MGT 6615 Study Guide and 2026 - Test-Ready Solutions Pack

MGT 6615 Study Guide and 2026 - Test-Ready Solutions Pack What 3 themes dominated leadership definition in the 1950s? - answer - Group Theory Leadership as a relationship Effectiveness Leadership of the 1970s focused on what? - answer - Organizational Behavior Authentic Leadership - answer - A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading Spiritual Leadership - answer - Leaders use values, a sense of "calling," and membership to motivate followers Servant Leadership - answer - Focuses on providing increased service to others—meeting the goals of both followers and the organization—rather than to oneself. Adaptive Leadership - answer - leaders encourage followers to adapt by confronting and solving problems, challenges, and changes Followership - answer - The role followers play in the leadership process Discursive Leadership - answer - Leadership is created not so much through leader traits, skills, and behaviors, but through communication practices that are negotiated between leader and follower What 4 components are central to leadership? - answer - 1. Leadership is a process 2. Leadership involves influence 3. Leadership occurs in groups 4. Leadership involves common goals Definition of Leadership - answer - A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal What is the context in which leadership takes place? - answer - In groups Trait Leadership - answer - certain individuals have special innate characteristics or qualities that differentiate them from non-leaders Social Identity Theory - answer - The degree to which a person fits with the identity of the group as a whole Referent Power - answer - Power that comes from subordinates' and coworkers' respect, admiration, and loyalty Expert Power - answer - Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence Legitimate Power - answer - Power as a result of status or job authority Reward Power - answer - power that comes from the ability to provide rewards or favors Coercive Power - answer - Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish others Information Power - answer - Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need Two major kinds of power: - answer - Position & Personal Position power includes which types of power? - answer - Legitimate Reward Coercive Information Personal power includes which types of power? - answer - Referent & Expert Position Power - answer - influence derived from one's formal structural position in the organization Personal Power - answer - The influence capacity a leader derives from being seen by followers as likable and knowledgeable Classification system of moral reasoning - answer - Stage 1—Obedience and Punishment Stage 2—Individualism and Exchange Stage 3—Interpersonal Accord and Conformity Stage 4—Maintaining the Social Order Stage 5—Social Contract and Individual Rights Stage 6—Universal Principles Who designed the classification of moral reasoning? - answer - Kohlberg Preconventional Morality - answer - Judging the morality of an action by its direct consequences. Reasoning based on self-interest, punishment, and reward Conventional Morality - answer - Judging the morality of actions by comparing them to society's views and expectation Postconventional Morality - answer - individuals have developed their own personal set of ethics and morals that guide their behavior. Reasoning is based on conscience and creating a just society Ethical theories fall within which two domains? - answer - Conduct & Character Conduct is divided into what two kinds? - answer - Consequences & Duties Teleological Theories - answer - focus on the consequences or results of the actions they produce 3 Teleological Approaches - answer - Ethical Egoism Utilitarianism Altruism Ethical Egoism - answer - Decisions are based on what is best for the individual making the decision Utilitarianism - answer - We should behave so as to create the greatest