MGT 420 Topic 6 - Adaptive Practice 100 Q's and A's Grand Canyon

1. Question:Whatistheprocessofinspiringotherstoworkhardtoaccomplishtasks? 2. Question:Frankhasaweeklymeetingtoreview theteam’sprojectsand theirobjective.Theycollaborateonsolvingproblemsandcomingupwithcreativesolutions.Thissituationisanexampleof? 3. Question:Whatistherelationshipbetweenpersonalpowerandpositionpower? 4. Question:ProfessorThompsonknowshisfinancestudentsmustbecomeexpertinstatistics, whichisdifficulttomake exciting.Heassigns aresearchproject in the field and tells the class that a high grade on theassignmentwillcountdoubletowardtheirfinalgrade.Thompsonisusing ____powertoinspirehisstudents. 5. Question:What isthedifferencebetweensocialcapital andexpert power? 6. Question:Businesspeoplewhowanttodevelopthepowertoinfluenceotherstoachievegreatthingsneed? 7. Question:ArkmontManufacturinghasbeenboughtbyalargercompetitor.Actionhasdroppedby10%andabsenteeismhasincreased.Whatcanthenewleadershipdotoreversethetrend? 8. Question:Kuffiyahasbeenpromotedtoteamleader.Adisagreementoverschedulingoccursatthemonthlyteammeeting.Kuffiyalistenstotheargumentandfinallysays,“Givemetheschedule.Iwillmaketheassignments”.Thissituationisanexampleoftheexerciseof? 9. Question:Leaderswhoempowertheiremployeesareeffectually? 10. Question:TheCommunityCareOrganizationisbeingrecognizedfortheircontributions to the community. The director accepted the award onbehalf of her staff, whose efforts supported the vision of theorganization.Thissituationisanexampleof? 11. Question:In leadership behaviors, what is the difference betweenproduction-centeredandemployee-centeredleader? 12. Question:Whereasleadershiptraitsdescribeindividualcharacteristicsofaleader,leadershipbehaviorsdescribehowleaders? 13. Question:Aleaderwhoactswithwarmthandsupportivenesstowardsfollowersexemplifiesaleaderhighinconcernfor? 14. Question:The new sales order will require overtime for the productiondepartment.Salvatorerallieshisteamtotakeonthechallengeandgetthejobdone.Whichkindofleadershipstyleisthis? 15. Question:Carina leads her weekly brainstorming meeting; ituationisanexampleofCarina’s? 16. Question:Anthonyhasareputationforrigoroustraining,highstandards,and productivitythatcanbeintimidatingtoemployeeswholackself-confidence.Hisdepartmentissuccessfulbecauseofhisstrengthasa leader, but he is not well liked in the company. What is the bestadvicetohelpAnthonydevelophispeopleskills? 17. Question:What is the difference between initiating structure andconsiderationbehaviors? 18. Question:Stan has been promoted to director of an ad agency because ofhis creativity, desire to run great campaigns, and job oungerthanthestaffwhomheisnowsupervising,and he is not confident about leading them. How should Stan gainthe support of these employees? 19. Question:Pritman manages a print shop. When at work, he usually keepshis door closed and has delegated most responsibility for problemsolvingtoleademployees.Pritmancanbeconsideredanexampleofa(n)? 20. Question:Otto’s advertisingteam istrying tocreate15-secondcommercialsforaman'scosmeticproductbutcannotfigureoutacompellingspot.Ottofinallyfindsacreativesolutionby?what is the difference between a directive leader and asupported leader? 21. Question:MatthewandRobertaredebatingtheessentialelementsofpath-goalleadershiptheorywithyouasyourjudge.Whichelementhaseachcorrectlyidentifiedandwhichelementsaremissing? 22. Question:Stevenisreceptivetosuggestionshisteammatesthatincreaseefficiency.Thissituation asan exampleof ____ ? 23. Question:Ahospitalhascreatedanemployeemanualwithspecificprocedures mandated forcompliance tient care coordinator assembles her team to learn theprocedures. what do you predict will happen? 24. Question:Position power gives a little control over a situation to the degreethattheleadercan? 25. Question:What is the relationship between delegating, participating,selling, and telling? 26. Question:What is the relationship between directive supportiveachievementorientatedandparticipativeleadershipstyles? 27. Question:Whatisthedifferencebetweenachievementorientatedleadersandparticipativeleaders? 28. Question:What is the similarity between a consultative decision and agroupdecision,withintheVroomJagomodel? 29. Question:AccordingtotheHershey-Blanchardsituationalleadershipmodel,what causes adjustments to leadership styles overtime? 30. Question:SteveJobs’leadershipstyleinfluencedhisemployeestobringhis vision for Apple to life. Their performance was a result of? 31. Question:Whichisthebasicbuildingblockofsuccessasaleaderaccordingto PeterDrucker? 32. Question:Leaderswhoarehighinemotionalintelligencedisplay? 33. Question:A company has two production supervisor--one female and onemale. bothare effectiveleadersandhaveearned theconfidence oftheirteammembers.Whenasked,teammemberssaythetwohavedifferent leadership styles. This scenario supports the? 34. Question:Interactiveleadershipisapatternofleadershipthat? 35. Question:What is the relationship between motivation, persistence, self-awareness,social-awareness,relationship-management,andself-management? 36. Question:MaryandJamesarebothteamleadersinthesamecompany. Bothapproachproblemsanddecisionsthroughcalibrationandteamwork,showrespectforothers,anduseconnectionstosharepowerandinformation.However,Maryisoftenseenas a“take-care”leaderbyemployeeswhileJamesisseenasa“take-charge”leader. Themostlikelyreasonforthisis? 37. Question:Olivia is presenting the Monday morning meeting. She isdiscussingtheupcomingprojectwithherteamandhasaskedfortheir feedback.Oliviaisan example of a(n)? 38. Question:Liamisevenhandedinhisteamofhisemployees,oconsistentthathisemployeestrustthathe will do the right thing by them. Liam is an example of a(n)? 39. Question:Spearancesinspirelargedonationsandincreasevolunteerism.Stephonaexhibits? 40. Question:Whichofthefollowingismostlikeaninformalleaderandwhy? 41. Question:Daleisamid-levelemployeeamongmanyinhisdepartment.Herecentlyhadanepiphanyabouthowhiscompanycandoubleproductivity. His idea has becomepopular amonghis fellowemployees, and hehasnoticedthatnowhehasquiteabitofinfluence.Dalehas become aninformal wouldhe beclassifiedthatway? 42. Question:Whichofthefollowingisacharacteristicofsharedleadership? 43. Question:Sfirstdayofclass,e,Susannoticesthattheseclassmatespayattention in class, take good notes, and do well on test. Therefore,SsthebestexplanationforSusan’sactions? 44. Question:Which of the following is an outcome of Kate’s implicit leadershiptheorywhich,statesthatleadersshouldbeintelligent? 45. Question:A wide variety of organizations (such as Google) and industries(suchashealthcare)haveimplemented _____ asameansofstructuringleadershiprolessothatnosingleindividualisvestedwiththepowertounilaterallylead. 46. Question:Ms.Helperisamiddleschoolteacher.Shehasbeenaskedtoidentifypotentialleadersfromherclass.Asshewatchesthestudents,shenoticesthatCarriefrequentlylistenstootherstudentsand offers advice or help. because of this, Carrie can easily getstudentstodothingsthatotherstudentscan't.Whatwouldyouofferasan explanationforMs. Helperschoiceof Carrieasa potentialleader? 47. Question:Forceful,bold,powerful,andpreparedareallexamplesofattributeswithin? 48. Question:WhatisTRUEofleadership? 49. Question:Whichofthefollowingismostlikeaformalleaderandwhy? 50. Question:Matransformationalleadershipapproachwhatwouldyousuggestshedoatthistime? 51. Question:Brianhomeschoolshisson.Whengradinghisphysicsexam,henoticeshissongotmostofthequestionswrongandreceivedafailinggrade.Asaresult,hetellshissontore-doseverallessonsandhomeworkassignmentsandthentrythetestagain.Thisisanexampleofthetransactionalleadershiptraitof? 52. Question:Whichofthefollowingbothsuggestadesirablefuture? 53. Question:Williamiswelllikedamongmanyofhispeersanddecidestorunfor student body president. As part of his platform, he pleads forbetter campus safety. In addition to his natural appeal, oh thissituation isanexampleof? 54. Question:Whichbestdescribestherelationshipthatexistsbetweencommunicationandemotionsincharismaticleaders? 55. Question:Which of the following is an example of passive leadership? 56. Question:Ahighschoolfootballcoachmakesadealwithhisteamthattheycanhavethedayoffofpracticeiftheywingamesbymorethanafield goal.Whichtypeofleadershipisthis? 57. Question:A task-oriented leader would be ____ likely to be sensitive toemployees’ feelings and motivated to try to make the job morepleasantfor themthanarelations-orientedleaderwouldbe 58. Question:Benjaminoffersincentivesandadditionalmotivationstohisteamiftheyarenamedtopsellingteamofthequarter.Iftheyareawardedthistitle,Benjaminreceivesateamleaderbonus.Benjaminisanexampleofa? 59. Question:PersonalmagnetismisMOSTcharacteristicof _____ . 60. Question:Kellyhasanopeningonherteam.Individualstaffmembersonherteam attendvariousinterdepartmentalmeetings. Theyappreciate the opportunity to represent the department to the restof the division. Kelly would be best off hiring someone with _____orientation. 61. Question:What is the difference between the way followers view theirbehaviorandthewaytheirmanagersmightseeit? 62. Question:Rhona believes in following the rules, and she does notunderstandhercoworkerswhoquestiontheirboss’antsthemtoprioritizeoneprojectoveranother,thenthatiswhatneedstobedone,noquestionsasked.Whatisthisanexampleof? 63. Question:Whatisthedifferencebetweenhowthosewithproactivefolloweridentity and those with passive follower identity view their roles? 64. Question:Kim runs a tight ship. she doesn't appreciate it when hersubordinates act like they think they know more than she someone challenges her, she calls them out in front of ammembersthatfeelmostcomfortableonKim'steamhave ____ orientation. 65. Question:Onetypeoffollowersfindsbureaucraticenvironmentsfrustratingbecausesuchclimatessuppressestheirabilitytotakeinitiativeandspeak up, while another kind of followers are more comfortable inbureaucratic climates because they prefer to follow rather than beempowered.Thisstatementdescribesthedifferencebetweenwhichkinds of followers? 66. Question:Thehiringmanagerofamarketingfirmisdeterminingwheretwonew employeeswill beplacedinthe company.Rudyis aformer self-employedphotojournalist.Markpreviouslyworkedatagovernmentagency.They will be placed either with Yoni, who is known formicromanaging,orJanice,whogivesheremployeesfreereign.Whatarrangementofsupervisorswouldbemostsuitable? 67. Question:Morrisneedsanewassistant.Hislastassistantwaswillful,neverdid what she asked, and always questioned his assignments. Morrishas decided he needs someone who is more willing to followdirections. What type of assistant does Morris need? 68. Question:How do proactive followers and passive followers react differentlyto working in bureaucratic climates? 69. Question:Roseisanimportantmemberofherteam.Sheworkscloselywithhermanagerwhennecessaryandisnotafraidtoofferconstructivesuggestionstoensurethatprojectsarecompletedefficiently.Whatisanexampleof? 70. Question:Jack and Amy are coworkers but also friends, so when Jack asksAmytostaylateonedaytohelphimcomeupwithideasforanewproject,Amyreadilyagrees.Thisisanexampleof? 71. Question:AngieenjoysherjobatTemporaryStaffingbecauseshedoesmorethanmatchworkerswithemployers.SheGivescareeradviceandfindscommunityresources.Shecanworkindependentlyandtrynewtechnologies.Sherecentlywaspromotedbecauseofherideatoaddonlineassessmenttools.Thissituationisanexampleofwhichofthefollowing? 72. Question:DarcyaskedNeilwhetheritwouldbea problemtoexpeditehercontractor’spayment.Darcyknewshehadalargeprojectcomingupthat needed detailed attention, and the contractor would be moreinclined to be thorough with the lovely memory of recent timelypayment.HowshouldNeilrespondtoencourageahealthyworkenvironmentandpolitical climate? 73. Question:Connor, Tara, Mike, and Jeff work at a Hedge Fund and invest indifferentmarketsaroundtheworld.Theircredentialsarebelow.Whoismostlikelyincharge? 74. Question:Poweristheabilityofapersonorgroupto? 75. Question:Quentinthinkspeoplewhoworkhardandgetnopersonalbenefit from it are suckers. At his office, he makes decisions abouthow to talk and act based on what will benefit him in the long run.Heavoidssteppingoncoworkers’toesaslongashethinkstheycanhelphimsomewheredowntheline.WhatcanbesaidofQuentin? 76. Question:Garyworksforacompanythatprovidescloudcomputingsolutionstoclients.Customershavebeencomplainingaboutthespeedofdownloads.Garyandhisteamareaskedwithimprovingthespeeds.Garyiscertainthatheknowshowtoimprovethespeed.Therestofhisteamsaysthathismethodcouldincreasethespeedbutcouldalsocompromiseotherfunctionalityintheprocess,andtheysaidtheycan'thelp.ThemoretheyrefusetohelpthemoreadamantGaryisthat he hasthesolution. Thiscase isconsistentwith _____ . 77. Question:Bert is a junior level accountant and Alice is a senior levelaccountantatthesameengineeringfirm.BertworksafterhoursandweekendswhileAliceworksregularbusinesshours.Whenquarterly raisesandreviewscomeinJune,Burtplanstobringthesehoursupto his boss in hopes of moving into Alice's position and pushing herout.Burtviewspoweras ? 78. Question:Gene strives to be financially secure, highly competent, andincreasingly enjoyable. In this way, gene is managing ___ bymanaging _____ . 79. Question:Azero-sumgameoccurswhen ____ . 80. Question:Indira is visiting India for the first time as part of a culturalexchangeprogramatschool.Shefindsoutthatherhostfamilyisvegetarianandthatsheisexpectedtoeatthesamewaywhilesheisthere.Indiraisexcitedaboutthisbecauseshehasbeenavegetarianforthelastyear.WhatisIndiraexhibiting? 81. Question:Whatisthedifferencebetweenresistanceandconformity? 82. Question:Whichofthefollowingexemplifiescompliance? 83. Question:Whichof thefollowingisasimilaritybetweenexpert powerandinformationpower? 84. Question:____ involves doing something to avoid negativeconsequences,whereas ____ involvesdoingsomethingbecauseyouagreewithit. 85. Question:Whatis asimilaritybetween identificationandinternalization? 86. Question:Whatisarelationshipbetweenpowerandothers’responsestoyourinfluenceattempts? 87. Question:Which of the following is the best synthesis of personal powerand connection power? 88. Question:Karen’smanager Rachel wishes to stay better informed aboutherteam'sactivities.Rachelannouncesthatteammembersaretoe-mail her at the end of each day with a list of their projects and thetimetheyspentoneach.Karen,concernedabouttheimpactontheirdailyworkloads,suggesttoRachelthattheye-mailheronceaweekinstead.Karenisshowing _____ . 89. Question:SharaehashadhereyeontheCabriniaccountforweeks,althoughherco-workerTomhasbeendiligentlycourtingtheCabrinicompanyforsometime.Sharaehasbeenworkingbackchannelstoscorethe account for herself. Sheknows that if shecanacquireCabrini, she will be next in line for promotion. Sharae _____ . 90. Question:Silasisbeginningtonoticethatsomeoftheentry-levelmembersofhisteam arehaving ahardtime integratingintothecompany. 91. Question:Silasaskshismanager,NancywhetheritwouldbeOKtoallownewentry-levelemployeestositinonthenextthreeweeklymeetingswithseniorstafftohelpthemgetasenseofcompanyprioritiesandhow the company operates. 92. How should Nancy respond toencourageahealthyworkenvironmentandpoliticalclimate? 93. Question:Isabel is a detective at a Police Department. She and a few other detectives have been working on an investigation along with their Sergeant, Carl. When Carol decides that the detective should changethe primary focus of their investigation, Isabel complies, despite the complaints of the other detectives. She agrees with the change and feels it is her duty to accept Carl's decision. Isabel's response can be described as _____ . 94. Question:Tarabelievesinbeingpersonable.Shefindsthatofferingasmileis often a better method of gaining a client than offering thestandard10%discounttofirsttimecustomers. Taraisutilizing _____ . 95. Question:Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofaworkaround? 96. WhichofthefollowingisalessonlearnedasaresultoftheBathshebasyndrome? informalsystemscanbedefinedas: 97. Question:Doorganizationalpoliticsalwaysbenefitanorganization? 98. Julia'steamisthehighestperformingteaminthecompany.Julio follows the procedure manual for the most part, but when theproceduresfallshort,hejustdoeshisownthing-aslongashegetsthejobdone.HisfellowteammemberRamigoesstrictlybythebookwhereproceduresareconcerned;heishappytobeonahighperforming teambutthinksJuliocrossestheline.WhymightRamifeelthisway? 99. Question:Inwhichsituationareemployeesusingaformalsystem? 100. Question:A characteristic of informal systems is that