BU450 Leadership Skills Exam 6 Answers (2021) GRADED A+

BU450 Leadership Skills Exam 6 Answers (2021) GRADED A+ Your quiz has been submitted successfully. Question 1 5 / 5 points 95% Which of the following is one of the goals of delegation? Question options: help th eleader with excessive workload share power with employees empower employees increase the leader's power Question 2 5 / 5 points Genencor International started its employee participation program: Question options: when they built a new headquarters. after the leadership team took a trip to Japan. after they hired a new CEO. as a routine part of doing business. Question 3 5 / 5 points The leadership traits identified by IBM to revive the company include which of the following? Question options: being a visionary developing people and enabling growth being able to take charge having both task and people skills Question 4 5 / 5 points The more __________ a culture, the less likely it is that employees will participate in decision making. Question options: coolectivist ascriptive power oriented flexible Question 5 5 / 5 points Participation may be undesirable in all of the following situations EXCEPT when: Question options: follower commitment is not necessary. the tasks are complex and quality is important. time is of the essence. interaction between leader and followers is restricted. Question 6 5 / 5 points The use of teams in the U.S. was triggered by: Question options: globalization. the growth of the Chinese economy. failure of the U.S. management methods. the successful use of teams in Japan. Question 7 5 / 5 points Instead of team-based management, Australian researchers have proposed the concept of __________ to involve individuals in teams in Western cultures. Question options: collaborative individualism self-leadership participation transformational leadership Question 8 5 / 5 points __________ is intended to teach team members to monitor, assess and correct their behavior in the team. Question options: Self-guided correction Cross training Coordination training Assertiveness training Question 9 5 / 5 points Robert wants to increase the trust among his team members. What should he do? Question options: an exchange procesCreate friendly competition among the members. Set up formal communication mechanisms. Reward cooperation. Assign a formal leader. Question 10 5 / 5 points In spite of cultural and other differences, one of the keys to successful implementation of teams is: Question options: follower's involvement. organizational policies. slow implementation. leader's belief in participation. Question 11 5 / 5 points __________ is one of the key factors in effective teams. Question options: Building trust A good leader Clear rules A goal handed down from upper management Question 12 5 / 5 points Which underlying factor may be a contributing factor to leader's inability to delegate? Question options: follower's personality leader's personality organizational policies organizational culture Question 13 5 / 5 points Leaders should generally not delegate which type of tasks or decisions? Question options: Strategic decisions Personnel decisions Manufacturing tasks Quality control Question 14 5 / 5 points Which cultural values will least likely support employee participation and empowerment? Question options: high power distance collectivist humane orientation high time (future) orientation Question 15 5 / 5 points Li Wei is under pressure to make a quick decision on a project with which she has considerable expertise and experience. Her team is inexperienced and generally supportive, and she needs the members' strong commitment to implement her decision. In this situation, Li Wei should: Question options: make decisions by herself. allow for employee participation. seek more information. delegate the decision to the group. Question 16 5 / 5 points Self-leadership is similar to which of the other theories of leadership? Question options: Fiedler's Contingency Model The LMX model The substitutes for leadership Situational leadership Question 17 5 / 5 points Self-leaders __________ instead of __________. Question options: keep information; sharing information. make sure everyone is on board; letting employees develop their own goals. provide a vision; letting the team set goals. encourage creativity; conformity. Question 18 5 / 5 points __________ are more likely to find it difficult to delegate task to their followers. Question options: Experienced managers Relationship-oriented leaders Leaders who have trouble developing positive LMX Type A leaders Question 19 0 / 5 points In teams, members often share: Question options: a culture. norms. history. personal experiences. Question 20 5 / 5 points Self-managed teams use leadership based on: Question options: cooperation. consideration. shared responsibility facilitation.