TEST MGT420

The CEO of Wal-Mart spends the majority of his work time determining his company's objectives, motivating behavior in pursuit of these objectives, and influencing group maintenance and culture. That means, he spends the majority of his time engaged in

• control

• organizing

• leadership

• supervision

• directing

Calvin is typically very responsive to his boss's requests because he knows that his boss has the power to grant him tangible benefits such as a pay raise, a promotion, or a better work schedule. In this example, Calvin is responding to his boss's __________ power.

• reward

• information

• expert

• coercive

• legitimate

The first day at a new job, ask your supervisor, "What is your view of leadership?" Your supervisor answers, "I believe that some people are natural leaders and are endowed with certain traits not possessed by other individuals." Based on this answer, you make a mental note that you supervisor subscribes to the __________ approach to understanding leadership.

• trait

• psychological

• transformational

• contingency

• behavioral

__________ models of leadership include those that define a leader's effectiveness based on task-orientation such as setting goals, giving directions, setting standards, supervising worker performance, and applauding new ideas.

• Trait

• Objective

• Subjective

• Referent Power

• Behavioral

Setting performance goals, planning and scheduling work, coordinating activities, and giving directions are examples of which of the following?

• task orientation

• objective orientation

• subjective orientation

• contingency orientation

• relations orientation

The ability to marshal human, informational, or material resources to get something done is called

• prerogative

• power

• management

• authoritativeness

• control

The type of power that is derived from opportunities inherent in a person's position in an organization is referred to as

• personal power

• legitimate power

• organizational power

• referent power

• follower-centered power

The type of power that is derived from the interpersonal relationship between a leader and his or her followers is called

• hierarchical power

• position power.

• supervisory power.

• institutional power.

• personal power.

Situational variables that tend to outweigh a leader's ability to affect subordinate satisfaction and performance are called

• leadership exchanges.

• referent power.

• sense of community.

• situational leaderships

• leadership substitutes

A leader is able to define and articulate a vision for the organization, and the followers accept the leader's credibility. This is evidence of which of the following?

• situational leadership

• referent leadership

• transformational leadership

• transactional leadership

• organic leadership