WGU C200 questions with verified answers
3 overarching leadership theories Ans✓✓✓ Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories,
contingency theory
3 sub fields of humanistic perspective Ans✓✓✓ The human relations movement,
the Human resources Movement and the behavioral science approach
3 sub-fields of classical perspective Ans✓✓✓ scientific management,
bureaucratic organizations, and administrative principles
4 Quadrants in the Situational Leadership Model Ans✓✓✓ Delegation (bottom
left)
Telling (bottom right) Participating (top left)
Selling (top right)
Administrate principles approach Ans✓✓✓ Focuses on the total organization
rather than the individual worker and delineates the management functions of
planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling
Arguments against the trait leadership theory Ans✓✓✓ Difficult to validate, no
trait would guarantee leadership success
Behavioral Leadership Theories Ans✓✓✓ focus on the behaviors common to
effective leaders
, Behavioral Science Approach Ans✓✓✓ relies on scientific research for developing
theories about human behavior that can be used to provide practical tools for
managers
Bureaucratic organization structure Ans✓✓✓ - A clear differentiation of tasks and
responsibilities
- Coordination through strict hierarchy of authority and decision rights
- Standardization of rules and procedures
- Vertical separation of planning and execution
Characteristics of Trait leadership theory Ans✓✓✓ Energy, Age, status, mobility,
education and intelligence
Classical perspective Ans✓✓✓ Takes a rational, scientific approach to
management and seeks to turn organizations into efficient operating machines.
Contingency View Ans✓✓✓ tells managers that what works in one organizational
situation might not work in others
Controlling Ans✓✓✓ monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and
taking corrective action as needed
Define Fredrick Winslow Taylors Scientific management Ans✓✓✓ Employers
could get most out of their workers if they broke labor into their various parks
and trained laborers to specialize in each particular station of production to
maximize efficiency
3 overarching leadership theories Ans✓✓✓ Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories,
contingency theory
3 sub fields of humanistic perspective Ans✓✓✓ The human relations movement,
the Human resources Movement and the behavioral science approach
3 sub-fields of classical perspective Ans✓✓✓ scientific management,
bureaucratic organizations, and administrative principles
4 Quadrants in the Situational Leadership Model Ans✓✓✓ Delegation (bottom
left)
Telling (bottom right) Participating (top left)
Selling (top right)
Administrate principles approach Ans✓✓✓ Focuses on the total organization
rather than the individual worker and delineates the management functions of
planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling
Arguments against the trait leadership theory Ans✓✓✓ Difficult to validate, no
trait would guarantee leadership success
Behavioral Leadership Theories Ans✓✓✓ focus on the behaviors common to
effective leaders
, Behavioral Science Approach Ans✓✓✓ relies on scientific research for developing
theories about human behavior that can be used to provide practical tools for
managers
Bureaucratic organization structure Ans✓✓✓ - A clear differentiation of tasks and
responsibilities
- Coordination through strict hierarchy of authority and decision rights
- Standardization of rules and procedures
- Vertical separation of planning and execution
Characteristics of Trait leadership theory Ans✓✓✓ Energy, Age, status, mobility,
education and intelligence
Classical perspective Ans✓✓✓ Takes a rational, scientific approach to
management and seeks to turn organizations into efficient operating machines.
Contingency View Ans✓✓✓ tells managers that what works in one organizational
situation might not work in others
Controlling Ans✓✓✓ monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and
taking corrective action as needed
Define Fredrick Winslow Taylors Scientific management Ans✓✓✓ Employers
could get most out of their workers if they broke labor into their various parks
and trained laborers to specialize in each particular station of production to
maximize efficiency
