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Coursera 3 - Week 1,2,3,4,5,6 Assessment with Complete Solutions
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Coursera 3 - Week 1,2,3,4,5,6Assessment with Complete Solutions
A 1997 study of 511 leaders found that 70 per cent were considered 'loners'. How did
the instructor explain why this might be the case?
A. They were often frustrated and impatient with others.
B. They lacked the technical skills to lead
C. The weren't highly intellectual
D. They lacked interdependent and socially connected professional relationships -
ANSWER-D
A prescriptive leadership model:
A. Substitutes or neutralizes leadership through a set of specific situational
characteristics
B. Provides a sequential set of questions that are rules that help determine the best
leadership style for the situation
C. Identifies contingency variables and leadership styles without specifying which style
to use in a given situation.
D. Tells the user exactly which style to use in a given situation. - ANSWER-D
According to Jeffrey Pfeffer, what are the negative behavioural knock-ons of
inspirational modes of leadership and the fables and stories that accompany them?
A. Change resistence and change fatigue when it becomes clear inspiration isn't
enough
B. Cynicism for some and the development of an unrealistic expectations of ourselves
for others
C. The stories are little more than catnip for people suffering in soul-crushing jobs
D. The stories told about leaders are mythical, exaggerated or misreported, deliberately
or accidentally, by the leaders themselves and those who write about and research
them - ANSWER-A
According to Jordan B Peterson, what is leadership?
,A. It can be predicted through measuring a person's emotional or social intelligence
B. It is often an illegitimate use of power that establishes needless hierarchies
C. It is a manifestation of hierarchical order as a biological imperative, in which superior
specimens naturally rise to the top
D. It is the expression of diverse ideas and perspectives, none of which should have
inherent privilege, in a participative and safe environment - ANSWER-C
According to Ron Warren's research approximately how many American workers have
reported being bullied at work? And how many American workers actually report that
they have been bullied at work?
A. 37% and 0.05%
B. 65% and 20%
C. 90% and 20%
D. 62% and 63% - ANSWER-A
According to the article,'Organizational Distrust Is Rampant: Why Leaders Should Be
Worried'by Christine Comaford, "trust of CEOs is at an all-time low". Which of these
options is not an example of one of the three pitfalls that CEOs should try to avoid to
regain the trust of their employees?
A. Lying and cheating their employees
B. Asking for feedback yet not acting on it
C. Unemotional or not compelling mission values
D. Ineffective delegation - ANSWER-A
Based on the article 'The cult of compulsory happiness ruining our workplaces',
employee happiness is important for which of the following work situations?
A. A financial analyst
B. An accountant
C. A receptionist at a hotel
D. An oil rig worker - ANSWER-C
, Collaborative overload suggests that the highest value-adding people in the
organisation are also the most:
A. Disengaged
B. Likely to be promoted to leadership positions
C. Giving
D. Ironic - ANSWER-A
Fred Luthans talks about successful and effective leaders/managers. Which of these
behaviours would successful managers excel at?
A. Learning the written and unwritten rules of the organisational culture and where the
power actually lies
B. Inspiring loyalty, hard work and enthusiasm in those they lead
C. Developing good working relationships with people in positional power
D. Building political coalitions - ANSWER-A,C,D
Henry Mintzberg was the first person to empirically research the day-to-day activities
undertaken by a CEO. What best defines his findings?
A. CEOs were special people who are able to strategically plan years into the future and
deal with long-term time horizons despite short-term pressures
B. CEOs have to perform a multiplicity of interdependent roles in fast-paced,
fragmented, regularly interrupted environments
C. Although there were many CEOS, very few actually displayed the styles and qualities
of leadership identified in academic literature
High cognitive ability and deep integrity
D. CEOs were the source of the organisational vision, entrusted with the provision of
purpose, values and motivation in the workers - ANSWER-B
Hostile leadership can lead to what serious health outcomes in organisations?
A. Higher rates of strokes
B. Greater staff turnover
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