Question 1

Describe the distributed approach to leadership.

Accepted Answer

A good way to describe distributed leadership is by the questions asked. The leader-centered approach asks the question: How can formal leaders maximize their roles to enhance effectiveness under a variety of conditions? The distributed leadership approach asks the question: Under what conditions can formal leaders minimize their roles to enhance effectiveness? This approach also asks a follow-up question: How are the traditional functions of leadership (e.g., decision making, coordinating, feedback, support, etc.) accomplished if not by the formal leader? Distributed leadership emphasizes sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as participation and delegation.

Question 2

Certain conditions must be present for self-managed teams to be effective. They include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   A common purpose and approach
B)   Appropriate number of members
C)   A strong team leader
D)   Complementary skills C

Question 3

Self-managed teams strive for role formalization in order to take advantage of its potential virtues such as enhancing work uniformity, consistency of expectations, and complex accountability requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

__________ look(s) at the characteristics that all workers can practice so that they can be less dependent on formal leaders or superiors, and be more capable in situations with extensive distributed leadership.

Accepted Answer

A)   Informal leadership
B)   Self-leadership
C)   Substitutes for leadership
D)   Self-managed teams

Question 5

The combined leadership style in superleadership includes all of the following individual styles, except:

Accepted Answer

A)   Developing (supportive) 
B)   Participative (inclusive) 
C)   Delegating (empowering) 
D)   Inspirational (motivating)

Question 6

Distributed leadership emphasizes sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as participation and delegation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Discuss the characteristics of the informal leader.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Some of the additional factors identified in substitutes theory include neutralizers, enhancers and supplements. Which of the following is considered an enhancer?

Accepted Answer

A)   High need for autonomy
B)   Distance from the leader
C)   Cohesiveness of the work group
D)   Training and education

Question 9

Self-leadership is a valuable companion to the __________ theory of leadership because it points out the virtues of certain competencies and the strategies to achieve them.

Accepted Answer

A)   Self-leadership
B)   Informal leadership
C)   Substitutes
D)   Trait

Question 10

Formally managed and self-managed teams fall along a spectrum. On the spectrum of full self-management, the self-managed team does all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   Team selects its members
B)   Team sets its goals
C)   Leadership is rotated or assigned by the team
D)   All of the above

Question 11

Discuss the similarities between superleadership and Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Informal leaders are those who lack formal positions, but who influence others whether they support the formal leaders or not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

__________ theory points out that the answer to leadership issues is not always more, but less, and sets out propositions for empirical conditions when distributed leadership seems to function well.

Accepted Answer

A)   Substitutes for leadership
B)   Superleadership
C)   Self-leadership
D)   Team leadership

Question 14

The ideal conditions for substitutes for leadership include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)   Clearly identified incentives
B)   Predictable workflow
C)   Professional orientation of subordinates
D)   Feedback provided by the work

Question 15

Superleadership examines what leaders need to do to prepare and support followers to be successful when they are empowered. It has similarities to Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory, which advocated four styles based on the subvariables of subordinate maturity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The influence of informal leaders is based on all of the following, except:

Accepted Answer

A)   Expertise
B)   Position
C)   Knowledge
D)   Referent power

Question 17

According to substitutes for leadership, a combined style is implied when less leadership is needed; allowing subordinates relative leeway in decision making and freedom from daily monitoring and short-term review.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe the difference between informal leaders and followers as described in followership theory.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

__________ occurs when formal leaders actively develop subordinates, allow participation and seek opportunities for delegation.

Accepted Answer

A)   Substitutes for leadership
B)   Superleadership
C)   Self-leadership
D)   Shared leadership

Question 20

Effective network leaders have all of the following with the exception of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Resources to contribute
B)   A sense of community
C)   A service mentality
D)   A focus on return on investment

Exam 5: Distributed Approaches to Leadership

Describe the distributed approach to leadership.

Certain conditions must be present for self-managed teams to be effective. They include all of the following except:

Self-managed teams strive for role formalization in order to take advantage of its potential virtues such as enhancing work uniformity, consistency of expectations, and complex accountability requirements.

__________ look(s) at the characteristics that all workers can practice so that they can be less dependent on formal leaders or superiors, and be more capable in situations with extensive distributed leadership.

The combined leadership style in superleadership includes all of the following individual styles, except:

Distributed leadership emphasizes sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as participation and delegation.

Discuss the characteristics of the informal leader.

Some of the additional factors identified in substitutes theory include neutralizers, enhancers and supplements. Which of the following is considered an enhancer?

Self-leadership is a valuable companion to the __________ theory of leadership because it points out the virtues of certain competencies and the strategies to achieve them.

Formally managed and self-managed teams fall along a spectrum. On the spectrum of full self-management, the self-managed team does all of the following except:

Discuss the similarities between superleadership and Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory.

Informal leaders are those who lack formal positions, but who influence others whether they support the formal leaders or not.

__________ theory points out that the answer to leadership issues is not always more, but less, and sets out propositions for empirical conditions when distributed leadership seems to function well.

The ideal conditions for substitutes for leadership include all of the following except:

Superleadership examines what leaders need to do to prepare and support followers to be successful when they are empowered. It has similarities to Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory, which advocated four styles based on the subvariables of subordinate maturity.

The influence of informal leaders is based on all of the following, except:

According to substitutes for leadership, a combined style is implied when less leadership is needed; allowing subordinates relative leeway in decision making and freedom from daily monitoring and short-term review.

Describe the difference between informal leaders and followers as described in followership theory.

__________ occurs when formal leaders actively develop subordinates, allow participation and seek opportunities for delegation.

Effective network leaders have all of the following with the exception of: