Exam 1: Introduction to Leadership

When a group situation embodies competing definitions of reality,no clear pattern of leadership evolves.

Which theory of leadership emphasized that leaders are "born" with a set of personal qualities that destined them to be great?

Briefly explain leadership in formalized settings.

The situation surrounding a leader-follower relationship is called _____.

According to Hollander and Julian,the main focus of the situational approach was the study of leaders in different settings,defined especially in terms of different group tasks and group structure.

According to Albert Murphy,leadership:

The role of a leader in a learning organization is that of a teacher,steward and _____.

The study of leadership started with the assumption that it was a phenomenon embedded in the follower,as opposed to within the leader.

Leadership situations may be conceived as those in which there exists an obligation or a perceived right on the part of certain individuals to define the reality of others.

A leader who "gets the work done" is said to be _____.

By adopting a(n) _____ approach,the leader,the led and the situation defined broadly,are seen as interdependent inputs variously engaged toward the production of desired outputs.

According to Manz and Sims,this type of leadership will represent the transformation from the "follow me" leader to the leader who engages in leading others to lead themselves and thus the attainment of self-leadership.

_____ can be defined as a source of tension in the group situation that may set the basis for change of an innovative or disintegrative kind.

According to Albert J.Murphy,the leader does not inject leadership but is the instrumental factor through which the situation is brought to a solution.

Which definition of leadership positions the leader as the hub,nucleus,or pivotal point for group activities?

Leadership is by nature dialectical,meaning that it is:

While leadership,self-confidence,ascendancy,and other traits and attitudes,carry over from one situation to another,it is not because the situations are identical to one another,rather these traits are fixed qualities in people.

An early element of confusion in the study of leadership was the failure to distinguish it as a process from the leader as a person who occupies a central role in that process.

Leadership,according to Smircich and Morgan,is a process of _____.

Leadership may actually work against the development of self-responsibility,self-initiative,and self-control,especially when leaders create situations in which individuals are crippled by purposelessness.