Exam 9: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership

Personalized charismatic leaders use rewards and punishment to manipulate and control followers.

When Ms. McKenzi first became Vice President of the Plastics division, the organizational structure was very centralized and bureaucratic. She decentralized the organization by giving more decision-making latitude to the various departments and providing adequate resources for getting the job done. She has just received a strategic business unit analysis indicating that last month her division had the highest level of productivity in the organization. Ms. McKenzi's actions at the Plastics division represent what characteristic of charismatic leadership? a. Visiot b. superb commurication skills c. self-confidence andmoral conviction d. ability to inspire trust e. high isk orientation f. ligh energy and action orientation g. relational power base h. minimum internal conflict i.ability to empower others j.self-promotingpersonality

The transformational leadership process revolves around the leader-member exchange (LMX).

Describe four key behaviors characteristic of transformational leaders.

Charisma is:

Since charismatic leaders arise out of stressful conditions, they are perceived as having a less positive personality.

Stewardship is realized when authority and decision making are centralized.

Max Weber believed that charismatic leadership is born out of stressful situations.

The debate concerning the locus of charismatic leadership states that charisma could be the result of all of the following EXCEPT:

While there are multiple viewpoints, most theorists view a leader's charisma as a function of followers' perceptions of leader attributes influenced by leader characteristics and behavior, but not by the context.

Charismatic people are direct rather than indirect in their approach, so that there is no ambiguity about their position on issues.

Discuss the effects of charismatic leadership on followers.

Transformational leaders are viewed as visionaries while transactional leaders are viewed as task and reward oriented.

Distinguish between charismatic and transformational leadership.

Leadership that empowers followers to make decisions and have control over their jobs is called: A) servant leadership. B) followership. C) stewardship. D) none of the answers are correct

Launching a new product is a big risk because most new products fail to make it in the marketplace. Managers are generally inclined to take the risk only if there is a 95 percent or better chance of success. However, your manager has just decided to market a new product with only a 75 percent chance of being successful. This behavior is characteristic of which of the following? a. transfonmational leadersinip b. tratsactional leadership

What is stewardship?

Explain the basis of stewardship and servant leadership.

The socialized charismatic leader is one who possesses an egalitarian, self-transcendent, and empowering personality.

Jeff often facilitates team discussions and solicits ideas from his followers. After lengthy discussions, Jeff considers everyone's ideas and works with the group to form new ways of thinking about the problem at hand. He is often the one to bring out the best in everyone and to help people see the connections between ideas as they find a solution. Jeff is displaying what type of behavior? a. charismatic behavior b. noncharismatic behavion