EDUC 103 Quiz on Leadership

According to Peter Drucker, what is leadership?

• Avoiding making decisions

• Promoting intelligence and rationality

• Following clearly defined goals

• Shifting of own vision to higher sights

What is the main difference between Leadership and Management?

• Managers focus on innovation, while leaders focus on rationality

• Leaders must inspire followers, while managers may not

• Managers are unconcerned with interpersonal issues, while leaders are not

• Leaders seek to preserve existing structures, while managers do not

What is the key element in the definition of Leadership?

• Existence of followers who consent to be influenced

• Uneven distribution of influence and power

• Avoidance of decision-making

• Strict adherence to established processes

Which leadership style relies on rewards and punishments to achieve optimal job performance?

• Paternalistic Leadership

• Democratic Leadership

• Transformational Leadership

• Transactional Leadership

What is the main characteristic of Transformational Leaders?

• Abdicates responsibilities

• Provides vision and sense of mission

• Watches for deviations from rules

• Promotes intelligence and rationality

Which type of leadership style involves making decisions without reference to anyone else?

• Laissez-Faire - Delegative Leadership

• Democratic - Participative Leadership

• Autocratic - Authoritarian Leadership

• Paternalistic - Parental Leadership

What is the focus of Transactional Leadership?

• Promoting individualized consideration

• Providing intellectual stimulation

• Contracts exchange of rewards for effort

• Communicating high expectations

Which leadership style encourages decision making from different perspectives?

• Paternalistic - Parental Leadership

• Laissez-Faire - Delegative Leadership

• Autocratic - Authoritarian Leadership

• Democratic - Participative Leadership

Who contrasted Transactional and Transformational Leadership as mutually exclusive types of leadership?

• James MacGregor Burns

• Bernard M. Bass

• Peter Drucker

• Warren Bennis

Which leadership style relies on the leader acting as a 'father figure'?

• Laissez-Faire - Delegative Leadership

• Paternalistic - Parental Leadership

• Democratic - Participative Leadership

• Autocratic - Authoritarian Leadership