WGU D253 RSM3 COMMUNICATING YOUR
LEADERSHIP VISION ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ least preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire.
Answer: An instrument that purports to measure whether a person is task or
relationship oriented.
◍ dependence.
Answer: B 's relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires.
◍ hygiene factors.
Answer: Factors—such as company policy and administration, supervision,
and salary—that, when adequate in a job, placate workers. When these
factors are adequate, people will not be dissatisfied.
◍ legitimate power.
Answer: The power a person receives as a result of his or her position in the
formal hierarchy of an organization.
◍ halo effect.
Answer: The tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on
the basis of a single characteristic.
◍ normal grouping technique.
Answer: A group decision-making method in which individual members
meet face to face to pool their judgments in a systematic but independent
fashion.
◍ Mission Statement.
Answer: - A mission statement can be defined as a sentence or short
, paragraph written to reflect the school's core pur - pose, identity, values, and
principal aims. For example: "Educate students to be lifelong learners who
are productive, responsible citizens."
◍ attribution theory.
Answer: An attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is
internally or externally caused.
◍ accommodating.
Answer: The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the opponent's
interests above his or her own.
◍ sexual harassment.
Answer: Any unwanted activity of a sexual nature that affects an
individual's employment and creates a hostile work environment.
◍ metamorphosis stage.
Answer: The stage in the socialization process in which a new employee
changes and adjusts to the job, work group, and organization.
◍ technical skills.
Answer: The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise.
◍ intuitive decision making.
Answer: An unconscious process created out of distilled experience.
◍ CONVERSATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROCESS 4: skillfully use
collaborative social technologies.
Answer: Web-based videoconferencing, online collaboration tools, virtual
communities of practice, social media, Second Life, "crowdsourcing," and
other rapidly evolving digital tools are now available to support community
building, knowledge development, and complex, coordinated action.
◍ management by objectives (MBO).
Answer: A program that encompasses specific goals, participatively set, for
an explicit time period, with feedback on goal progress.
◍ collectivism.
, Answer: A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework
in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
◍ Performing stage.
Answer: The fourth stage in group development, during which the group is
fully functional
◍ intuition.
Answer: a gut feeling not becessarily supported by reasearch
◍ 7 primary characteristics of organizational culture.
Answer: A PATIOS A 1.) Innovation and risk taking 2.) Attention to detail
3.) Outcome orientation 4.) People orientation 5.) Team orientation 6.)
Aggressiveness 7.) Stability
◍ political skill.
Answer: The ability to influence others in such a way as to enhance one's
objectives.
◍ manager.
Answer: An individual who achieves goals through other people.
◍ punctuated-equilibrium model.
Answer: A set of phases that temporary groups go through that involves
transitions between inertia and activity.
◍ randomness error.
Answer: The tendency of individuals to believe that they can predict the
outcome of random events.
◍ Forming Stage.
Answer: The first stage in group development, characterized by much
uncertainty.
◍ controlling.
Answer: Monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as
planned and correcting any significant deviations.
, ◍ Workplace Spirituality.
Answer: The recognition that people have an inner life that nourishes and is
nourished by meaningful work that takes place in the context of community.
◍ higher-order needs.
Answer: Needs that are satisfied internally, such as social, esteem, and
self-actualization needs.
◍ compromising.
Answer: A situation in which each party to a conflict is willing to give up
something.
◍ distributive bargaining.
Answer: Negotiation that seeks to divide up a fixed amount of resources; a
win-lose situation.
◍ McClelland's theory of needs.
Answer: A theory that states achievement, power, and affiliation are three
important needs that help explain motivation.
◍ conceptual skills.
Answer: The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations
◍ Adjourning stage.
Answer: The final stage in group development for temporary groups,
characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task
performance.
◍ intentions.
Answer: Decisions to act in a given way.
◍ CONVERSATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROCESS 5: guide collective
intelligence toward effective action.
Answer: potential for collective intelligence or wise action is compromised
when any ingredient of the framework is missing or poorly executed.
◍ selective perception.
Answer: The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of
LEADERSHIP VISION ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ least preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire.
Answer: An instrument that purports to measure whether a person is task or
relationship oriented.
◍ dependence.
Answer: B 's relationship to A when A possesses something that B requires.
◍ hygiene factors.
Answer: Factors—such as company policy and administration, supervision,
and salary—that, when adequate in a job, placate workers. When these
factors are adequate, people will not be dissatisfied.
◍ legitimate power.
Answer: The power a person receives as a result of his or her position in the
formal hierarchy of an organization.
◍ halo effect.
Answer: The tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on
the basis of a single characteristic.
◍ normal grouping technique.
Answer: A group decision-making method in which individual members
meet face to face to pool their judgments in a systematic but independent
fashion.
◍ Mission Statement.
Answer: - A mission statement can be defined as a sentence or short
, paragraph written to reflect the school's core pur - pose, identity, values, and
principal aims. For example: "Educate students to be lifelong learners who
are productive, responsible citizens."
◍ attribution theory.
Answer: An attempt to determine whether an individual's behavior is
internally or externally caused.
◍ accommodating.
Answer: The willingness of one party in a conflict to place the opponent's
interests above his or her own.
◍ sexual harassment.
Answer: Any unwanted activity of a sexual nature that affects an
individual's employment and creates a hostile work environment.
◍ metamorphosis stage.
Answer: The stage in the socialization process in which a new employee
changes and adjusts to the job, work group, and organization.
◍ technical skills.
Answer: The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise.
◍ intuitive decision making.
Answer: An unconscious process created out of distilled experience.
◍ CONVERSATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROCESS 4: skillfully use
collaborative social technologies.
Answer: Web-based videoconferencing, online collaboration tools, virtual
communities of practice, social media, Second Life, "crowdsourcing," and
other rapidly evolving digital tools are now available to support community
building, knowledge development, and complex, coordinated action.
◍ management by objectives (MBO).
Answer: A program that encompasses specific goals, participatively set, for
an explicit time period, with feedback on goal progress.
◍ collectivism.
, Answer: A national culture attribute that describes a tight social framework
in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
◍ Performing stage.
Answer: The fourth stage in group development, during which the group is
fully functional
◍ intuition.
Answer: a gut feeling not becessarily supported by reasearch
◍ 7 primary characteristics of organizational culture.
Answer: A PATIOS A 1.) Innovation and risk taking 2.) Attention to detail
3.) Outcome orientation 4.) People orientation 5.) Team orientation 6.)
Aggressiveness 7.) Stability
◍ political skill.
Answer: The ability to influence others in such a way as to enhance one's
objectives.
◍ manager.
Answer: An individual who achieves goals through other people.
◍ punctuated-equilibrium model.
Answer: A set of phases that temporary groups go through that involves
transitions between inertia and activity.
◍ randomness error.
Answer: The tendency of individuals to believe that they can predict the
outcome of random events.
◍ Forming Stage.
Answer: The first stage in group development, characterized by much
uncertainty.
◍ controlling.
Answer: Monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as
planned and correcting any significant deviations.
, ◍ Workplace Spirituality.
Answer: The recognition that people have an inner life that nourishes and is
nourished by meaningful work that takes place in the context of community.
◍ higher-order needs.
Answer: Needs that are satisfied internally, such as social, esteem, and
self-actualization needs.
◍ compromising.
Answer: A situation in which each party to a conflict is willing to give up
something.
◍ distributive bargaining.
Answer: Negotiation that seeks to divide up a fixed amount of resources; a
win-lose situation.
◍ McClelland's theory of needs.
Answer: A theory that states achievement, power, and affiliation are three
important needs that help explain motivation.
◍ conceptual skills.
Answer: The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations
◍ Adjourning stage.
Answer: The final stage in group development for temporary groups,
characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task
performance.
◍ intentions.
Answer: Decisions to act in a given way.
◍ CONVERSATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROCESS 5: guide collective
intelligence toward effective action.
Answer: potential for collective intelligence or wise action is compromised
when any ingredient of the framework is missing or poorly executed.
◍ selective perception.
Answer: The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis of
