HCL 3000 Leadership for Healthcare
Professionals UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
holistic leadership - CORRECT ANSWER - requires leading laterally or collaboratively
and not just from the upper echelons in a top-down approach
Great Man and Trait Phase 450 bce-1940s - CORRECT ANSWER - attempted to
determine which specific traits make a person an effective leader
Behavioral Phase 1940s-1960s - CORRECT ANSWER - attempted to determine which
particular behaviors/styles leaders utilize to cause others to follow them
Situational Phase 1970s-Present - CORRECT ANSWER - attempts to explain effective
leadership within the context of the larger work situation
figurehead - CORRECT ANSWER - based on formal authority; symbolic duties of a legal
and social nature
liasion - CORRECT ANSWER - behavior intended to establish and maintain a web of
relationships internal and external to the organization
monitor - CORRECT ANSWER - continually seeks information from a variety of sources
disseminator - CORRECT ANSWER - has special access to information to not available to
subordinates; passing on of information to subordinates and, in some degree, to peers and
superiors
spokesperson - CORRECT ANSWER - has an obligation to transmit information and
express value statements to people outside the organization
, MGRADES
entrepreneur - CORRECT ANSWER - is an itiator and designer of controlled change;
exploiting change to improve the current situation or position for future risk
disturbance handler - CORRECT ANSWER - deals with sudden crises that cannot be
ignored
resource allocator - CORRECT ANSWER - has authority to allocate scarce resources
descriptive theory - CORRECT ANSWER - illustrates, defines, and captures leadership
phenomena, but does not recommend or prescribe specific actions, behaviors, or processes to
employ
prescriptive theory - CORRECT ANSWER - provides recommendations to leaders with
regard to actions, behaviors, or processes to use to be a successful leader
locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER - adjusting the level of autocratic, intimate,
participative, and interpersonal communication with others in a manner that predicts and fosters
workplace behavior over time
sensing individuals - CORRECT ANSWER - seek empirical affirmation from the
environment
intuitive personality types - CORRECT ANSWER - prefer latent cues from the
environment for decision making and ignore the past
thinking individuals - CORRECT ANSWER - tend to be very strong at execution
perceiving individuals - CORRECT ANSWER - find confidence in their own heuristics
and prior knowledge for decision making