ORGB 327 Lesson 1 Questions With Answers
A leader always has the ability to influence others.
A) True
B) False - Answer-A) True
/.A manager from a prestigious university believed that employees who were from "lesser schools" lacked sufficient intelligence and motivation for the high-tech fi...
A leader always has the ability to influence others.
A) True
B) False - Answer-A) True
/.A manager from a prestigious university believed that employees who were from
"lesser schools" lacked sufficient intelligence and motivation for the high-tech firm that
she led. She set goals that were low for these employees, and did not trust them with
certain important tasks or company information. Over time, the employees started to
exhibit behaviours consistent with the manager's beliefs and actions. They tended to
show dissatisfaction and low performance. Over time, many of them quit. This is an
example of
Select one:
a. Theory Y attitudes.
b. the Pygmalion effect.
c. negative self-concept.
d. a positive role model.
e. Theory X attitudes. - Answer-b. the Pygmalion effect.
/.A manager is a person who is influenced by a leader.
A) True
B) False - Answer-B) False
/.A manager is attending a company workshop called the Leadership Grid to help him
improve his effectiveness as a manager. The manager will learn how to implement a
high concern for getting the job done while showing concern for the workers. This
workshop best illustrates which leadership theory paradigm?
Select one:
a. trait
b. behavioural
c. contingency
d. management to leadership - Answer-b. behavioural
/.A team leader has concern for both production and people. According to Leadership
Grid theory this leadership style would fall in the ____________ area of the leadership
grid.
Select one:
a. low-high
b. low-low
c. high-high
, d. high-low
e. high consideration, high structure - Answer-c. high-high
/.According to Mintzberg, which of the following is a managerial role category?
Select one:
a. interpersonal
b. intrapersonal
c. technical
d. integrative - Answer-a. interpersonal
/.According to the University of Iowa studies on leadership styles, a democratic leader
Select one:
a. closely supervises workers.
b. makes the decisions.
c. tells employees what to do.
d. works with employees to determine what to do. - Answer-d. works with employees to
determine what to do.
/.According to your text, people all want to view themselves in a positive manner. When
people behave unethically, they often justify the behaviour to protect their _________ so
that they don't have to feel bad.
Select one:
a. personality
b. relationships
c. self-concept
d. job - Answer-c. self-concept
/.According to your textbook, contingency leadership theory is based on
Select one:
a. trait theory.
b. a team leadership style, which is optimal in all situations.
c. the leader, followers, and situation.
d. the high-high leadership style, which is the best example of contingency leadership
theory.
e. the leader's personality. - Answer-c. the leader, followers, and situation.
/.As a leader or manager, it is important to know what influences ethical and unethical
behaviour. Which of the following would encourage ethical behaviour?
Select one:
a. highly competitive and unsupervised situations
b. the absence of a formal ethics policy or code of ethics
c. punishment of unethical behaviour
d. diffusion of responsibility - Answer-c. punishment of unethical behaviour
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