Exam 8: Participative Management and Leading Teams

Which of the following cultural values can affect employee participation in decision making?

In order to build employee autonomy,once they delegate a task,leaders should leave their followers alone until the task is completed.

Participation may be undesirable in all of the following situations except when;

The primary role of team leaders is to set goals and make decisions regarding how to implement them.

Royal Philips Electronics has made cross-boundary teams part of its revival strategy.

Gerard Kleisterlee,former CEO of Royal Philips,gathered people who wanted to make a contribution to the organization,regardless of rank.What process best describes this example?

In order for participation to be successfully implemented,it is important that followers be committed to its implementation.However,leadership commitment is less essential.

Genencor International managers believe that employee participation programs often cost too much.

Teams go beyond accomplishing goals to achieving synergy.

Team-based Japanese style management is successfully implemented in the U.S.

Delegation and participation are the same concept.

Chantelle has been supervising employees for three years.She is feeling that she cannot continue all of the responsibilities required of her.Chantelle's rationale for not delegating more responsibilities is because she does not want 'her own manager to think she is not working hard.' Which argument is the strongest rationale to justify that she should indeed delegate more responsibility?

An underlying factor that may prevent managers from delegating is the personality traits of their followers.

Instead of team-based management,Australian researchers have proposed the concept of ____________ to involve individuals in teams in Western cultures.

Team members often perform because of their exceptional commitment to their leader.

Using a sports team model in management,all of the following are key elements of creating effective work teams except?

In self-guided correction,team members monitor and correct their own behavior.

Self-leadership is the process of influencing oneself.

All of the following are roles for leaders in a team environment except?

_________ are more likely to find it difficult to delegate tasks to their followers.