MGMT 6100 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
House's Path-Goal Theory of Leadership is based on the expectancy theory of
motivation, where employees are motivated when they believe, or expect, all
the following, except Answer - they are not the Least Preferred Coworker
(they believe efforts will lead to high performance, high performance will be
rewarded, rewards they will receive are valuable to them)
The Transformational Leadership Theory distinguishes between
transformational leadership styles and transactional leadership styles. Which is
not an element of transformational leadership? Answer - contingent rewards
(elements include: inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individual
consideration)
Which theory suggests that because leaders are not able to change their style
to adapt to the situation, either the situation should be changed to match the
leader, or the leader should be changed to match the situation? Answer -
Fiedler's Contingency Theory (LPC Theory of Leadership)
One of the main differences between the Michigan Studies and the Ohio State
Studies was how they classified the two broad categories of behaviors that
they identified. Answer - The Michigan Studies identified that Task-Oriented
and People-Oriented behaviors were on different ends of a single continuum,
,while the Ohio State Studies classified these two behaviors as independent,
each being on a separate continuum.
After the disappointing results of the trait-based and behavioral approaches to
leadership, scholars began to specifically incorporate the role of the
environment into leadership theories. One of the first of these contingency
approaches to leadership was Fiedler's Contingency Model (also called the LPC
Theory of Leadership), developed by Fred Fiedler in the 1960s.
One of the most important contributions from Fiedler's Contingency Model is
that Answer - it explicitly recognized that leadership effectiveness depends (or
is contingent upon) the favorability of the situation. According to Fiedler, a task-
oriented leader would only be successful if the situation called for a task-
oriented leader.
Which position on the Managerial Grid is sometimes described as the ideal
style of management, where both task-oriented and people-oriented behaviors
are high? Answer - team management
According to John P. Kotter in "What Leaders Really Do," management involves
all the following except Answer - setting direction
A significant difference between Fiedler's Contingency Theory and many of the
other contingency leadership theories, including Situational Leadership and
House's Path-Goal Theory is that Answer - Fiedler's Contingency Theory
assumes that a leader's style is fixed and does not change, while Situational
Leadership and House's Path-Goal Theory assumes a leader can vary their style
depending on the situation.
After scholars became disillusioned with the trait-based approaches to
leadership in the 1940s, they began to focus on behavioral approaches to
leadership by trying to determine the behaviors of effective leaders. Through
the work of researchers at Ohio State University and the University of
Michigan, two broad categories of leadership behaviors were identified. These
, two categories are: Answer - Task-oriented behaviors and people-oriented
behaviors.
According to John P. Kotter in "What Leaders Really Do," management and
leadership both involve deciding what needs to be done, creating networks of
people to accomplish the agenda, and ensuring that the work actually gets
done. Answer - true
Vroom and Yetton's Decision Model approach to leadership has leaders answer
seven key questions, working their way though a decision tree based on their
responses, to determine which of five different leadership styles would be
appropriate in the specific situation. Answer - true
According to The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner, leadership can
not be learned. You are born with it. "Either you have it or you don't." Answer
- false
Leadership may be defined as: Answer - the act of influencing others to work
towards a goal
Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey's Situational Leadership Theory (SLT), a
contingency approach to leadership, suggests that Answer - the appropriate
leadership style depends on the combination of an individual's competence
(i.e. skill) and commitment (i.e. employee readiness or will).
Both task-oriented behaviors and people-oriented behaviors have important
outcomes. Task-oriented behaviors seem to lead to greater employee
satisfaction while people-oriented behaviors are more strongly related to
leader effectiveness. Answer - false
ANSWERS SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
House's Path-Goal Theory of Leadership is based on the expectancy theory of
motivation, where employees are motivated when they believe, or expect, all
the following, except Answer - they are not the Least Preferred Coworker
(they believe efforts will lead to high performance, high performance will be
rewarded, rewards they will receive are valuable to them)
The Transformational Leadership Theory distinguishes between
transformational leadership styles and transactional leadership styles. Which is
not an element of transformational leadership? Answer - contingent rewards
(elements include: inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individual
consideration)
Which theory suggests that because leaders are not able to change their style
to adapt to the situation, either the situation should be changed to match the
leader, or the leader should be changed to match the situation? Answer -
Fiedler's Contingency Theory (LPC Theory of Leadership)
One of the main differences between the Michigan Studies and the Ohio State
Studies was how they classified the two broad categories of behaviors that
they identified. Answer - The Michigan Studies identified that Task-Oriented
and People-Oriented behaviors were on different ends of a single continuum,
,while the Ohio State Studies classified these two behaviors as independent,
each being on a separate continuum.
After the disappointing results of the trait-based and behavioral approaches to
leadership, scholars began to specifically incorporate the role of the
environment into leadership theories. One of the first of these contingency
approaches to leadership was Fiedler's Contingency Model (also called the LPC
Theory of Leadership), developed by Fred Fiedler in the 1960s.
One of the most important contributions from Fiedler's Contingency Model is
that Answer - it explicitly recognized that leadership effectiveness depends (or
is contingent upon) the favorability of the situation. According to Fiedler, a task-
oriented leader would only be successful if the situation called for a task-
oriented leader.
Which position on the Managerial Grid is sometimes described as the ideal
style of management, where both task-oriented and people-oriented behaviors
are high? Answer - team management
According to John P. Kotter in "What Leaders Really Do," management involves
all the following except Answer - setting direction
A significant difference between Fiedler's Contingency Theory and many of the
other contingency leadership theories, including Situational Leadership and
House's Path-Goal Theory is that Answer - Fiedler's Contingency Theory
assumes that a leader's style is fixed and does not change, while Situational
Leadership and House's Path-Goal Theory assumes a leader can vary their style
depending on the situation.
After scholars became disillusioned with the trait-based approaches to
leadership in the 1940s, they began to focus on behavioral approaches to
leadership by trying to determine the behaviors of effective leaders. Through
the work of researchers at Ohio State University and the University of
Michigan, two broad categories of leadership behaviors were identified. These
, two categories are: Answer - Task-oriented behaviors and people-oriented
behaviors.
According to John P. Kotter in "What Leaders Really Do," management and
leadership both involve deciding what needs to be done, creating networks of
people to accomplish the agenda, and ensuring that the work actually gets
done. Answer - true
Vroom and Yetton's Decision Model approach to leadership has leaders answer
seven key questions, working their way though a decision tree based on their
responses, to determine which of five different leadership styles would be
appropriate in the specific situation. Answer - true
According to The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner, leadership can
not be learned. You are born with it. "Either you have it or you don't." Answer
- false
Leadership may be defined as: Answer - the act of influencing others to work
towards a goal
Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey's Situational Leadership Theory (SLT), a
contingency approach to leadership, suggests that Answer - the appropriate
leadership style depends on the combination of an individual's competence
(i.e. skill) and commitment (i.e. employee readiness or will).
Both task-oriented behaviors and people-oriented behaviors have important
outcomes. Task-oriented behaviors seem to lead to greater employee
satisfaction while people-oriented behaviors are more strongly related to
leader effectiveness. Answer - false
