Final Exam: BUAD 304 / BUAD304 (Latest Update 2026 / 2027) Organizational Behavior and Leadership | Questions with Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – USC

Final Exam: BUAD 304 / BUAD304
(Latest Update )
Organizational Behavior and
Leadership | Questions with
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
USC

(GROUP, ORGANIZATION, LEADERSHIP)




Question:
leadership
Answer:
a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a
common goal

,Question:
leaders vs managers
Answer:
- leaders create the vision and strategic plan; inspire and influence
- managers implement the strategic plan; organize and control




Question:
4 approaches to leadership
Answer:
1. trait approach
2. behavioral approach
3. contingency approach
4. shaper of meaning approach: transformational leadership




Question:
trait approach assumption
Answer:
leaders are born

,Question:
trait approach goal
Answer:
select leaders




Question:
trait approach positive traits
Answer:
- intelligence
- the big 5: conscientiousness, open to experience, emotional stability,
extroversion, agreeableness
- humility: something greater than self exists




Question:
trait approach negative traits
Answer:
"dark triad"
- narcissism
- Machiavellianism
- psychopathy

, Question:
trait approach problems
Answer:
- mixed and modest results
- fails to clarify importance of different traits
- trait effects do not generalize across situations ( except for humility's
positive effects)




Question:
behavioral approach assumption
Answer:
leaders can be trained




Question:
behavioral approach goal
Answer:
develop leaders