Question 1
The two parameters that define the managerial superstructure include
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| a) | marketing and finance. |
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| b) | unit grouping and unit size. |
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| c) | ethics and decision-making. |
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| d) | management and leadership. |
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Question 2
When making strategic decisions,
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| a) | organizations consider the internal and external factors that impact the success of a strategy. |
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| b) | organizations need to consider the power and influence of their key shareholders. |
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| c) | organizations need to consider the power and influence of their key stakeholders. |
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| d) | the strategists make the decisions and followers implement them. |
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| e) | organizational managers must take a leadership role to consider different perspectives. |
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Question 3
Mintzberg defines the structure of an organization as ________ when the power of decision-making lies at one point, and ________ when the power of decision-making is dispersed amongst several points.
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| a) | leadership; management |
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| b) | decentralized; centralized |
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| c) | centralized; decentralized |
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Question 4
_______ theory argues in favor of continual attempts to recruit leaders and staff with differing outlooks to avoid a complacent, inward-looking organization.
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Question 5
According to Lawrence D. Miles, value management is
Question 5 options:
| a) | a flexible system built on ethics, trust, and social engagement. |
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| b) | a structured, systemic analytical process that aims to make an organization philanthropic. |
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| c) | a structured, systemic analytical policy that aims to make an organization profitable. |
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| d) | a structured, systematic analytical process that aims to achieve value for money. |
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| e) | an agile system of processes that aims to achieve value for money. |
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Question 6
________ leaders are able to bring about radical change within an organization.
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Question 7
Henry Mintzberg identified 10 essential roles that managers play. Three out of the 10 essential roles are
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| a) | Figurehead, Disturbance Handler, and Negotiator. |
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| b) | Mission, Values, and Goals. |
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| c) | Objectives, Vision, and Management. |
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| d) | Leader, Monitor, and Disseminator. |
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| e) | Figurehead, Informational, and Decisional. |
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Question 8
Traditional leadership theories focus very much on how a leader's _____, and the ______ in which they find themselves, influence their particular style of leadership.
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| d) | personality; organization |
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Question 9
The field of emotional intelligence has much to say about leadership. According to emotional leadership theory, a successful leader is one who demonstrates a high degree of emotional self-awareness, particularly in four key categories:
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| a) | leadership theory, situational leadership, charismatic leadership, and social awareness. |
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| b) | conscientious awareness, engagement, quality management, and leadership. |
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| c) | self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social skill. |
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| d) | social skill, ethical leadership, ethical decision-making, emotional intelligence. |
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| e) | emotional intelligence, self-awareness, engagement, ethical decision-making. |
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Question 10
_______ theory is characterized by the work of Fiedler, who does not believe that the same leadership style is suitable for every situation.
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