MBA704 Exam 7 Questions And Answers
o Defined in different ways
o Common theme is role of influence
Emphasis on difference between managers and leaders - Answer-leadership
/.o Administers vs. innovates
o Relies on control vs. inspires trust
o Short-term view vs. long-term view
o Accepts status quo vs. challenges status quo
o Does things right vs. does the right thing - Answer-managers vs. leaders
/.o First attempt to determine what effects styles of leadership have on a group
o First to analyze leadership from the standpoint of scientific methodology - Answer-
iowa leadership studies
/.o Showed that different styles of leadership can produce different, complex reactions
from the same or similar groups
-authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire - Answer-iowa leadership studies
/.iowa leadership studies:
directive and allowed no participation - Answer-authoritarian
/.iowa leadership studies:
encouraged group discussion and decision making - Answer-democratic
/.iowa leadreship studies:
gave complete freedom to group; provided no leadership - Answer-laissez-faire
/.o Began with idea that no satisfactory definition of leadership existed and that previous
work equated leadership with good leadership
o First to point out and emphasize the importance of both task and human dimensions
in evaluating leadership - Answer-ohio state leadership studies
/.o lessened the gap between scientific management and the human relations
perspective
>two dimensions of leadership: consideration and initiating structure - Answer-ohio state
leadership studies
/.dimension of leadership for ohio state leadership studies:
recognition of individual needs and relationships - Answer-consideration
/.dimension of leadership for ohio state leadership studies:
task or goal orientation - Answer-initiating structure
, /.o Conducted about the same time as Ohio State studies
o High-producing groups were more likely to have employee-centered supervisors -
Answer-early michigan leadership studies
/.o Low-producing groups were more likely to have production-centered supervisors
o Employee satisfaction was not directly related to productivity
>type of supervision was key to employee performance: employee-centered and
production-centered - Answer-early michigan leadership studies
/.Type of supervision was key to employee performance for early michigan leadership
studies:
concern for people - Answer-employee-centered
/.Type of supervision was key to employee performance for early michigan leadership
studies:
concern for the task - Answer-production-centered
/.traditional theory of leadership:
-Leaders are born, not made
-Individuals are born with certain traits that allow them to emerge out of any situation or
period of time to become leaders - Answer-great person theory
/.traditional theory of leadership:
o However, research indicates that leadership is affected by both nature (genetics) and
nurture (development) - Answer-great person theory
/.o Associated with Great Person Theory
o Concerned with identifying the personal traits of the leader - Answer-trait theory
/.o Disappointing research results
o Only intelligence seems to be consistent leader trait - Answer-trait theory
/.(leadership theories):
o Focused on leadership development
o Includes positive organizational behavior states (e.g., hope, optimism), skill
development areas (e.g. technical), and leader competencies (e.g., drive, integrity) -
Answer-psychological states and skill development
/.(leadership theories):
o Leader provides more benefits/rewards than burdens/costs for followers
o Leadership is exchange process between leader and followers - Answer-group theory
/.(leadership theories):
o Follower's Impact on Leaders
>Followers affect leaders and their behaviors as much as leaders and their behavior
affect followers - Answer-group theory
o Defined in different ways
o Common theme is role of influence
Emphasis on difference between managers and leaders - Answer-leadership
/.o Administers vs. innovates
o Relies on control vs. inspires trust
o Short-term view vs. long-term view
o Accepts status quo vs. challenges status quo
o Does things right vs. does the right thing - Answer-managers vs. leaders
/.o First attempt to determine what effects styles of leadership have on a group
o First to analyze leadership from the standpoint of scientific methodology - Answer-
iowa leadership studies
/.o Showed that different styles of leadership can produce different, complex reactions
from the same or similar groups
-authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire - Answer-iowa leadership studies
/.iowa leadership studies:
directive and allowed no participation - Answer-authoritarian
/.iowa leadership studies:
encouraged group discussion and decision making - Answer-democratic
/.iowa leadreship studies:
gave complete freedom to group; provided no leadership - Answer-laissez-faire
/.o Began with idea that no satisfactory definition of leadership existed and that previous
work equated leadership with good leadership
o First to point out and emphasize the importance of both task and human dimensions
in evaluating leadership - Answer-ohio state leadership studies
/.o lessened the gap between scientific management and the human relations
perspective
>two dimensions of leadership: consideration and initiating structure - Answer-ohio state
leadership studies
/.dimension of leadership for ohio state leadership studies:
recognition of individual needs and relationships - Answer-consideration
/.dimension of leadership for ohio state leadership studies:
task or goal orientation - Answer-initiating structure
, /.o Conducted about the same time as Ohio State studies
o High-producing groups were more likely to have employee-centered supervisors -
Answer-early michigan leadership studies
/.o Low-producing groups were more likely to have production-centered supervisors
o Employee satisfaction was not directly related to productivity
>type of supervision was key to employee performance: employee-centered and
production-centered - Answer-early michigan leadership studies
/.Type of supervision was key to employee performance for early michigan leadership
studies:
concern for people - Answer-employee-centered
/.Type of supervision was key to employee performance for early michigan leadership
studies:
concern for the task - Answer-production-centered
/.traditional theory of leadership:
-Leaders are born, not made
-Individuals are born with certain traits that allow them to emerge out of any situation or
period of time to become leaders - Answer-great person theory
/.traditional theory of leadership:
o However, research indicates that leadership is affected by both nature (genetics) and
nurture (development) - Answer-great person theory
/.o Associated with Great Person Theory
o Concerned with identifying the personal traits of the leader - Answer-trait theory
/.o Disappointing research results
o Only intelligence seems to be consistent leader trait - Answer-trait theory
/.(leadership theories):
o Focused on leadership development
o Includes positive organizational behavior states (e.g., hope, optimism), skill
development areas (e.g. technical), and leader competencies (e.g., drive, integrity) -
Answer-psychological states and skill development
/.(leadership theories):
o Leader provides more benefits/rewards than burdens/costs for followers
o Leadership is exchange process between leader and followers - Answer-group theory
/.(leadership theories):
o Follower's Impact on Leaders
>Followers affect leaders and their behaviors as much as leaders and their behavior
affect followers - Answer-group theory
