IBIC- motivation & management vs. leadership

Achievement motivation theory is associated with the work of Harvard psychologist:

• A. Geert Hofstede

• B. Abraham Maslow

• C. Frederick Herzberg

• D. David McClelland

_____ theory holds that individuals can have a need to get ahead, to attain success and to reach objectives.

• A. Achievement motivation

• B. Two-factor

• C. Hierarchy of needs

• D. Quality of life

In work motivation, factors internally controlled, such as responsibility, achievement and the work itself are referred to as:

• A. Job process factors

• B. Job inducement factors

• C. Job content factors

• D. Job context factors

Herzberg-type motivators are of more importance to job satisfaction in:

• A. Japan

• B. South Africa

• C. Zambia

• D. Israel

According to the theory of achievement motivation, all of the following are characteristics of high achievers except:

• A. They like situations in which they take personal responsibility for finding solutions to problems

• B. They tend to be team players

• C. They want concrete feedback on their performance

• D. They tend to be moderate risk-takers

The process of influencing people to direct their efforts toward the achievement of some particular goal is referred to as:

• A. Leadership

• B. Management

• C. Directing

• D. Controlling

The leadership scholar that coined the terms "Theory X" and "Theory Y" management was:

• A. Robert Blake

• B. William Ouchi

• C. Sheila Puffer

• D. Douglas McGregor

A _____ manager believes that people are basically lazy and that coercion and threats of punishment must be used to get them to work.

• A. Theory Z

• B. Theory X

• C. Theory A

• D. Theory Y

According to this theory, a great deal of creative potential basically goes untapped and if these abilities can be tapped, workers will provide much higher quantity and quality of output.

• A. Theory X

• B. Theory Z

• C. Theory Y

• D. Theory A

All of the following are assumptions that underlie Theory X management except:

• A. By their very nature, people do not like to work and will avoid it whenever possible

• B. Workers have little ambition, try to avoid responsibility and like to be directed

• C. The primary need of employees is job security

• D. The expenditure of physical and mental effort at work is as natural to people as resting