Global Leadership Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Diverse and multicultural environments
11. What is a key outcome of toxic leadership according to Lipman-Blumen?
a. Followers are unhappy
b. Followers are stressed
c. Followers are worse off than before the leader emerged
d. Followers are empowered to speak
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.3: Identify examples of destructive leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Dark Side of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Social responsibility
12. Your personal approach to leadership is strongly influenced by your ______.
a. definition and beliefs about leadership
b. leader
c. follower’s competence
d. culture
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
13. A social entrepreneur who successfully creates new business ventures over the span of their entire career might be judged to have the ______ to lead.
a. knowledge
b. ability
c. thoughtfulness
d. disposition
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Ability”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
14. A leader should behave genuinely with their followers and align their behaviors with their values. This is a description of which emerging leadership approach?
a. Adaptive
b. Spiritual
c. Authentic
d. Servant
Ans: Authentic
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
15. Observable aspects of leadership are known as ______.
a. skills
b. traits
c. abilities
d. behaviors
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
16. Research on leadership behaviors has identified two general behaviors ______.
a. task and process
b. skill acquisition and process
c. task and charisma
d. work ethic and charisma
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
17. Leadership is a(n) ______ whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
a. skill
b. trait
c. approach
d. process
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
18. A leader who acknowledges followers’ good work and seeks to motivate them to enhance performance is likely using ______.
a. path-goal theory
b. contingency theory
c. leader-member exchange theory
d. transformational leadership theory
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Situational Theories
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
19. A leader who begins each team meeting with a teambuilding activity and has quarterly retreats is focusing on ______.
a. task behaviors
b. process behaviors
c. leader-member exchange
d. skill acquisition
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
20. A manager who adheres strictly to their meeting agenda might be focusing on which type of behavior?
a. Process
b. Team building
c. Task
d. Relationship
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
21. Mutuality in leadership is stressed in which approach?
a. Relationship
b. Skill
c. Behavior
d. Ability
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
22. Which leadership approach focuses on followers’ needs in order to help followers become more autonomous and knowledgeable?
a. Spiritual leadership
b. Authentic leadership
c. Transformational leadership
d. Servant leadership
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
23. Leadership is about ______ and management is about ______.
a. people; process
b. power; control
c. seeking constructive change; establishing order
d. influence; delegation
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
24. One who develops their skills through practice probably views leadership as a(n) ______.
a. ability
b. trait
c. behavior
d. relationship
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Ability”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
25. This leadership theory describes leadership as a process that changes people and organizations.
a. Leader-member exchange theory
b. Path-goal theory
c. Transformational leadership
d. Contingency theory
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “New Leadership” Approach
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
26. Mohandas Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Moses, and Joan of Arc were considered very effective leaders. Which leadership approach describes them best?
a. Situational approach
b. Behavior approach
c. Relational approach
d. Trait approach
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
27. Authority and influence are shared when leadership is a ______.
a. trait
b. relationship
c. skill
d. behavior
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
28. If you are capable of learning from experience, you can acquire leadership. This statement is a characteristic of leadership as a(n) ______.
a. relationship
b. skill
c. trait
d. ability
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Skill”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
29. Leaders ______ and ______ followers when leadership is conceptualized as a relationship.
a. criticize; are criticized by
b. change; intimidate
c. accept limitations; ignore
d. affect; are affected by
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
30. Contingency theory focuses on the match between the leader’s style and ______.
a. followers’ needs
b. specific situational variables
c. specific follower preferences
d. leader’s skills
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Situational Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
31. A leader seeking more positive outcomes should seek to improve high-quality relations is a prediction of what theory?
a. Leader–member exchange
b. Contingency theory
c. Path–goal theory
d. Spiritual approach
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Relational Theories
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
32. The “Big Five” personality factors and emotional intelligence have been researched as a part of which leadership approach?
a. Situational
b. Behavior
c. Relational
d. Trait
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
33. A leader who changes their style to fit different situations contexts is using which approach to leadership?
a. Relational
b. Behavior
c. Situational
d. New leader
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Situational Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
34. Which of the following focuses on helping people feel comfortable in a group?
a. Task behaviors
b. Process behaviors
c. Passive behaviors
d. Introspective behaviors
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
35. Differences in preferred leadership styles and political viewpoints around the world are the result of what?
a. Authority
b. Culture
c. Democracy
d. None of these
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.2: Discuss the findings of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness studies.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global Leadership Attributes
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Diverse and multicultural work environments
36. Viewed as a skill, leadership can be ______.
a. seen as an inborn quality
b. studied and learned
c. understood as a means to keep people in line
d. all of these
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Skill”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
37. Stressing mutuality lessens the possibility that leaders might act toward followers in ways that are ______.
a. outside the norms
b. difficult to comprehend
c. beneficial to everyone
d. forced and unethical
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
38. The relational approach has a(n) ______ overtone because it stresses the need for leaders to work with followers to achieve their mutual purposes.
a. ethical
b. adversarial
c. tactful
d. authoritarian
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
39. Demand for effective leadership exists at ______.
a. local, community, and national levels
b. personal and interpersonal levels
c. international levels
d. business and non-profit levels
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.3: Identify examples of destructive leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Dark Side of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: diverse and multicultural work environments
40. Effective leadership is ______.
a. intended influence that creates change for the greater good
b. focused on the leader
c. leaving the followers worse off
d. making sure people know that the leader is the authority
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.3: Identify examples of destructive leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Dark Side of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
41. Leadership as a(n) ______ places a great deal of emphasis on the leader and on the leader’s special gifts.
a. relationship
b. ability
c. trait
d. skill
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
42. At what time did scholarly inquiry into leadership become prolific?
a. Ancient times
b. Medieval era
c. Renaissance
d. 20th century
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
43. A leader who utilizes a follower’s belief and sense of calling is using which emerging leadership approach?
a. Adaptive
b. Authentic
c. Spiritual
d. Servant leadership
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
44. Leadership approaches experience periods of increased and decreased interest. What happens when an approach’s period of popularity decreaseds?
a. The theory is disused and relegated to textbooks.
b. The theory continues to influence further study and development of new approaches.
c. Researchers ignore the theory.
d. The theory is disused and relegated to textbooks and researchers ignore the theory.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
45. The thought that “leaders are born, not made” characterizes leadership as ______.
a. a trait
b. a skill
c. a relationship
d. a behavior
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
46. A leader is brought in to run an effective visioning retreat because they have experience running many successful visioning retreats in their past. This organization is utilizing what approach to leadership in this example?
a. Leadership is a relationship.
b. Leadership is a skill.
c. Leadership is a behavior.
d. Leadership is a trait.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Skill”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
47. When leadership is viewed as an influence process leaders direct their energies towards ______.
a. influencing individuals to achieve something together
b. making all followers feel comfortable in the group
c. teaching individuals skills necessary to succeed
d. correcting followers’ ineffective behaviors
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
48. Which of the following is NOT listed as a positive leader attribute by the GLOBE study?
a. trustworthy
b. motivator
c. asocial
d. informed
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.2: Discuss the findings of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness studies.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Table 1.1: Universal Leadership Attributes
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
49. A leader who inspires followers to be unethical, untrustworthy, and deceptive can be described as ______.
a. relational
b. susceptible
c. constructive
d. toxic
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.3: Identify examples of destructive leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Dark Side of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork | Group and individual behaviors
50. Authority of position and authority of leadership were conceptualized by which theorist?
a. Susan Komives
b. Chester Barnard
c. Frederick Taylor
d. House
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership vs. Management”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
51. The 7 C’s of Change Model most closely aligns with which concept of leadership?
a. Leadership is a trait
b. Leadership is a skill
c. Leadership is an influence process
d. Leadership is a relationship
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
True/False
1. A leadership approach can provide a predictive framework in analyzing the phenomenon of leadership.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
2. A leadership theory is NOT necessarily based on empirical research.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: knowledge
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
3. Servant leadership, spiritual leadership, and LMX theory all belong to the relational approach to leadership.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
4. In viewing leadership as a trait, it is important that leaders have the required traits demanded by a particular situation.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
5. Viewing leadership as an influence process gives leadership an inherent ethical dimension according to the text.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Social responsibility
6. In every situation, there are leadership demands placed on the individual who is the leader.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
7. A challenge for leaders using the behavior approach is combining task and process behaviors.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
8. When leadership is viewed as a relationship authority is often top down.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship’
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
9. Leadership as a skill means it is available only to the few with great ability.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Skill”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
10. A leader who views leadership as a relationship can be influenced by their followers.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
11. Both leadership and management involve influence and goal accomplishment.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
Essay
1. Explain the differences between leadership approaches and theories.
Ans: An approach is a general way of thinking about a phenomenon, not necessarily based on empirical research. Theories usually include a set of hypotheses, principles, or laws that explain a given phenomenon. Theories are more refined and can provide a predictive framework in analyzing the phenomenon.
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
2. Differentiate among Leadership as a trait, ability, skill, and behavior and highlight examples of each from your personal experience.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
3. Compare and contrast the concepts of leadership is a relationship and leadership is an influence process.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship” | “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
4. Discuss three emerging leadership approaches; which do you most closely identify with?
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
5. Approaches to leadership experience periods of increasing and decreasing interest. Discuss three approaches you feel are most interesting in our current global context.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.2: Discuss the findings of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness studies.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Application | Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Written and oral communication
6. Differentiate between leadership and management and provide examples for when each are necessary.
Ans: Leadership is about seeking constructive change, and management is about establishing order. For example, it is often said that “managers are people who do things right, and leaders are people who do the right thing.”
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Answer Location: “Leadership is an Influence Process”
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
7. Choose three of the global positive leader attributes identified by House and discuss why they are universal and not culturally specific.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.2: Discuss the findings of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness studies.
Cognitive Domain: Application | Analysis
Answer Location: Global Leadership Attributes
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Diverse and multicultural work environments
8. Based on the behavior approach, describe the two types of leader behaviors and give an example of a situation in which each behavior is used appropriately.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Behavior”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Written and oral communication
9. Explain how one could apply the 7 C’s of Change Model to accomplish a positive change in a community or campus problem you are aware of.
Ans: Varies
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Social responsibility
10. Explain how a team marketing project may still be considered an outcome of leadership.
Ans: There may be a designated team leader, but all the idea generation, planning, problem solving, and decision-making might be made jointly. Leadership happens through a mutual influence process, involving both leaders and followers. More than one person can take on a leadership role at a given time.
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Relationship”
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Systems and processes in organizations
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