Leadership and Team Dynamics
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Course Introduction
This course explores the principles and practices of effective leadership within the context of team environments. Students will examine various leadership styles, the stages of team development, and the interpersonal dynamics that influence group performance. Emphasis is placed on communication, decision-making, conflict resolution, and motivation strategies that empower teams to achieve common goals. Through case studies, group activities, and self-assessment tools, students gain practical skills for leading diverse teams and fostering collaborative, high-performing work cultures across organizational settings.
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Organizational Behavior An Evidence Based Approach 12th Edition by Fred Luthans
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Organizational Behavior: an
Evidence-Based
Approach
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Q1) According to Theory X,if employees were kept happy,they would become high performers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Explain the purpose of evidence-based management.
Answer: The purpose of evidence-based management is to build a bridge to help close the theory/research-practice gap from both sides,practice and academic.Traditionally,practitioners have neither had the time nor the desire to read and translate rigorous academic research and academics have not had the time,desire,nor talent to write (translate the research)for practitioners.Practitioners must take on more of a "Practitioner-Scientist" role and academics must assume a more "Scientist-Practitioner" role.This movement to not only recognize,but also do something about the "Knowing-Doing Gap" is the recently emerging movement toward evidence-based management (EBM).
Q3) Identify the basis of meta-analysis.
Answer: Meta-analysis is based on the idea that if one study shows that a management technique doesn't work and another study shows that it does,an average of those results is probably the best estimate of how well that management practice works (or doesn't work).
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Chapter 2: Environmental Context: Globalization, diversity, and Ethics
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Q1) Ethics needs theory-building and basic research in the study of organizational behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The external forces that have an impact on the ethical behavior of an individual include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) political environment.
B) role models.
C) ethical codes.
D) international developments.
Answer: C
Q3) While diversity may add value,it does not really contribute to the firm's competitive advantage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Organizational Context: Design and Culture
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Q1) To avoid disintegration and attain effective needed focus,the lead virtual organization must have all these characteristics EXCEPT:
A) shared vision.
B) strong brand.
C) high-trust culture.
D) an independent legal corporation.
Answer: D
Q2) _____ consist(s)of a global network of independent companies that act as a single company with a common mission.
A) Relationship enterprises
B) In-sourcing
C) Commercial lending
D) Outsourcing
Answer: A
Q3) Subcultures do not weaken or undermine an organization even when they are in conflict with the dominant culture and/or the overall objectives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Organizational Context: Reward Systems
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Q1) Which one of the following theories equates money as being only as important as the most basic requirements of employees?
A) Classical management theory
B) Classical motivational theory
C) Maslow's hierarchy theory
D) Organizational theory
Q2) List the important symbolic attributes associated with money.
Q3) The option of a 'drawing account' is available for employees under the group incentive plan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the potential limitations of the individual incentive pay plans.
Q5) A growing number of firms that have implemented a well-structured,formal recognition system have experienced a dramatic improvement in the _____ of their best employees.
A) productivity
B) ethical behavior
C) feedback
D) retention
Q6) List and describe five of the new pay approaches discussed in the text.
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Chapter 5: Personality,perception,and Employee Attitudes
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Q1) Ben has a deadline scheduled today but gets ill sometime in the afternoon.Rowen,his teammate,asks Ben to leave for the day and assures him that he would finish Ben's work and deliver the deadline.Which of the following best describes Rowen's behavior?
A) Conscientiousness
B) Civic virtue
C) Altruism
D) Sportsmanship
Q2) Personality is described as the way people affect others and the manner in which they understand and view themselves,as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable traits and the person-situation interaction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,which combinations of characteristics of the four major dimensions would be an ideal manager type?
A) EFPT
B) ISTJ
C) IFNE
D) ESTJ
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Chapter 6: Motivational Needs,processes,and Applications
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Q1) Which of the following is a characteristic of the need for achievement?
A) Doing better than competitors
B) Defeating an opponent or enemy
C) Participating in pleasant social activities
D) Being protected against loss of income or economic disaster
Q2) Which of the following theory oversimplifies the complexities of work motivation from an academic perspective?
A) Two-factor theory
B) Equity theory
C) Alderfer's ERG theory
D) Hierarchy of needs
Q3) Attributions are related to organizational symbolism,which in effect says that in order to understand organizations,one must recognize their symbolic nature.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Commitment tends to run higher when goals are specific as opposed to general or broad.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Positive Organizational Behavior and Psychological Capital
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Q1) Which of the following indicates whether the magnitude is strong and likely to produce perseverance when difficulties are encountered?
A) Motivation
B) Strength
C) Relations
D) Feedback
Q2) Which among the following is a guideline prescribed by Lyubomirsky for developing and sustaining happiness?
A) Set moderate goals
B) Limit one's social connections
C) Live for the future
D) Practice gratitude
Q3) The open to development criterion says that the construct must be traitlike as opposed to statelike in order to be included in positive organizational behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the role of social persuasion as a source of information for self-efficacy.
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Chapter 8: Communication and Decision Making
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Q1) The classical decision theory operated under the assumption of rationality and certainty,whereas the new behavioral decision theory does not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly explain the conceptual style of decision-making.
Q3) Anna asked Andrew to restate the various points they had discussed at the end of their feedback session.She did this to ensure:
A) that her feedback was valid.
B) that the feedback was directed toward aspects of Andrew's job.
C) that the feedback was useful.
D) that Andrew had clearly understood the feedback he had received.
Q4) When Fred was told by his boss that the presentation he had prepared did not meet the client's expectations as it lacked an in-depth analysis,he became defensive.This is probably because:
A) the feedback was not presented in a timely fashion.
B) the feedback was directed at Fred and not his work.
C) the feedback was not specific.
D) Fred was not ready to receive the feedback.
Q5) Briefly explain the characteristic of effective feedback.
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Chapter 9: Stress and Conflict
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Q1) Meditation involves muscle and mental relaxation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Type A employees:
A) are usually underworked.
B) relax without guilt.
C) compete with themselves.
D) are mild mannered.
Q3) What are some of the physical health concerns that have been linked to stress?
Q4) The integrative approach of bargaining suggested by Whetten and Cameron is based on what kind of strategy?
A) Compromising
B) Accommodating
C) Avoiding
D) Collaborating
Q5) All of the following are types of group stressors,EXCEPT:
A) lack of social support.
B) bullying.
C) lack of cohesiveness.
D) role ambiguity.
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Chapter 10: Power and Politics
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Q1) Legitimate power stems from the internalized values of the other persons that give the legitimate right to the agent to influence them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the book,_____ people may be more willing to listen,but,because they also tend to be held in high self-esteem,they may be more resistant to influence.
A) highly intelligent
B) highly uncertain
C) highly affiliation-oriented
D) highly dependent
Q3) According to the overall contingency model for power,this is the process that most supervisors in the work organizations must rely on.
A) Internalization
B) Compliance
C) Externalization
D) Identification
Q4) Explain three political strategies that can be used to acquire power.
Q5) What are the three major sources of legitimate power?
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Chapter 11: Groups and Teams
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Q1) Models of the dynamics of group formation and functioning should progress further when issues such as demographic diversity and globalization are incorporated.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research shows that a group discussion enhances the initial tendency of individual members in a given direction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) These studies gave the primary group the impetus toward a broader conception as compared to what was initially limited to a socializing group.
A) The ERG theory
B) The Hawthorne studies
C) The Two-factor theory
D) The Hierarchy of Needs theory
Q4) Teams go beyond traditional formal work groups by having a collective,synergistic effect.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Behavioral Performance Management
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Q1) Operant conditioning is concerned primarily with learning that occurs as a consequence of stimuli,or S-R.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is included under the "maniputables" aspect of nonfinancial rewards?
A) Company car
B) Food baskets
C) Job rotation
D) Performance charts and graphs
Q3) Explain the differences between positive and negative reinforcement.Provide examples.
Q4) Which of the following is a capability identified under the social cognitive theory that people use to initiate,regulate,and sustain their behavior?
A) Exclusion
B) Hindsight
C) Theoretical learning
D) Self-regulation
Q5) Explain the social learning theory.
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Chapter 13: Effective Leadership Processes
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Q1) In one laboratory study,it was found that leadership style had a greater impact on group productivity than group productivity had on leadership style.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gandhi,Eleanor Roosevelt,and Nelson Mandela would all be striking examples of which type of leadership?
A) Authentic
B) Supportive
C) Participative
D) Democratic
Q3) The results of the trait leadership theory were very encouraging,in that,other than the intelligence factor,a lot of other traits were found common universally.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Gives examples of possible substitutes and neutralizers.
Q5) Briefly summarize the findings of the Ohio State Leadership studies.
Q6) How do the "Big Five" personality traits relate to effective leaders?
Q7) What are the ethical characteristics of charismatic leaders?
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Chapter 14: Great Leaders: an Evidenced-Based Approach
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Q1) According to research by Mintzberg,this role recognizes that managers often spend more time interacting with others outside their unit than they do working with their own leaders and subordinates.
A) Disseminator role
B) Disturbance handler role
C) Liaison role
D) Spokesperson role
Q2) The approach to leadership development,which is competency based,includes three ways that competencies have been derived.Which of the following is not included?
A) Research based
B) Goal based
C) Strategy based
D) Values based
Q3) Today,even with the great increase in population,the degree of separation between any two people has been reduced to 4.6.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss Nadler and Tushman's charismatic leadership styles with examples.
Q5) According to Mintzberg,what are the informational roles that managers perform?
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