Exam 18: Managers As Leaders

The Proactive Supervisor (Scenario) Roberta is a department store supervisor and wants to be a good leader to her subordinates.Recently,she met with the employees to let them know what she expected of them and the schedules they had for the products to be shipped.Roberta really enjoys the time that she sometimes gets to spend with the employees so they can see that she is friendly and has concern for them.She also likes to consult with the employees for suggestions prior to making a decision.Before a new financial year starts,Roberta always meets with the employees to establish challenging goals and expectations,encouraging them to perform at their highest level. -When Roberta spends time with the employees so they can see that she is friendly and has concern for them,she displays which of the following leadership styles?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about transformational leaders?

Marsha Lewis is the manager at a bank,with 30 employees reporting to her.Many of her staff are extremely impressed with the way she handles her work and the people at the bank.They take pride in being associated with her team.She is not only fair and understanding,but ensures that the deserving employees are compensated well.Which two sources of power does Marsha use in this example?

Which of the following describes the leadership style in which a leader tends to centralize authority,dictate work methods,make unilateral decisions,and limit employee participation?

According to Robert House's path-goal theory,a supportive leader lets subordinates know what's expected of them,schedules the work to be done,and gives specific guidance on how to accomplish tasks.

Crazy Powermakers,Inc.(Scenario) Crazy Powermakers,Inc.,was a unique company in that its philosophy was to prevent any one person from having too much power in the organization.Therefore,any power found to exist in the company was distributed to someone who did not have any power yet.As a result,Tamera was the person employees went to when disciplinary action had to be taken; Kayse was the supervisor that the employees went to for general decisions that needed to be made; Clay was the person employees went to when they were to receive special recognition; and Juan was the person employees went to when knowledge of a topic was needed. -Juan held ________ power.

According to the path-goal theory,a manager who consults with subordinates and uses their suggestions exhibits what type of leadership behavior?

The University of Iowa studies discussed all of the following leadership styles except ________.

Who developed the path-goal theory?

This managerial grid used the behavioral dimensions "concern for people" and ________ and evaluated a leader's use of these behaviors,ranking them on a scale from 1 (low)to 9 (high).

Rachel Keller's colleagues and subordinates have a very high regard for her.They know that no one can get high-quality work done the way Rachel can.She inspires her team to excel in their work,even exceeding their own expectations.What her subordinates like best about Rachel is that they are free to discuss her decisions with her,even question her once in while if they are not sure about her strategy.Which of the following best describes Rachel's leadership style?

Fiedler's dimension termed ________ is the degree of confidence,trust,and respect subordinates have for their leader.

Transactional and transformational leadership are opposing approaches to getting things done.

The evidence supporting the superiority of transformational leadership over the transactional style is ________.

The Path to Leadership (Scenario) Brooke is a manager of the night shift in a nursing home.She has been reading literature on House's path-goal theory and would like to apply that information to becoming a better leader. -Which of the following would support Brooke's attempt at becoming a participative leader?

Despite the best efforts of researchers,it proved impossible to identify one set of traits that would always differentiate leaders from nonleaders.

________ leadership is the ability to create and articulate a realistic,credible,and attractive vision of the future for an organization that improves on the present.

According to the Ohio State studies,the ________ dimension of leader behavior is defined as the extent to which a leader has job relationships characterized by mutual trust and respect for group members' ideas and feelings.

According to the path-goal theory,employee performance and leadership style are likely to be positively related when ________.

Studies reveal that ________ are characterized by high performance orientation,low compassion,low self-protection,low team orientation,high autonomy,and high participation.