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Question 1: In addition to basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, leaders are ascribed:
- Procedural and external roles
- Procedural and internal roles
- Strategic and internal roles
- Strategic and external roles
Question 2: Leaders in high power distance cultures would be most characterized by:
- Expecting feedback from employees
- Relying on formal structures to accomplish tasks
- Seeking notoriety for the organization
- Focusing on team efforts
Question 3: The trait approach to leadership suggests that:
- Leaders have special innate qualities
- Leadership traits are clearly visible
- Traits are based on social class
- Traits cannot be measured
Question 4: The interactionist view of individual differences suggests:
- The environment determines who we are
- Genes are the most important factor in making people who they are
- Heredity and the environment both influence individual differences
- Culture is one of the key factor in determining how people behavior
Question 5: All managers have access to which source of individual power?
- Legitimate
- Authority
- Coercive
- Expert
Question 6: Followers will only follow a charismatic leader if:
- They believe change is needed
- They are motivated
- They have clear rewards waiting for them
- They are confident
Question 7: As organizations grow and mature, the leader's influence is often replaced with:
- They influence of teams
- The power of middle management
- The presence of a strong culture
- Individual decision making
Question 8: Which of the following cultural values can affect employee participation in decision making?
- Collectivism
- Tolerance for ambiguity
- Ascription
- Time orientation
Question 9: ____________is change that is the result of specific and conscious actions by leaders or followers to change the organization
- Unplanned
- Convergent
- Evolutionary
- Revolutionary
Question 10: ______________focuses on education and teaching participants the skills to effectively conduct the day-to-day activities of the individual's role in the organization.
- Executive development
- Leader development
- Leadership development
- Supervisory and managerial development
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