Executive Leadership
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Course Introduction
Executive Leadership explores the principles, strategies, and practical skills required to lead organizations at the highest levels. The course examines the role of executive leaders in setting vision, driving innovation, fostering organizational culture, and navigating complex change. Students will analyze real-world case studies, develop decision-making and communication skills, and explore ethical considerations within leadership contexts. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with tools to inspire teams, manage stakeholders, and effectively guide organizations through dynamic environments.
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Leadership in Organizations 8th Edition by Gary A. Yukl
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Leadership
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Q1) A theory that describes how changes by top management in the structure and culture of an organization affect the behavior of employees is best described as a:
A)prescriptive theory
B)hierarchical theory
C)multi-level theory
D)complexity theory
Answer: C
Q2) A leadership theory that describes relationships among leader traits,behavior,influence processes,outcomes,and situational variables is best classified as:
A)descriptive
B)integrative
C)comprehensive
D)universal
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Managerial Work
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Q1) Which was not found by most descriptive research on decision processes in organizations?
A)most major decisions are made in an orderly, rational manner
B)decision processes are prolonged for important decisions
C)decision processes are often affected by organizational politics
D)major decisions may involve a series of small, incremental choices
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the recommended guidelines for time management by leaders?
A)Analyze how you have been using your time
B)Determine the important objectives to be accomplished
C)Use multi-tasking to conduct important activities
D)Plan daily and weekly activities in advance
Answer: C
Q3) Planning in organizations is usually:
A)formal and detailed
B)formal and flexible
C)informal and detailed
D)informal and flexible
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Perspectives on Effective Leadership Behavior
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Q1) Which type of behavior is least likely to occur with people outside the leader's work unit?
A) scanning
B)empowering
C)networking
D)representing
Answer: B
Q2) Supportive leadership is most likely to result in what outcome for subordinates?
A)stronger organizational commitment
B)stronger satisfaction with the leader
C)better coordination among subordinates
D)better performance by subordinates
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is not an example of supporting behavior?
A)clearly explain what the subordinate is expected to do
B)express confidence in a subordinate who has a difficult task
C)remember details about a subordinate's interests and family
D)help a subordinate deal with a personal problem
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Leading Change in Organizations
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Q1) Which of the following was not recommended when developing a vision for an organization?
A)rely on your knowledge about organization members as the primary source of ideas for a vision
B)identify strategic objectives with wide appeal and use them as a source of insights about shared values
C)ensure that the vision is compatible with core competencies in the organization
D)continually assess the feasibility of the vision and refine it as new possibilities are discovered
Q2) Which leadership action is least likely to increase flexibility and innovation in an organization?
A)set challenging innovation goals for members
B)leverage learning from surprises and failures
C)ensure new knowledge is shared with other members
D)ensure that employees understand the formal policies
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Chapter 5: Participative Leadership and Empowerment
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Q1) According to the Vroom-Yetton model,the leader should not use an autocratic decision procedure when:
A)the decision is important and subordinates have relevant information
B)a decision is needed quickly to deal with an immediate crisis
C)subordinates are likely to disagree with each other about the best solution
D)subordinates trust the leader and respect his/her expertise
Q2) Which decision of the following procedures gives a leader the most control over the final decision?
A)group decision made by a majority vote of members
B)delegation to the most qualified member of the group
C)consensus decision by all members of the group
D)consultation with some individuals in the group
Q3) Substantial delegation is most likely to occur when:
A)the task is important for the work unit
B)the manager is confident and secure
C)subordinate jobs are highly interdependent
D)work procedures are highly standardized
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Chapter 6: Managerial Traits and Skills
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Q1) Which pattern of traits (from strongest to weakest)is best for managers in organizations?
A)power, affiliation, achievement
B)achievement, power, affiliation
C)power, achievement, affiliation
D)achievement, affiliation, power
Q2) A very narcissistic leader is most likely to:
A)have empathy and concern for subordinates
B)perceive human relationships in complex terms
C)become preoccupied with power and prestige
D)seek objective advice from subordinates and peers
Q3) Effective leaders are least likely to have a high score on which "big five" trait?
A)self confidence
B)conscientiousness
C)openness to experience
D)neuroticism
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Chapter 7: Contingency Theories of Effective Leadership
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Q1) Which of the following was not a suggested guideline for adaptive leadership?
A)use more planning to prepare for a long, complex task
B)provide more direction to people with independent work roles
C)be more supportive to people who have a stressful task
D)provide more direction and briefings when there is a crisis
Q2) In the Multiple Linkage Model,long-term group effectiveness depends primarily on:
A)the leader's interpersonal skills
B)the leader's technical skills
C)the leader's ability to gain more power over subordinates
D)the leader's ability to make the situation more favorable
Q3) According to Kerr and Jermier,leadership is least important when:
A)there are few substitutes and neutralizers
B)there are few substitutes and many neutralizers
C)there are many substitutes and few neutralizers
D)there are many substitutes and neutralizers
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Chapter 8: Power and Influence
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Q1) Strong expert power is most likely to enhance the effectiveness of which tactic?
A)inspirational appeals
B)consultation
C)rational persuasion
D)legitimating
Q2) Which statement about institutionalization in organizations is most accurate?
A)it describes how subunits with unique expertise gain power in organizations
B)it facilitates an organization's to adaptation to a changing environment
C)it describes how power is used to enhance or protect that power
D)it demonstrates why political tactics are unnecessary to maintain power
Q3) What kind of power is dependent upon friendship and trust?
A)affiliation power
B)dyadic power
C)expert power
D)referent power
Q4) Control over access to information is a source of power over:
A)subordinates
B)subordinates and peers
C)peers and superiors
D)peers, superiors, and subordinates
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Chapter 9: Dyadic and Follower-Based Models of Leadership
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Q1) Which was not found in the research on leader-member exchange?
A)the LMX relationship with a subordinate continued to improve each year
B) leaders gave more benefits to high LMX subordinates than to low LMX subordinates
C)high LMX subordinates performed better than low LMX subordinates
D)leaders delegated more to high LMX subordinates than to low LMX subordinates
Q2) Which statement about implicit leadership theories is not accurate?
A)implicit theories influence a person's evaluation of leaders
B)implicit theories usually involve assumptions about effective leadership
C)implicit theories can result in biased ratings of a leader's behavior
D)implicit theories are seldom found in people who are intelligen
Q3) The research on LMX shows that effective leaders:
A)avoid exchange relationships with their subordinates
B)have high quality exchange relationships with a few subordinates
C)have an equal number of high and low exchange relationships
D)have high quality exchange relationships with most subordinates
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Chapter 10: Leadership in Teams and Decision Groups
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Q1) Members are most likely to experience role conflict and divided loyalties:
A)in a cross-functional project team
B)in a self-managed operational team
C)in a traditional work team
D)in a team with a new leader
Q2) The primary responsibility of the leader of a decision group is to:
A)suggest good ideas for solving the problem
B)ensure that everybody has equal influence
C)encourage group members to reach an agreement quickly
D)structure the discussion in a systematic manner
Q3) Which of the following is a task-oriented leadership function in decision groups?
A)supporting
B)process analyzing
C)summarizing
D)harmonizing
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Chapter 11: Strategic Leadership by Top Executives
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Q1) What is the best summary of findings in research on leadership succession?
A)chief executives have little influence on organization performance due to the overwhelming influence of economic and market conditions
B)chief executives have a strong impact on organization performance and are the primary determinant of whether the organization prospers or declines
C)chief executives have a moderate impact on organizational performance when measured over a period of several years
D)chief executives influence stock prices but have little or no influence on the firm's actual economic performance
Q2) Which is not a core performance determinant for an organization in the flexible leadership theory?
A)efficiency and process reliability
B)leader experience and intelligence
C)human resources and relations
D)innovation and adaptation
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Chapter 12: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
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Q1) Which is not an important behavior in the attribution theory of charismatic leadership?
A)developing subordinate skills
B)acting in unconventional ways
C)making self sacrifices to achieve the vision
D)expressing optimism about the future
Q2) Which statement about transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
A)both types of leadership involve the same underlying processes
B)both type of leadership are effective in any situation
C)charismatic leaders are more effective in business organizations
D)charismatic leaders are less common in business organizations
Q3) Which of the following is not a transformational behavior according to Bass?
A)individualized consideration
B)intellectual stimulation
C)contingent reward behavior
D)inspirational motivation
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Chapter 13: Ethical,servant,spiritual,and Authentic Leadership
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Q1) Which theory includes the largest number of influence processes and follower characteristics?
A)transforming leadership
B)authentic leadership
C)spiritual leadership
D)servant leadership
Q2) What is the most important indictor of personal integrity in the theories of ethical leadership?
A)leader values are consistent with follower values
B)leader behavior is consistent with follower values
C)leader behavior is consistent with the leader's espoused values
D)the leader's espoused values are consistent with cultural norms
Q3) Unethical behavior is less likely for a leader with:
A)a personalized power orientation
B)an internal locus of control orientation
C)low conscientiousness
D)high narcissism
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Chapter 14: Gender,diversity,and Cross-Cultural Leadership
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Q1) What was not mentioned as an important question in the cross-cultural research on leadership?
A) differences in beliefs about the essential characteristics of effective leaders
B)differences in how much a type of leadership behavior is used in each country
C)differences in beliefs about the importance of leadership for organizations
D)differences in the effects of leader behaviors on follower attitudes and motivation
Q2) What is the name of the most extensive research program on cross-cultural leadership?
A)effective leadership across nations (ELAN)
B)global leadership in different environments (GLIDE)
C)leadership effectiveness across different societies (LEADS)
D)global leadership and organizational behavior effectiveness (GLOBE)
Q3) Which of the following is least likely to be a source of difficulties in cross-cultural research on leadership?
A)reluctance of people in some cultures to participate in the research
B)lack of equivalent meaning for measures used in different cultures
C)cultural response biases for rating forms and questionnaires
D)confounding of national culture with other situational variables
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Chapter 15: Developing Leadership Skills
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Q1) The research on consequences of mentoring indicates that:
A)benefits occur only for the person receiving mentoring
B)benefits occur only for the person providing mentoring
C)both the mentor and the person receiving mentoring get benefits from it
D)neither the mentor or the person receiving mentoring get much benefit from it
Q2) Which of the following was not recommended for an integrated approach to management development in companies?
A)align development with succession planning
B)use currently popular training programs
C)use mutually consistent developmental activities
D)strengthen cultural values for personal development
Q3) Which developmental method is most useful for helping managers to understand their inner feelings and values?
A)mentoring programs
B)developmental assignments
C)personal growth programs
D)multisource feedback workshops
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Chapter 16: Overview and Integration
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Q1) What research method is used most often to study leadership effectiveness?
A)survey field studies
B)laboratory experiments
C)field experiments
D)intensive case studies
Q2) Which of the following was not described as an essential theme for effective leadership?
A)strengthen the collective identity of followers
B)rely on followers to interpret events
C)promote social justice and morality
D)encourage and facilitate collective learning
Q3) What is the best conclusion about the results from research on the trait,behavior,and power-influence research?
A)each approach is so unique that the findings cannot be compared
B)the findings are seldom statistically significant for any approach
C)the findings from different approaches show substantial convergence
D)the findings from different approaches are mostly inconsistent
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