Exam 5: Task-Oriented Leadership Behaviors

When leaders are making decisions and have reached the step of choosing the best alternative, narrow participation is more fitting when the goals of employees diverge substantially from those of the organization.

How does the case insert on Barings Bank illustrate the importance of monitoring and assessment?

The two major elements of delegation are:

The "fishbone" technique is also called:

When the leader monitors and assesses work, both quantitative and qualitative factors should be used.

Standardization is one of the common strategies for problem-solving. The most important element of standardization is to:

In managing technical innovation and creativity, it is more important for leaders to recognize and support others' ideas than to be the source of ideas themselves.

In analyzing difficult problems, it has been shown in research that managers should rely on their intuitive or gut impressions because other methods take unnecessary time from devising an action plan.

Select a work area in an organization to identify the quantitative and qualitative aspects that a leader would use to monitor and assess the task performance.

Which of the following is not associated with the characteristics of learning organizations:

When a leader delegates and maintains awareness of responsibilities, this is sloppy leadership and thus is correctly called "micromanaging."

Each behavior domain discussed in this chapter is well established in the research, and usually there is a parallel concept in the task domain. One example is the formulation and planning function that enables leaders to decide what to do. What is its parallel in the task domain?

Identifying the root of a problem is such an important step in problem-solving that the tool called Root Base is presented in the text as an essential leadership tool.

Task-oriented competencies include factors such as problem-solving, managing innovation, and clarifying roles.

To carry out the behavior of delegating, it is recommended that, among other things, the leader gives emphasis to managing information flow strategically and determining the best way to relay information.