Exam 11: Adaptive Leadership

Which theory focuses predominantly on how the leader's activities relate to the followers and the context in which followers find themselves?

The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to changing environments is

Failures in leadership often occur because leaders fail to diagnose challenges correctly.

We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff.This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?

The prescriptive nature of the adaptive leadership approach is found in the

Workplace problems that lack clarity and cannot be solved by leader expertise or normal organizational structures are

What is the first step the leader takes when faced with a challenging situation?

Which of the following are the major components of the adaptive leadership model?

I am a leader of employees in an auto manufacturing company that just merged with another company after a difficult buyout process. Employees will keep their jobs but will have to learn new systems and work with new people and supervisors,which makes them nervous and anxious about their work. This is an example of

The three main types of situational challenges in adaptive leadership are

Complexity Leadership Theory when used in organizations focuses on

Which of the following is not a criticism of adaptive leadership?

Collectively,what is the impact of leaders using adaptive behaviors appropriately for adaptive challenges?

Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?

When the challenge requires that people learn new ways of coping,leaders need to take an adaptive approach.

The systems perspective in adaptive leadership is used when a leader diagnoses follower problems and prescribes possible solutions for them.

Adaptive leadership incorporates ideas from four different viewpoints: systems perspective,biological perspective,service orientation,and psychotherapy perspective. Choose one of these perspectives and relate it to the main concepts in one theory found in this text.

In which adaptive leadership viewpoint do leaders provide a supportive environment for followers in which they help followers resolve internal conflicts and distinguish between reality and fantasy?

People like leaders to provide some direction and structure to their work but also want to solve problems without too much directive leadership. Leaders should use which adaptive behavior with these people?