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Questions
1. An individual whose personal style results in a tendency to be focused on job completion will likely be a ______.
kinesthetic leader
visual leader
relationship-oriented leader
task-oriented leader
2. Task leadership would be especially effective when ______.
there is a new cohort of faculty at a university
a team has conflict
the culture of the organization breeds mistrust
there is poor communication in the workplace
3. Who are the people who are the last to turn off their cell phones as the airplane takes off and the first to turn their phones back on when the airplane lands?
Initiated-oriented leaders
Style-oriented leaders
Task-oriented leaders
Relationship-oriented leaders
4. Employee orientation does NOT involve ______.
valuing employees as good followers
taking an interest in workers as human beings
valuing the uniqueness of employees
giving special attention to their personal needs
5. Task-oriented behavior style is people focused.
True
False
6. Relationship-oriented people find meaning in being with others.
True
False
7. A neighbor comes over with coffee to chat with another homeowner in the neighborhood who is mowing the lawn. The first neighbor is task-oriented.
True
False
8. A boss walks into a group member's office to request an immediate revision of a report the group member submitted the day before. The boss exhibits task-oriented leadership.
True
False
9. Those who tend to focus on relationships in their personal styles will likely be relationship-oriented in their leadership.
True
False
10. A team leader sees that a colleague is struggling to finish a project because he has his son's upcoming biopsy on his mind. She sits down to ask him how he is feeling about the procedure. This is an example of consideration behavior.
True
False
11. When a team feels uncertain about a process, such as changing a patient's bandages, it is important for the nurse leader to be task-oriented.
True
False
12. Leadership skills can be combined into three groups: ______.
authoritative, interpersonal, and conceptual
administrative, interpersonal, and conceptual
administrative, interpersonal, and democratic
administrative, intrapersonal, and conceptual
13. The competencies a leader needs to effectively manage an organization and carry out organizational goals are called ______ skills.
administrative
conceptual
interpersonal
technical
14. Technical competence is sometimes called which of the following?
management competence
resource competence
functional competence
software competence
15. When a leader is aware of people's motivations, what is important to them, and how they might react to change is an example of which of the following?
Conflict management
Strategic planning
Using emotional intelligence
Being socially perspective
16. Leadership abilities related to thinking and cognition are which type of skills?
Conceptual
Technical
Interpersonal
Administrative
17. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following involves the best way a leader can deal with people?
Create relationships
Motivate
Be involved
Watch
18. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. In managing resources, a leader often is responsible for ______.
being responsible for resources for incentive programs
delegating the responsibility to staff members
ordering resources for activities
being responsible for resources for new staff
19. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Social perceptiveness includes having insight into which of the following?
What is important to others.
What is cost-effective.
What others need and want.
What challenges others face.
20. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: A leader with vision should be able to ______.
talk the talk and walk the walk
move others towards the future
articulate it clearly
provide bonus plans
21. Interpersonal skills can be referred to as "people skills."
True
False
22. Socially perceptive leaders have a good understanding of how followers might react to organizational change.
True
False
23. People usually resist organizational change and see it as threatening.
True
False
24. Conflict is always unhealthy.
True
False
25. Implementing a solution to a problem is a challenging step often resisted by others.
True
False