Question 1

The Hawthorne effect focuses on increasing productivity by paying increased attention to workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which are not characteristic of transformational leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)   Leaders and followers in a mutually beneficial relationship
B)   Leaders seeking real change
C)   Leaders promoting growth
D)   Leaders as dictators of how workers accomplish organizational goals
E)   All of the above are characteristic D

Question 3

Servant leadership

Accepted Answer

A)   Deviates from the industrial model
B)   Further develops the systems approach
C)   Envisions workers as serving the leader's needs
D)   Is a concept developed before World War II
E)   None of the above fit A

Question 4

The Great Man theory evolved into a systems approach of organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How does the Leader-Member Exchange differ from other transactional theories of leadership?

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Question 6

Situational leadership considers the context of the action and the employees' readiness to act in a certain way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The quality movement is one of the efforts to put quantitative methods to management to describe productivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What was William Edwards Deming's contribution to the understanding of operations management?

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Question 9

What contribution does trait theory approaches make to the study of leadership?

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Question 10

Transactional Leadership:

Accepted Answer

A)   Is used contemporarily to discuss traits of leaders.
B)   Is often regarded as an authoritative approach.
C)   Is regarded as a bartering system.
D)   Emphasizes workers.
E)   Emphasizes clear lines of responsibility.

Question 11

Among the contemporary approaches to leadership behaviors are:

Accepted Answer

A)   Discussions of relationships between leaders and their colleagues.
B)   Employee-centered considerations.
C)   Job-centered considerations.
D)   None as these are all classical rather than contemporary.
E)   All of these are considered.

Question 12

The scientific management approach

Accepted Answer

A)   Was based on successful industrial production models
B)   Broke large tasks into smaller, manageable ones
C)   Provides workers with the appropriate training to carry out their tasks
D)   None of the above
E)   All of the above

Question 13

If a leader is following the path-goal theory, he/she will let followers determine how they want to reach organizational goals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Scientific management approaches

Accepted Answer

A)   Served as a basis for understanding how organizations were productive
B)   Emphasize training for tasks workers must complete
C)   Focus on productivity
D)   A and C
E)   A. B. and C

Question 15

Max Weber developed his theory based on top down management principles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Fayol promoted specialization and efficiency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Define House's Path-Goal Theory.

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Question 18

What did Hersey and Blanchard mean by their term "situational leadership"?

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Question 19

Trait models focus on inborn characteristics while behavioral theories focus on systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Scientific management is an approach in which the total project is the focus of study.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Evolution of Western Leadership

The Hawthorne effect focuses on increasing productivity by paying increased attention to workers.

Which are not characteristic of transformational leadership?

Servant leadership

The Great Man theory evolved into a systems approach of organizations.

How does the Leader-Member Exchange differ from other transactional theories of leadership?

Situational leadership considers the context of the action and the employees' readiness to act in a certain way.

The quality movement is one of the efforts to put quantitative methods to management to describe productivity.

What was William Edwards Deming's contribution to the understanding of operations management?

What contribution does trait theory approaches make to the study of leadership?

Transactional Leadership:

Among the contemporary approaches to leadership behaviors are:

The scientific management approach

If a leader is following the path-goal theory, he/she will let followers determine how they want to reach organizational goals.

Scientific management approaches

Max Weber developed his theory based on top down management principles.

Fayol promoted specialization and efficiency.

Define House's Path-Goal Theory.

What did Hersey and Blanchard mean by their term "situational leadership"?

Trait models focus on inborn characteristics while behavioral theories focus on systems.

Scientific management is an approach in which the total project is the focus of study.