Exam 3: Skills Approach

Career experience is a strong influence on a leader's competencies.

Individual leader attributes can affect the leaders skills, but it is the _____ themselves that are most important in addressing organizational problems.

Social judgment is an individual attribute in the skills model.

Environmental influences directly contribute to which of the other components of Mumford et. al's skills model?

The problem-solving component of the skills model

Leadership skills research attempts to

By including such a large number of components, the skills approach and its models are criticized for

Which of the following is not a competency in the skills model?

The knowledge competency in the skills model is most similar to

The skills approach is primarily

Defend or refute: Although personal attributes are important, it is the leader's skills that are most important in addressing organizational problems.

Motivation and personality fall within the competencies component of Mumford's skills model.

Which part of the skills model supports people as they apply their leadership competencies?

The skills approach suggests that many individuals have the potential for leadership.

There are two main models in the skills approach, Katz's Three Skills Model and Mumford et al.'s Skills Model. Compare these two models by describing two similarities and two differences between these models.

Skill in persuasion and communicating change describes which social judgment competency?

Developed a capability model that includes individual attributes, competencies, and leadership outcomes.

You recently received a promotion to a higher level of management within your organization. This is your third promotion with your department. What best represents this type Of promotion and its outcomes?

The skills approach takes a _____________ on leadership, like the trait approach.

Which of the following is not an example of an internal environmental influence that can affect leadership outcomes?