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TEST BANK
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George Manning
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Kent Curtis
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Art of Leadership – 7th Edition
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George Manning & Kent Curtis
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1. The Importance of Leadership: Setting the Stage
2. The Leadership Equation
3. Leadership Qualities, Characteristics of Followers, and Situational
Factors
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4. The Importance of Vision and the Motive to Lead
5. Organizational Climate
6. Leadership Ethics
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7. The Role of Values and Ethics at Work
8. Leadership Authority
9. Empowerment in the Workplace and the Quality Imperative
10.Effective Leadership and Human Relations
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11. The Team Concept
12. Human Behavior and the Art of Persuasion
13. The Diversity Challenge
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14. Effective Delegation and How to Assign Work
15. The Role of Personality
16. The Leader as Coach
17. Helping People through Change and Burnout Prevention
18.Managing Performance
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19. Professional Performance and Sustaining Discipline
20.The Road Ahead: Challenge and Charge
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, Test Bank for The Art of Leadership, 7th Edition by George Manning, Kent Curtis
Chapter 01 7e Answers Included
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
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1) Leadership is increasingly moving from an empowering, participatory model to an
autocratic, hierarchical model.
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⊚ false
2) When people are asked to define integrity, the word they mention most frequently is
honesty.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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3) Caring leadership cannot be legislated, and it cannot be an act.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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4) Unlike leadership, the primary purpose of management is to foster motivation and
creativity.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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5) In the context of the key areas of leadership, the empowerment of people involves
fostering a high-performance culture through participative leadership and service to others.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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6) The Jack Welch Management Institute reports that:
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B) formal education is highly unlikely to develop the most-cited qualities people want in
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their leaders.
C) importance of good leadership and job performance are mutually exclusive.
D) more than one-half of working adults have suffered under a bad boss at some point in
their career.
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7) Which of the following is the weakest link in business, industry, and government today?
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A) Technology
B) Tools and equipment
C) Physical plant and facilities
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D) Systems and procedures
E) Leadership
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8) Which of the following best describes leadership?
A) Adherence to performance standards
B) Influencing the behaviors of others through ideas and deeds
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C) Evaluating a course of action
D) Seeking direction from others
E) Writing and speaking effectively
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9) Satisfactions of leaders include:
A) personal freedom.
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B) high income and good health.
C) opportunities for advancement and love and admiration of friends.
D) a chance to help others.
E) opportunities to control resources and aesthetic experiences.
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