Exam 17: Skills for Optimizing Leadership As Situations Change

Conflict resolution will become a less essential skill as management practices shift away from authoritarian directives and toward cooperative approaches.

What is the main purpose of using the model of performance?

A leadership vision consists of six related components.

One of Fisher and Ury's main tips on successful negotiation is to focus on positions,not on interests.

A strictly hands-off managerial stance tends to improve a team's effectiveness,particularly when members are inexperienced in teamwork because team members are forced to work collaboratively.

Which equation represents the model of performance?

Research suggests that groups with appropriate structures tend to develop healthy internal processes,whereas groups with insufficient or inappropriate structures tend to have process problems.

According to Keller and Szilagyi,which of the following is most likely true of the use of properly administered punishment?

Leaders should focus primarily on developing edge before defining their team's core values.

Winning a negotiation at your counterpart's expense will usually result in a long-term gain.

Researchers have found that conflict can most likely cause a radical change in

Making a sports team run several laps around an athletic field would potentially be an example of punishment.

Which of the following would least likely cause a conflict in a work group?

In the context of diagnosing performance problems,which of the following statements is most likely true of the expectations component of the performance model?

In the context of team building,managers should be unapologetic and insistent about exercising their authority over direction and over outer-limit constraints on team behavior.

Increased effort and stimulated critical thinking are potential benefits of conflict.

In order to resolve a conflict,one party entirely gives in to the other party's concerns without making any effort to achieve its own ends.In the context of the five general approaches to conflict resolution as described by Thomas,which of the following resolution approaches does this refer to?

What should a leader do if the model of performance reveals that expectations for compliance are causing performance problems?

Which of the following is not a component of a leadership vision?

Which of the following is a team trip wire presented by Hackman?