MADM 701 Module 6 Exam Questions
and Answers
Warren Bennis "The End of Leadership" - Answers -effective leadership cannot exist
without the full inclusion, initiatives, and the cooperation of employees
Barry Posner - how business leadership is viewed - Answers -In the past, business
believed that a leader was like the captain of a ship: cool, calm, collected. Now, we see
that leaders need to be human. They need to be in touch, they need to be empathetic,
and they need to be with people. Leaders need to be a part of what's going on, not
apart from what's going on
Manager vs. Leader (Bennis) - Answers -"To survive in the twenty-first century, we are
going to need a new generation of leaders, not managers." "Leaders conquer the
context—the volatile, turbulent, ambiguous surroundings that sometimes seem to
conspire against us and will surely suffocate us if we let them—while managers
surrender to it."
Leadership definition - Answers -- defined in terms of group processes, personality,
compliance, particular behaviors, persuasion, power, goal achievement, interaction, role
differentiation, initiation of structure, and combinations of two or more of these.
indicators and predictors of true leadership - Answers -- an individual's ability to find
meaning in negative events and to learn from even the most trying circumstances
- the skills required to conquer adversity and emerge stronger and more committed than
ever are the same ones that make for extraordinary leaders.
Manager vs Leader Characteristics - Answers -• Administers -innovates
• A copy -The Original
• Maintains - Develops
• Focus on syst and struct - focus on people
• Relies on control - Inspires Trust
• Short-range view - long- range perspective
• Asks how and when -Asks what and why
• Eye on the bottom line - eye on horizon
• Imitates - originates
• Accepts the status quo -challenge status quo
• Classic good soldier - Own person
• Does things right -Does the right thing
, Authentic Leaders - Answers -- To know oneself, to be consistent with oneself, and to
have positive and strength-based orientations toward one's development and the
development of others.
- are transparent with their values and beliefs
- honest with themselves and with others
-exhibit a higher level of moral reasoning capacity, allowing them to judge between gray
and shades of gray
Globalization - Answers -changed the traditional view of an organizational leader as "the
heroic individual, often charismatic, whose positional power, intellectual strength, and
persuasive gifts motivate followers
George - Answers -(Authentic leaders) "bring people together around a shared mission
and values and empower them to lead, in order to serve their customers while creating
value for all their stakeholders."
Fortune article on Leadership - Answers -"contemporary leadership seems to be a
matter of aligning people toward common goals and empowering them to take the
actions needed to reach them."
Kurt Lewin's three leadership styles - Answers -1. authoritarian
2. democratic
3. laissez-faire
authoritarian - Answers -very directive and allowed no participation, give individual
attention when praising and criticizing, and tried to be friendly or impersonal rather than
openly hostile
democratic - Answers -encouraged group discussion and decision making, tried to be
"objective" in giving praise or criticism and to be one of the group in spirit
laissez-fair - Answers -gave complete freedom to the group; this leader essentially
provided no leadership
-produced the greatest number of aggressive acts from the group
Ohio State University /Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) - Answers -
Used to analyze leadership in numerous types of groups and situations.
The Ohio State studies started with the premise that________ - Answers -no
satisfactory definition of leadership existed
Two Dimensions of Leadership - Answers -- consideration and initiating structure
- In simple terms, the Ohio State factors are task or goal orientation (initiating structure)
and recognition of individual needs and relationships (consideration).
- The two dimensions are separate and distinct from each other.
and Answers
Warren Bennis "The End of Leadership" - Answers -effective leadership cannot exist
without the full inclusion, initiatives, and the cooperation of employees
Barry Posner - how business leadership is viewed - Answers -In the past, business
believed that a leader was like the captain of a ship: cool, calm, collected. Now, we see
that leaders need to be human. They need to be in touch, they need to be empathetic,
and they need to be with people. Leaders need to be a part of what's going on, not
apart from what's going on
Manager vs. Leader (Bennis) - Answers -"To survive in the twenty-first century, we are
going to need a new generation of leaders, not managers." "Leaders conquer the
context—the volatile, turbulent, ambiguous surroundings that sometimes seem to
conspire against us and will surely suffocate us if we let them—while managers
surrender to it."
Leadership definition - Answers -- defined in terms of group processes, personality,
compliance, particular behaviors, persuasion, power, goal achievement, interaction, role
differentiation, initiation of structure, and combinations of two or more of these.
indicators and predictors of true leadership - Answers -- an individual's ability to find
meaning in negative events and to learn from even the most trying circumstances
- the skills required to conquer adversity and emerge stronger and more committed than
ever are the same ones that make for extraordinary leaders.
Manager vs Leader Characteristics - Answers -• Administers -innovates
• A copy -The Original
• Maintains - Develops
• Focus on syst and struct - focus on people
• Relies on control - Inspires Trust
• Short-range view - long- range perspective
• Asks how and when -Asks what and why
• Eye on the bottom line - eye on horizon
• Imitates - originates
• Accepts the status quo -challenge status quo
• Classic good soldier - Own person
• Does things right -Does the right thing
, Authentic Leaders - Answers -- To know oneself, to be consistent with oneself, and to
have positive and strength-based orientations toward one's development and the
development of others.
- are transparent with their values and beliefs
- honest with themselves and with others
-exhibit a higher level of moral reasoning capacity, allowing them to judge between gray
and shades of gray
Globalization - Answers -changed the traditional view of an organizational leader as "the
heroic individual, often charismatic, whose positional power, intellectual strength, and
persuasive gifts motivate followers
George - Answers -(Authentic leaders) "bring people together around a shared mission
and values and empower them to lead, in order to serve their customers while creating
value for all their stakeholders."
Fortune article on Leadership - Answers -"contemporary leadership seems to be a
matter of aligning people toward common goals and empowering them to take the
actions needed to reach them."
Kurt Lewin's three leadership styles - Answers -1. authoritarian
2. democratic
3. laissez-faire
authoritarian - Answers -very directive and allowed no participation, give individual
attention when praising and criticizing, and tried to be friendly or impersonal rather than
openly hostile
democratic - Answers -encouraged group discussion and decision making, tried to be
"objective" in giving praise or criticism and to be one of the group in spirit
laissez-fair - Answers -gave complete freedom to the group; this leader essentially
provided no leadership
-produced the greatest number of aggressive acts from the group
Ohio State University /Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) - Answers -
Used to analyze leadership in numerous types of groups and situations.
The Ohio State studies started with the premise that________ - Answers -no
satisfactory definition of leadership existed
Two Dimensions of Leadership - Answers -- consideration and initiating structure
- In simple terms, the Ohio State factors are task or goal orientation (initiating structure)
and recognition of individual needs and relationships (consideration).
- The two dimensions are separate and distinct from each other.
