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Management: Skills and Application, 10/e

Leslie W Rue, Georgia State University - Emeritus
Lloyd L Byars, Georgia Institute of Technology

Developing Leadership Skills

Chapter Quiz


1	Power is the manager's potential to get others to do what he wants them to do.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Elton Mayo developed the Theory X-Y approach to leadership.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Trait theory has proved to be a powerful predictor of management behavior.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	The Ohio State studies showed a strong positive relationship between initiating structure and the effectiveness of the leader.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Theory Y assumes that people have to be forced to work hard on the job.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	The technical skill of a manager is an example of ______ power.
		A)	coercive
		B)	referent
		C)	legitimate
		D)	expert


7	A manager's position in the organization chart is an indication of ______ power.
		A)	referent
		B)	expert
		C)	legitimate
		D)	reward


8	Which of the following is an assumption of Theory X?
		A)	People typically want to avoid taking responsibility
		B)	People have little ambition
		C)	People desire security above all else
		D)	All of the above


9	The Pygmalion effect is also called the ______ effect.
		A)	self-fulfilling prophecy
		B)	Hawthorne
		C)	halo
		D)	Fiedler


10	Which of these studies is part of the universal approach?
		A)	Managerial grid
		B)	Trait theory
		C)	Ohio State studies
		D)	All of the above


11	Which of the following is a leadership study?
		A)	Michigan studies
		B)	Path-goal studies
		C)	Life-cycle studies
		D)	All of the above


12	Managers who "announce" their decisions to their work team without consulting the team for their ideas use what type of style?
		A)	Laissez-faire
		B)	Autocratic
		C)	Democratic
		D)	Coercive


13	Managers who try to avoid responsibility by asking their subordinates to meet and to make the decisions as a group are using what style?
		A)	Laissez-faire
		B)	Autocratic
		C)	Charismatic
		D)	Democratic


14	In the Managerial Grid, a 5,5 manager is what type of manager?
		A)	Country Club
		B)	Team
		C)	Organization Man
		D)	Authority-Obedience


15	In the Managerial Grid, a 1,1, manager is what type of manager?
		A)	Impoverished
		B)	Entrepreneur
		C)	Intrapreneur
		D)	Country Club


16	Which of the following is a focus of Fiedler's leadership studies?
		A)	Position Power
		B)	Leader-member relations
		C)	Task structure
		D)	All of the above


17	Position power, according to Fiedler, means that a manager has wide authority in ______ subordinates.
		A)	hiring.
		B)	firing.
		C)	disciplining
		D)	all of the above.


18	Which of the following is part of path-goal theory?
		A)	Participative leadership
		B)	Supportive leadership
		C)	Autocratic leadership
		D)	All of the above


19	In path-goal theory, what type of leadership includes consulting with subordinates before making a decision?
		A)	Participative leadership
		B)	Autocratic leadership
		C)	Role classification leadership
		D)	Disturbance handler leadership


20	Which type of leader tries to negotiate with subordinates before making a decision?
		A)	Country Club
		B)	Authority-obedience
		C)	Transactional
		D)	Transformational

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