TLI Exam 1 Questions & Answers
2025/2026
Bratton's Definition of Leadership - ANSWERSa process of influencing within an employment
relationship involving ongoing human interaction with others wherein those others consent to
achieve a goal
1911 Frederick Taylor - ANSWERSrole of management in terms of analyzing and designing work
systems that minimize skill requirements while maximizing control over the workforce
1949 Henri Fayol - ANSWERSidentified four key roles performed by managers: planning,
organizing, directing, and controlling
1989 Mintzberg - ANSWERSbroke management down into 3 sets of behaviors:
interpersonal, informational, decisional
manager vs leader - ANSWERSa manager is a person who has a formal title and authority, a
leader is a person who has the ability to influence others
5 major categories of leadership - ANSWERS1. trait
2. behavior
3. contingency
4. transformative/charisma
5. distributed/shared
trait theories - ANSWERSpossess superior qualities or attributes
,competency theories - ANSWERSdevelopable skills
behavioral perspective - ANSWERSwhat leaders do like initiating structure and people oriented
behaviors
mental characteristics - ANSWERScharisma and transformational leaderships (make sense of
crisis, evaluate strengths, opportunities, threats, can communicate that vision)
contingency or situational perspectives - ANSWERSdepends on the leader, capacity of followers,
situational factors
centric perspectives - ANSWERSemployees are not a passive group to be acted upon by leaders,
rather potentially dynamic, each acting in a self determining manner
direct process based controls - ANSWERSefficiency and cost containment
indirect behavioral outcomes - ANSWERSengaging followers, intellectual captial, commitment,
and cooperation
functionalist leadership - ANSWERSassumes that organizations are unitary wholes characterized
by compliance, consensus, and order
critical leadership studies - ANSWERScritique mainstream orthodoxies and power relations
through which leadership dynamics are frequently rationalized
attempt to address the intersection of class, gender, race in organizational design and power
structures that is the reality of organizational life
, paradox of consequence - ANSWERSsolve one problem but create another in doing so
macro environments - ANSWERSexternal to the organization and includes economy,
demographics, politics, technological development, national culture, ideologies
micro environments - ANSWERSwithin an organization, includes labor market, suppliers,
customers, specific technologies
STEEPLE analysis - ANSWERSSocio-cultural, technological, economic, ecological, political, legal,
ethical
SWOT analysis - ANSWERSstrengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
PRIMO-F - ANSWERSpeople, resources, innovation, marketing, operations, finance
5 steps to strategic management - ANSWERS-mission and goals
-environment analysis
-strategic formulation
-strategy implementation
-strategy evaluation
corporate level strategy - ANSWERSoverall direction in terms of its general philosophy toward
growth and the management of each business unit
business level strategy - ANSWERSmake the business unit more competitive
functional level strategy - ANSWERSfunctions and departments of an organization
2025/2026
Bratton's Definition of Leadership - ANSWERSa process of influencing within an employment
relationship involving ongoing human interaction with others wherein those others consent to
achieve a goal
1911 Frederick Taylor - ANSWERSrole of management in terms of analyzing and designing work
systems that minimize skill requirements while maximizing control over the workforce
1949 Henri Fayol - ANSWERSidentified four key roles performed by managers: planning,
organizing, directing, and controlling
1989 Mintzberg - ANSWERSbroke management down into 3 sets of behaviors:
interpersonal, informational, decisional
manager vs leader - ANSWERSa manager is a person who has a formal title and authority, a
leader is a person who has the ability to influence others
5 major categories of leadership - ANSWERS1. trait
2. behavior
3. contingency
4. transformative/charisma
5. distributed/shared
trait theories - ANSWERSpossess superior qualities or attributes
,competency theories - ANSWERSdevelopable skills
behavioral perspective - ANSWERSwhat leaders do like initiating structure and people oriented
behaviors
mental characteristics - ANSWERScharisma and transformational leaderships (make sense of
crisis, evaluate strengths, opportunities, threats, can communicate that vision)
contingency or situational perspectives - ANSWERSdepends on the leader, capacity of followers,
situational factors
centric perspectives - ANSWERSemployees are not a passive group to be acted upon by leaders,
rather potentially dynamic, each acting in a self determining manner
direct process based controls - ANSWERSefficiency and cost containment
indirect behavioral outcomes - ANSWERSengaging followers, intellectual captial, commitment,
and cooperation
functionalist leadership - ANSWERSassumes that organizations are unitary wholes characterized
by compliance, consensus, and order
critical leadership studies - ANSWERScritique mainstream orthodoxies and power relations
through which leadership dynamics are frequently rationalized
attempt to address the intersection of class, gender, race in organizational design and power
structures that is the reality of organizational life
, paradox of consequence - ANSWERSsolve one problem but create another in doing so
macro environments - ANSWERSexternal to the organization and includes economy,
demographics, politics, technological development, national culture, ideologies
micro environments - ANSWERSwithin an organization, includes labor market, suppliers,
customers, specific technologies
STEEPLE analysis - ANSWERSSocio-cultural, technological, economic, ecological, political, legal,
ethical
SWOT analysis - ANSWERSstrengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
PRIMO-F - ANSWERSpeople, resources, innovation, marketing, operations, finance
5 steps to strategic management - ANSWERS-mission and goals
-environment analysis
-strategic formulation
-strategy implementation
-strategy evaluation
corporate level strategy - ANSWERSoverall direction in terms of its general philosophy toward
growth and the management of each business unit
business level strategy - ANSWERSmake the business unit more competitive
functional level strategy - ANSWERSfunctions and departments of an organization
