A Top Manager at ACME, Inc

Multiple Choice

A top manager at ACME, Inc. makes the following statement: "We endorse an inclusive definition of leadership. We believe that leadership is the ability to influence others to help the organization achieve its goals and that any person in our organization can be a leader, even entry-level personnel. Because of this view, we have built a culture in which every employee has an equal opportunity to lead." How is the manager's reasoning vulnerable to criticism?

A) It fails to account for the possibility that people who lack organizational authority can still be leaders.
B) It fails to demonstrate that ACME's definition of leadership is the most popular definition.
C) It uses a variation of a commonly used definition of leadership.
D) It does not demonstrate that ACME's goals were well-chosen.
E) It ignores the effect that managerial authority has on one's ability to influence others.