Principles of Management Final Exam
Course Introduction
Principles of Management introduces students to the fundamental concepts and functions essential to effective management in organizations. The course covers key topics such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, while exploring various management theories, decision-making processes, ethical considerations, and organizational structures. Through case studies and real-world examples, students gain an understanding of how managers coordinate resources, motivate teams, and implement strategies to achieve organizational goals in a dynamic business environment.
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Effective Leadership 5th Edition by Robert N. Lussier
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Chapter 1: Who Is a Leader
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Q1) If a person is not interested and not willing to be in charge, he or she is still well-suited to be a leader.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Knowing how to lead and developing leadership skills will make you a better leader and a better follower.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The individual level of analysis which focuses on the leader's relationship with individual followers is also called the ____ process.
A) group
B) dyadic
C) organizational
D) conceptual
E) interpersonal
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a trait of high conscientiousness?
A) organization
B) extraversion
C) conformity
D) credibility
Answer: B
Q2) What are some of the traits that describe the high-energy trait?
Answer: Some of the traits that describe the high-energy trait include drive, stamina, tolerance of stress, enthusiasm, tolerance for frustration, and persistence.
Q3) Do you believe that if you use ethical behavior it will pay off in the long run?
Answer: Generally, the answer is yes.
Q4) Researchers agree on the personality traits that leaders have.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) What is the primary use of personality profiles?
Answer: Personality profiles are used to identify stronger and weaker traits to aid in matching people to the jobs that best fit their personality strengths.
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Chapter 3: Leadership Motivation and Behavior
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Q1) Which of the following scholars of motivation theory would argue for loading a job with opportunity for advancement, substantial responsibility, and likelihood of recognition?
A) B. F. Skinner
B) Frederick Herzberg
C) Abraham Maslow
D) David McClelland
Answer: B
Q2) The ____ leader strives to maintain a friendly atmosphere without regard for production.
A) middle-of-the-road
B) authority-compliance
C) country-club
D) impoverished
Answer: C
Q3) How is leadership behavior based on traits?
Answer: A manager's leadership personality traits and attitudes directly affect his or her behavior and relationship with employees. When leading by example, followers observe the leader's behavior and copy it. And the leader's behavior is based on his or her traits.
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Chapter 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership
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Q1) List which leadership models are prescriptive and descriptive, and explain why they are classified as such.
Q2) The manager of the department sets a standard of output per month, which is difficult but can be met with hard work. When the department meets the standard, all department members get a bonus for that month. Which path-goal leadership style is the manager using in this situation?
A) directive
B) supportive
C) participative
D) achievement-oriented
Q3) The first step for using the normative leadership model is to select a time-driven model or development-driven model.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the differences between the time-driven model and the development-driven model?
Q5) Identify your manager's most commonly used path-goal leadership style. Would you say this is the most appropriate leadership style based on the situational factors? Explain.
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Chapter 5: Influencing: Politics, Power, Negotiation, and Networking
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Q1) How many interview questions should you bring to a networking interview?
Q2) Referent power is a form of personal power.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the three political behaviors and four guidelines for developing political skills?
Q4) Explain the relationships among negotiation and conflict, influencing tactics, power, and politics.
Q5) The use of referent power is appropriate for:
A) higher-level managers.
B) experts.
C) people with no position power.
D) people with no personal power.
Q6) In the planning stage of the negotiation process, the first step is to set objectives. A)True B)False
Q7) Power can be ethical and unethical. A)True B)False
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Chapter 6: Coaching, Communication, and Conflict Skills
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Q1) The ____ conflict style user attempts to resolve the conflict by using aggressive behavior to get his or her way.
A) accommodating
B) collaborating
C) negotiating
D) forcing
Q2) An employee has mismanaged a client relationship and lost the client. As the manager, you want to use a self-evaluation type of coaching feedback. Which of the following might apply?
A) "I told you to be careful with that relationship."
B) "I guess that this just shows why we emphasize training."
C) "When you lose clients, that makes me frustrated."
D) "Why do you suppose that client dropped us and went to our competitor?"
Q3) List the steps in the oral message-sending process.
Q4) Should a supportive working relationship be a true friendship?
Q5) The negotiating conflict style is appropriate to use when unpopular action must be taken on important issues.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Follower-ship and Leader Member Exchange
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Q1) The concept of ____ is used to describe group members' social relationships within and outside their groups and how these relationships affect group effectiveness.
A) group interaction
B) social exchange
C) social capital
D) ingratiation
Q2) How does a leader's first impression and perception of a follower influence the quality of their relationship?
Q3) The underlying assumption of LMX theory is that leaders or superiors have limited amounts of social, personal, and organizational resources, and as a result tend to distribute them among followers selectively.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Effective followers have the courage to initiate change and put themselves at risk or in conflict with others, even their leaders.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List the steps in the delegation model.
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Chapter 8: Self-Managed Teams and Team Leadership
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Q1) Describe top management's and the team leader's roles in fostering creativity. For each, list activities they should undertake to promote creativity.
Q2) Describe the benefits of using self-managed teams in organizations.
Q3) All groups are teams, but not all teams are groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Team quality pertains to:
A) the team's ability to achieve superior results with fewer resources and exceed customer expectations.
B) individual members' organizational positions.
C) good communication between team members.
D) all of the answers are correct
Q5) Groupthink happens when the team values getting along so much that dissenting views are suppressed in favor of consensus.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Social loafing and groupthink are not likely to occur in self-managed teams.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Transformational and Charismatic Leadership
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Q1) Describe the various sources from which one can draw his or her personal meaning.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a quality of charismatic leaders?
A) high risk orientation
B) minimum internal conflict
C) emotional power base
D) self-promoting personality
Q3) Helping others discover their inner spirit is an example of a servant leader's role.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Your manager believes in the adage, "If it's not broken, don't fix it." Because your current inventory system is working fine, he has decided not to mess with it. His thinking is that of which of the following?
A) charismatic behavior
B) noncharismatic behavior
Q5) Describe personal meaning and how it influences attributions of charismatic qualities.
Q6) Explain the difference between transformational and transactional leadership.
Q7) Distinguish between charismatic and transformational leadership.
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Chapter 10: Leadership of Ethics, Diversity, and Culture
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Q1) All of the following are substantive leadership actions for shaping culture EXCEPT:
A) matching HR practices to culture.
B) aligning reward/incentive system with culture.
C) developing a written values statement.
D) interacting face-to-face with rank-and-file.
Q2) Written values statements:
A) have the advantage of explicitly stating the company's position on ethical and moral issues.
B) serve as a building block in the task of culture creation and maintenance.
C) serve as benchmarks for judging both company policies and actions and individual conduct.
D) all of the answers are correct
Q3) Apecure Corporation is a company where managers, not employees are expected to know all of the answers to problems and is focused on primarily internal operations and ignoring changing external conditions and is an example of insular thinking.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the key indicators of a culture that supports diversity.
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Chapter 11: Change Management and Strategic Leadership
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Q1) What is the difference between a strategic vision and a mission statement?
Q2) Resistance to change and the absence of effective leadership are major reasons for why most transformation efforts fail.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For CEOs and many other senior executives, strategic leadership is an important role they must perform well. Briefly describe some of the specific actions or responsibilities of the CEO that strategic leadership entails.
Q4) Strategy evaluation involves:
A) reviewing internal and external factors that are the bases for the current strategy.
B) measuring performance against stated objectives.
C) taking corrective action.
D) all of the answers are correct
Q5) Environmental scanning is the first step in the strategic management process. A)True B)False
Q6) Describe the role of strategic leadership in the strategic management process.
Q7) Describe the role of leadership in successful change implementation.
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Chapter 12: The Learning Organization and Crisis Leadership
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Q1) A pre-crisis plan is the best way to lessen the negative consequences of any crisis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Pre-crisis planning entails all of the following components EXCEPT:
A) appointing a crisis leader.
B) assessing risk.
C) analyzing the environment.
D) creating a crisis response team.
Q3) A risk assessment process begins with a "what-if" scenario analysis which asks which of the following questions?
A) What could happen?
B) Where are we vulnerable?
C) How much will it cost the company?
D) A and b.
Q4) Experience reveals that dividing the duties of crisis management throughout the organization without a central command is often more successful than the team approach.
A)True
B)False
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