MGT 164 Final (UCSD McKay)
questions Lodge EXAM WITH
ANSWERS
True or False: According to David Rock @NeuroLeadership
Institute, the 40 hour work week perfectly aligns with the
peak decision making hours in the brain. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔False. The brain typically has 3-5 peak
decision-making hours per week, and they don't always
occur at work
What are the two most common errors in judgement that
contribute to bad decisions? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Pattern recognition (failure to recognize important
information as it is presented to us because we think we
recognize a pattern that we have understood before)
Emotional tagging (emotional information attaching to
thoughts and experiences stored in memory - like a
warning system to alert our brain to pay attention... or
not)
According to Campbell et. al, What are 3 factors that
cause leaders to make bad judgements? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Presence of inappropriate self-interest: First
and most familiar of the three—our self-interest leads us
to see patterns we want to see
, Presence of distorting attachments: We become attached
to people, places and things that affect our judgment
Presence of misleading memories: "The last time I had an
opportunity like this ..."
What are 3 safeguard tactics against bad decisions? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inject fresh experience or
analysis
Introduce further debate and challenge
Impose strong governance
True for False: According to Nitin Nohria, most people
overestimate their moral abilities - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔True. Most people think they are more moral than
most other people
What is the Milgram experiment? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A test to see if people would shock others because an
experimenter told them to.
According to Badaracco, what are 3 lessons we can learn
from Marcus Aurelius? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find a
place and a time for quiet thinking to prepare for your
day.
questions Lodge EXAM WITH
ANSWERS
True or False: According to David Rock @NeuroLeadership
Institute, the 40 hour work week perfectly aligns with the
peak decision making hours in the brain. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔False. The brain typically has 3-5 peak
decision-making hours per week, and they don't always
occur at work
What are the two most common errors in judgement that
contribute to bad decisions? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Pattern recognition (failure to recognize important
information as it is presented to us because we think we
recognize a pattern that we have understood before)
Emotional tagging (emotional information attaching to
thoughts and experiences stored in memory - like a
warning system to alert our brain to pay attention... or
not)
According to Campbell et. al, What are 3 factors that
cause leaders to make bad judgements? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Presence of inappropriate self-interest: First
and most familiar of the three—our self-interest leads us
to see patterns we want to see
, Presence of distorting attachments: We become attached
to people, places and things that affect our judgment
Presence of misleading memories: "The last time I had an
opportunity like this ..."
What are 3 safeguard tactics against bad decisions? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inject fresh experience or
analysis
Introduce further debate and challenge
Impose strong governance
True for False: According to Nitin Nohria, most people
overestimate their moral abilities - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔True. Most people think they are more moral than
most other people
What is the Milgram experiment? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A test to see if people would shock others because an
experimenter told them to.
According to Badaracco, what are 3 lessons we can learn
from Marcus Aurelius? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Find a
place and a time for quiet thinking to prepare for your
day.
