Exam 9: Leading With Influence

Environmental situational factors include all of the following EXCEPT:

Identify your boss's most commonly used leadership style.Would you say this is the most appropriate leadership style based on the maturity level of the employees in your team or organization? Explain.

Leading is one of the four management functions.

State the differences among trait,behavioral,and situational leadership theorists.

__________ theorists attempt to determine distinctive styles used by effective leaders.

Write step 1 of the employee complaint-handling model, followed by what you would say to Chris during step 1 of the complaint-handling model. Do not write Chris's response and yours to Chris for any step. Write step 2 of the model, followed by what you would say to Chris during step 2. Write step 3 of the model, followed by what you would say to Chris during step 3. Write step 4 of the model, but do not write anything because the discussion would take place at a later meeting. Write step 5 of the model; again, do not write anything following the step. Be sure to clearly number and list each step of the model. -Using the employee complaint-handling model.You are a clergy person (manager)for a religious organization.You have four part-time employees who answer the door and phone and do odd jobs in-between for many of the hours every day.Employees are paid minimum wage.The minimum wage has increased.The increased cost is not in the budget,so you decided that you would cut back the number of hours employees work.You will actually save a little money this way.Chris has come to you and said,"Why do I get stuck losing more hours than the other three workers? I'm as good or better than any of the other workers,so why did I lose the most hours? It's not fair.This is not an equitable situation,so I'm complaining of unfair treatment."

The path-goal model is used to determine employee objectives and to clarify how to achieve them using one of four leadership styles.

Discuss the major similarity and difference between two-dimensional leadership styles and the Leadership Grid.

Ben,who has weak power,has poor relations with his employees who perform repetitive tasks of mass-producing baseballs.Which of the following leadership styles should Ben use?

What percentage of top leaders would you say are really charismatic,transformational,symbolic,and/or servant leaders? (Your answers can change for each of the four leadership behaviors.)

What are the two determinants of leadership and the four possible leadership styles according to The Ohio State University and University of Michigan studies?

The leader who makes a decision and sells it to employees to convince them that it's a good idea uses which style on the leadership continuum model?

According to the Situational Leadership model,if employee maturity is high,the leader uses a participating style.

Which situational approach to leadership do you prefer? Why?

Achievement-oriented leadership is appropriate when subordinates want to be involved,have an internal locus of control,and have high ability.

According to Ghiselli,the need for occupational achievement is the most significant trait for effective leadership.

Achievement-oriented leadership is appropriate when:

The leader who permits employees to make ongoing decisions within defined limits uses which style on the leadership continuum model?

Based on the Self-Assessment,is your behavior more Theory X or Y? How do you feel about your score? Will you make any changes?

The Ohio State University and University of Michigan two-dimensional leadership styles identified in the 1940s haven't changed much over the years,as they are still being taught and used today.However,the way we conduct business today is very different from the way it was conducted in the 1940s.Do you think it is time for a revolutionary approach to leadership styles? If so,please provide some suggestions/ideas.