Q: When presenting the various characteristics of management by objectives (MBO), you would say that all the following activities are needed for it to be successful except:
A: A company-wide common performance bonus for employees
Q: Which of the following is true in Fiedler's Contingency Theory?
A: Task oriented leaders are more effective when the situation is highly favorable or highly unfavorable
Q: Which of the following is not one of the four management functions?
I. Identifying goals for future organizational performance
II. Allocating resources
III. Monitoring employees activities
IV. Applying specialized technical knowledge to solve specific problems
A: IV only
Q: The following are characteristics of operational goals:
I. specific results expected from individuals in organizations
II. a blueprint defining organizational activities and the allocation of resources
III. apply mainly to high-level managers
IV. efficiency in achieving the goals
V. tend to be of a long term nature
A: I and IV only
Q: Which of the following is not considered a conceptual skill?
I. Proficiency in accounting and financial standards
II. The ability to see the organization as a whole
III. Strategic thinking to meet future organizational goals
IV. The ability to take a broad view, considering different perspectives
V. Having an understanding of both the organization and its environment
A: I only
Q: Which of the following statements does not apply to the contingency model of leadership?
A: When followers are unable, but willing to follow
Q: Planning incorporates the following:
A: a clear future desired state for the organization and the means of achieving it
Q: The following are all traits of leaders except:
A: Abilities supported by learned knowledge and skills
Q: To which of the following statments would you relate the initiating structure model of leadership behavior?
A: Behavior of job-centered leaders
Q: The following are benefits of planning except:
I. Acts as a standard for performance and measurement
II. Provides legitimacy for an organization
III. Guides resources allocation
IV. Providing a standard response to challenges from a turbulent environment
V. As a guide for action
A: II only
Q: Transactional leadership can be effective in which one of the following organizational settings?
A: When there are clear goals, plans, budgets and schedules
Q: Which of the following is a leadership quality in organizations?
A: Maintains stability
Q: All of the following apply to intuition in decision making except:
A: There is a coalition of informal alliance among managers in an organization
Q: Companies focusing on both organizational culture and business performance are those with a high performance culture which:
A:
Encourages employee ownership of values and focuses on the company's bottom line results
Q: Which of the following is not true when discussing authentic leadership?
A: They are job-centered leaders
Q: The following are all characteristics of the administrative model of decision making except:
A: Goals which are not clearly defined
Q: When a manager initiates a worldwide recall of defective motor cars manufactured by his company, his decision is considered to be:
A: A non-programmed decision
Q: Which of the following statements about management and leadership is true?
A: They represent two different sets of qualities and skills that frequently overlap within a single individual
Q: Which of the following approaches is relevant to the study of leadership?
I. Leadership traits
II. The behavior of leaders
III. The situational model of leadership
A: All of the listed choices
Q: In playing the role of a disturbance handler, a manager:
A: adapts to the turbulent environment and takes corrective actions to resolve conflicts
RESULTS: 80/100
A: A company-wide common performance bonus for employees
Q: Which of the following is true in Fiedler's Contingency Theory?
A: Task oriented leaders are more effective when the situation is highly favorable or highly unfavorable
Q: Which of the following is not one of the four management functions?
I. Identifying goals for future organizational performance
II. Allocating resources
III. Monitoring employees activities
IV. Applying specialized technical knowledge to solve specific problems
A: IV only
Q: The following are characteristics of operational goals:
I. specific results expected from individuals in organizations
II. a blueprint defining organizational activities and the allocation of resources
III. apply mainly to high-level managers
IV. efficiency in achieving the goals
V. tend to be of a long term nature
A: I and IV only
Q: Which of the following is not considered a conceptual skill?
I. Proficiency in accounting and financial standards
II. The ability to see the organization as a whole
III. Strategic thinking to meet future organizational goals
IV. The ability to take a broad view, considering different perspectives
V. Having an understanding of both the organization and its environment
A: I only
Q: Which of the following statements does not apply to the contingency model of leadership?
A: When followers are unable, but willing to follow
Q: Planning incorporates the following:
A: a clear future desired state for the organization and the means of achieving it
Q: The following are all traits of leaders except:
A: Abilities supported by learned knowledge and skills
Q: To which of the following statments would you relate the initiating structure model of leadership behavior?
A: Behavior of job-centered leaders
Q: The following are benefits of planning except:
I. Acts as a standard for performance and measurement
II. Provides legitimacy for an organization
III. Guides resources allocation
IV. Providing a standard response to challenges from a turbulent environment
V. As a guide for action
A: II only
Q: Transactional leadership can be effective in which one of the following organizational settings?
A: When there are clear goals, plans, budgets and schedules
Q: Which of the following is a leadership quality in organizations?
A: Maintains stability
Q: All of the following apply to intuition in decision making except:
A: There is a coalition of informal alliance among managers in an organization
Q: Companies focusing on both organizational culture and business performance are those with a high performance culture which:
A:
Encourages employee ownership of values and focuses on the company's bottom line results
Q: Which of the following is not true when discussing authentic leadership?
A: They are job-centered leaders
Q: The following are all characteristics of the administrative model of decision making except:
A: Goals which are not clearly defined
Q: When a manager initiates a worldwide recall of defective motor cars manufactured by his company, his decision is considered to be:
A: A non-programmed decision
Q: Which of the following statements about management and leadership is true?
A: They represent two different sets of qualities and skills that frequently overlap within a single individual
Q: Which of the following approaches is relevant to the study of leadership?
I. Leadership traits
II. The behavior of leaders
III. The situational model of leadership
A: All of the listed choices
Q: In playing the role of a disturbance handler, a manager:
A: adapts to the turbulent environment and takes corrective actions to resolve conflicts
RESULTS: 80/100
