1.What is leadership? How is it different from management?

2.What is the role played by traits in predicting leadership behaviors?

3.Identify and explain the two dimensions of leadership described in the Ohio State studies.

4.The HR department at Basic Elements, a software development firm, has begun testing employee personality and preferences to reorganize their teams such that team members and leaders are matched. They believe that this will enable them to ensure smooth functioning and greater cohesion. As a part of this test, employees were given the least preferred co-worker questionnaire. The employees were asked to think of all the co-workers they had in the past and describe the one they least enjoyed working with by rating that person on a scale of 1 to 8 for each of 16 sets of contrasting adjectives. Rachel's LPC score was high, while Victor's was low. Many employees like Ashley had LPC scores that were moderate. Interpret and compare the results of Rachel, Victor, and Ashley.

5.According to the Fiedler model of leadership, how can leader effectiveness be improved?

6.Describe the path-goal theory of leadership.

7.What are the key characteristics of charismatic leaders?

8.Charismatic leaders are not always authentic leaders. Discuss.

9.Describe the relationship between trust and leadership.

10.Compare and contrast charismatic leadership from the understanding of leadership under the attribution theory.

11.Explain mentoring with reference to the dimensions of initiating structure and consideration.