WORK SHEET-CHAPTER 9

TRUE OR FALSE
Management is concerned more with planning and organizing than with agenda setting and
inspiring.

Transformational leadership involves managing change.

Leadership substitutes may make leadership unnecessary or irrelevant.

Rigid rules and procedures, along with individual professionalism, may render leader behavior
unnecessary.

Strategic leadership relates leadership to the role of top management.

Alice has chosen one alternative from among several options; she has just engaged in decision-
making.

The behavioral approach to the study of leadership identified two main areas of effective
leadership behavior: task-focused behavior and employee-focused behavior.

The situational approach to leadership assumes that appropriate leader behavior varies from one
situation to another.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER

1. What area was the earliest research on leadership MOST concerned with?
A) leadership behaviors
B) leadership traits
C) leadership situations
D) leadership integrity
E) leadership roles

2. Bill Lopez spends most of his time performing normal, routine tasks. Which of the following
types of leadership is he primarily involved with?
A) charismatic leadership
B) transformational leadership
C) behavioral leadership
D) situational leadership
E) transactional leadership

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3. Which of the following reflects the extent to which a leader is willing to gamble when making
a decision?
A) escalation of commitment
B) overconfidence
C) caution
D) intuition
E) risk propensity

4. Anne bought stock in ABC Company in hopes of making a profit. Although the stock's price
steadily continued to drop, she refused to sell her stock. What does this illustrate?
A) risk propensity
B) escalation of commitment
C) intuition
D) perception
E) caution
NOTE: This is an example of committing to a decision and sticking it out.

5. Which of the following do organizations need in order to be effective?

A) more leadership than management
B) more management than leadership
C) both leadership and management
D) either leadership or management
E) neither leadership nor management
NOTE: Leadership is necessary to create and direct change and to help the organization get
through tough times; management is necessary to achieve coordination and systematic results
and to handle administrative activities during times of stability.

6. A company leader who often uses the phrase "that was then and this is now" to explain his
decisions most likely follows which model of leadership?
A) situational leadership
B) trait-based leadership
C) transformational leadership
D) transactional leadership
E) charismatic leadership

7. GDB Technologies has had lackluster performance for the past few years. Choi is hired in an
attempt to give new life to the company's prospects and give it new direction away from its
current situation. Which of the following BEST describes Choi's leadership role?
A) transformational
B) charismatic
C) transactional
D) situational
E) cross-cultural
NOTE: Transformational leadership involves using a set of abilities that allows a leader to
recognize the need for change, to create a vision to guide that change, and to execute the change.

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8. Carol took over a stagnant firm three years ago. At that time, she clearly laid out her vision of
where the firm should go and since that time has worked to energize the employees of the firm
toward these goals. Which of the following BEST describes Carol's leadership role?
A) transformational
B) charismatic
C) transactional
D) situational
E) cross-cultural

9. As ABC Enterprises has grown during the past few years, more and more workers have been
hired from the local Ethiopian population. A number of incidents at the firm have arisen during
this time regarding certain customs prevalent among these new workers. Which of the following
forms of leadership does the management of this firm need to utilize in order to most harmonize
this situation?
A) autocratic leadership
B) democratic leadership
C) cross-cultural leadership
D) charismatic leadership
E) mentoring leadership

10. An inward belief about something, often without conscious consideration, is frequently
referred to as what?
A) intuition
B) risk taking
C) commitment
D) discernment
E) rationality
NOTE: Intuition is an innate belief about something, without conscious consideration; managers
sometimes decide to do something because it "feels right." Such an inner sense may help
managers make an occasional decision without going through a full-blown rational sequence of
steps.

11. Bill decides to study a foreign language. All of his friends said it will be easy. After the third
week, he realizes the language is very difficult for him to grasp. He continues his studies, hoping
that it will eventually get easier. What does this illustrate?
A) rational decision making
B) risk-taking decision making
C) escalation of commitment
D) intuitive decision making
E) situational commitment

NOTE: With escalation of commitment, decision makers make decisions and then become so
committed to the course of action suggested by that decision that they stay with it, even when it
appears to have been wrong.