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Public Policy is an interdisciplinary course that explores the processes, theories, and institutions involved in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies that address public issues. Students will learn about the roles of government, non-governmental actors, and stakeholders in shaping policy decisions at local, national, and international levels. Key topics include policy analysis, agenda-setting, policy design, decision-making frameworks, and the impact of political, economic, and social factors on public policy outcomes. The course emphasizes critical thinking and equips students with practical tools to assess policy effectiveness and to understand the challenges faced by policymakers in a rapidly changing world.
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Leadership Theory and Practice 7th Edition by Peter G. Northouse
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Who is said to engage leadership?
A)Followers
B)Groups
C)Organizations
D)Leaders
Answer: D
Q2) The earliest leadership theories in the 20 century emphasized control and centralization of power.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Social identity theory would suggest leadership emergence occurs when
A)The group identifies with the leader
B)They acquire the skills to do the job well
C)The group assigns them the role of leader
D)They become most like the group prototype
Answer: D
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Chapter 6: Pathgoal Theory
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Q1) There are multiple leader behaviors,task characteristics,and follower characteristics in path-goal theory that must be assessed correctly and integrated for effective leadership. This is a
A)Strength of path-goal theory
B)Criticism of path-goal theory
C)Leader benefit of path-goal theory
D)Organizational benefit of path-goal theory
Q2) Which of the following is not a leader behavior in path-goal theory?
A)Directive
B)Coaching
C)Delegating
D)Participative
Q3) Once a leader adjusts his/her style to match a follower's needs,he/she should continue to use that style with that follower.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How can a leader's style affect a follower's motivation?
Q5) Research on path-goal theory found significant validity for the model.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Leadermember Exchange Theory
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Q1) In-group members
A)Get more information from leaders
B)Are focused on themselves rather than the team
C)Have low-quality leader-member exchanges
D)Do their jobs and nothing more
Q2) What is a key predictor of relationship quality for both leaders and followers?
A)Extraversion
B)Performance
C)Agreeableness
D)Trust
Q3) LMX theory can be applied
A)By leaders at all levels of an organization
B)By mid-level leaders only
C)By upper-level leaders only
D)By lower-level leaders only
Q4) Leaders should try to
A)Create high-quality leader-member exchanges with all followers
B)Get all followers in the in-group
C)Offer all followers opportunities for new roles and responsibilities
D)Offer only in-group followers opportunities for new roles and responsibilities
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Chapter 16: Culture and Leadership
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Q1) In my organization,women and men share power and influence equally. My organization uses a high degree of which dimension of culture?
A)Power distance
B)Humane orientation
C)Institutional collectivism
D)Gender egalitarianism
Q2) What was the main purpose of the GLOBE project?
A)To refute the concepts found in implicit leadership theory
B)To determine how people from different cultures viewed leadership
C)To describe how transformational leadership is different in multiple cultures
D)To refute the concepts in Hofstede's five cultural dimensions of leadership
Q3) The GLOBE studies identified a portrait of leader attributes that were universally viewed as obstacles to effective leadership.Which of the following fit into that universally undesirable portrait?
A)Benevolent
B)Self-protective behaviors
C)Asocial
D)Charismatic/values orientation
Q4) How are diversity and multiculturalism in the workplace different?
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