Exam 4: Decision Making and Empowerment by Leaders

When a decision is made by a participative process considered legitimate by most members, then the group is likely to accept the decision and encourage any reluctant members to help implement the decision.

Are routine decisions different? Why or why not?

A guideline for what to delegate is to delegate only pleasant tasks.

Involving other people in making a decision is likely to increase the quality of a decision when participants have information and knowledge lacked by the leader and are willing to cooperate in finding a good solution to a decision problem.

The potential benefits of participating in the decision-making process ________.

Which of the following is NOT a type of empowerment program?

Decision processes are often characterized more by rationality than by confusion and emotionality.

A manager should NOT delegate tasks that are ________.

Participative leadership should be used even if the manager has the necessary knowledge and is confident that the subordinates will accept the decision.

Routine decisions ________.

Which of the following is NOT likely to cause the decision process to drag on for weeks or months?

Which is the following is a guideline for encouraging participation by subordinates in a meeting to discuss a proposed change by a manager?

Are the potential benefits of participation the same for all participants? Why or why not?

With ________, the manager asks other people for their opinions and ideas and then makes the decision alone after seriously considering their suggestions and concerns.

Which is NOT a guideline for effective delegation?

The decision procedure that provides a subordinate the most influence is ________.

In the Vroom-Yetton model of decision participation, the rules for identifying appropriate decision procedures are designed to protect the ________.

Although usually classified as primarily a ________-oriented behavior, participative leadership also has implications for ________.

Which is an example of the broader conception of empowering leadership?

According to the normative decision model, when decision acceptance is important and subordinates are likely to disagree among themselves about the best solution to an important problem, which decision procedures are NOT appropriate?