Many organizations say they support diversity but in reality they want compliance. - Precise Answer ✔✔True
The secret of having a successful business should exclude the value of varied opinions in a working environment. - Precise Answer ✔✔False
To obtain competitive advantage you need to grow your workforce from groups into teams. Teams are much more than a group. A team is a collection of individuals where each person is working towards his/her goal. - Precise Answer ✔✔False
The essence of diversity should be race, religion, sex and age and not the uniqueness of every individual.
- Precise Answer ✔✔False
According to Keith Coats the meaning of diversity is fundamentally different from the meaning of variety. - Precise Answer ✔✔True
Leadership has been defined in terms of traits, behaviors, influences, interaction patterns, role relationships and occupation of a position. - Precise Answer ✔✔True
There are various ways to define leadership. Which statement does not capture the spirit of leadership. Leadership is..... - Precise Answer ✔✔about doing things right
Leadership theories make a difference between Traits and Competencies. Which one of the following definitions illustrates a trait? A trait is.... - Precise Answer ✔✔an inherent characteristics of a person
Leadership focus is based on theories that have progressed over time. Which theory relied on the machine metaphor with a heavy emphasis on the mechanization of jobs? - Precise Answer ✔✔Scientific management theory Scholars such as Bass (1990), Kotter (1988), Rost (1991), Hickman (1990) and Mintzberg (1993) view leading and managing as distinct processes but they do not assume that leaders and managers are different types of people. Which of the following competencies do they feel apply to leadership? - Precise Answer ✔✔Creating a shared culture and values and based on personal power
Good leadership is a critical success factor for organizations to remain successful. - Precise Answer ✔✔True
Leaders must ignite energy and excitement through asking inspiring questions and creating a powerful vision of the future. The challenge for leaders is that such conditions are emergent rather than controlled and directed. - Precise Answer ✔✔True
The Authentic leader makes the decisions, tells employees what to do and closely supervises workers. - Precise Answer ✔✔False
According to McGregor (1960), the traditional organization with its centralized decision making, hierarchical pyramid, and external control of work is based on certain assumptions about human nature and human motivation. He dubbed these assumptions Theory X and Theory Y. What statement (s) reflect(s) the assumption(s) of Theory Y? - Precise Answer ✔✔All of the above
Leadership and management are not the same. Which of the following statement(s) is most clearly about Leadership? Leadership is... - Precise Answer ✔✔None of the above
Daniel Goleman did put EQ on the business map. The concept of EQ is focused on 5 competencies of EQ at work. These 5 competencies are: - Precise Answer ✔✔Self awareness, self regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills
In leadership people are usually tested for their cognitive intelligence also known as IQ. Nowadays leadership effectiveness is also measured on the basis of EQ. What does EQ stand for? - Precise Answer ✔✔Emotional Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people. - Precise Answer ✔✔False