general business data bank

21. The recommended management style from the leadership grid is

a. 1,9.

b. 9,1.

c. 5,5.

d. 1,1.

e. 9,9.

22. According to the leadership grid, which of these is a 1,9 management style?

a. Team Management

b. Country Club Management

c. Middle of the Road Management

d. Impoverished Management

e. Authority-Compliance

23. Which Management style reflects a moderate amount of concern for both people and production?

a. Team Management

b. Country Club Management

c. Middle of the Road Management

d. Impoverished Management

e. Authority-Compliance

24. ______, according to the Leadership Grid, occurs when efficiency in operations is the dominant orientation.

a. Team Management

b. Country Club Management

c. Middle of the Road Management

d. Impoverished Management

e. Authority-Compliance

25. The Leadership Grid used the two leader behaviors which were called

a. employee-centered and job centered.

b. consideration and initiating structure.

c. concern for people and concern for production.

d. relationship-oriented and task-oriented.

e. employee-oriented and relationship oriented.

26. The path-goal theory was presented by

a. Fred Fiedler.

b. Hersey and Blanchard.

c. Blake and Mouton.

d. Evans and House.

e. None of the above.

27. ______ is a model of leadership that describes the relationship between leadership styles and specific organizational situations.

a. Contingency approach

b. Behavioral approach

c. Trait approach

d. Organizational approach

e. None of the above

28. LPC refers to

a. lowest potential coworker.

b. least preferred coworker.

c. leadership preparedness of coworker.

d. least prepared coworker.

e. low pay checked individual.

29. Two leadership styles used by Fiedler in his contingency theory were

a. employee-centered and job-centered.

b. consideration and initiating structure.

c. concern for people and concern for production.

d. relationship-oriented and task-oriented.

e. employee-oriented and relations-oriented.

30. __________ refers to group atmosphere and members’ attitude toward and acceptance of the leader.

a. Task structure

b. Leader relations

c. Contingency

d. Position power

e. Leader-member relations

31. Fiedler used all of the following to describe the situation EXCEPT

a. leader-member relations.

b. task structure.

c. personal power.

d. position power.

e. all of the above were used by Fiedler to describe the situation.

32. The extent to which tasks performed by the group are defined, involve specific procedures, and have clear, explicit goals is called

a. task structure.

b. leader relations.

c. contingency.

d. position power.

e. leader-member relations.

33. According to Fiedler, in situations of ______, relationship-oriented leaders are more effective.

a. high favorability

b. moderate favorability

c. high unfavorability

d. no favorability

e. none of the above

34. The key assumption of Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory is that subordinates vary in their

a. readiness level.

b. satisfaction level.

c. level of commitment.

d. level of security.

e. all of the above.

35. Hersey and Blanchard are responsible for which theory?

a. Theory of leadership

b. ERG Theory

c. Situational theory

d. Contingency theory

e. Leadership

36. According to the situational theory of Hersey and Blanchard, which of the following leader styles matches up best with low readiness subordinates?

a. Delegating style

b. Selling style

c. Telling style

d. Participating style

e. None of the above

37. Martin is a manager at Anderson Arches, Inc. Hersey and Blanchard would consider most of his subordinates highly ready. Based on this, which of the following leadership styles is best for Martin?

a. Participating

b. Delegating

c. Selling

d. Telling

e. Forcing

38. According to Hersey and Blanchard, ______ works best for employees with moderate readiness.

a. selling and telling

b. telling and participating

c. selling and participating

d. telling and delegating

e. selling and delegating

39. A key difference between the theories of Fiedler and Hersey and Blanchard is that

a. Fiedler considered only task characteristics, while Hersey and Blanchard focused on the individual.

b. Hersey and Blanchard placed a greater emphasis on task characteristics than did Fiedler.

c. Fiedler examined a variety of characteristics, while Hersey and Blanchard focused solely on the individual.

d. all of the above.

e. a and b only.

40. According to ___________, the leader's responsibility is to increase subordinate's motivation to attain individual and organizational skills.

a. contingency theory

b. the work of Fred Fiedler

c. path-goal theory

d. the theory of charismatic leadership

e. ll of the above