Strategic Management
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Strategic Management is a capstone business course that focuses on the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of cross-functional decisions that enable organizations to achieve long-term objectives. Students will examine concepts such as industry analysis, competitive advantage, strategic planning, and organizational alignment, utilizing real-world case studies and frameworks like SWOT, Porters Five Forces, and the Balanced Scorecard. The course emphasizes integrative thinking and the dynamic role of management in steering firms through rapidly changing environments by leveraging resources, capabilities, and innovation to sustain high performance.
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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 emphasizes leader traits and skills as determinants of leadership behavior is best categorized at what level?
A)individual
B)dyadic
C)group
D)organizational
Answer: A
Q2) What is the most common element in definitions of leadership?
A)leadership is an authority relationship
B)leadership is the ability to make good decisions
C)leadership is an attribution made by followers
D)leadership is an influence process
Answer: D
Q3) What level of leadership processes is emphasized in most theories of effective leadership?
A)intra-individual
B)dyadic
C)group
D)organizational
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Managerial Work
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Q1) Which of the following was not a recommendation for effective time management?
A)determine how much time is spent on different activities
B)eliminate activities that require a lot of time
C)plan daily and weekly activities
D)avoid procrastination
Answer: B
Q2) According to Stewart,which of the following statements is not correct?
A)demands and constraints are essentially the same for most managerial jobs
B)managerial behavior is strongly influenced by demands and constraints
C)role conflicts are caused by incompatible demands from different people
D)demands and constraints depend in part on a manager's perceptions
Answer: A
Q3) In a crisis situation,effective leaders are likely to:
A)consult with subordinates
B)reduce their exposure
C)act more considerate
D)act more decisive
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) Which of the following guidelines for recognizing was recommended?
A)provide recognition only for outstanding performance
B)provide more recognition to people in essential, high-visibility jobs
C)actively look for effective behavior or contributions to recognize
D)give praise in private to avoid embarrassing the recipient
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the three behavior meta-categories identified by Yukl?
A)task-oriented
B)relations-oriented
C)process-oriented
D)change-oriented
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Leading Change in Organizations
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Q1) What is the initial stage in the multi-stage model of reaction to change?
A)anger
B)denial
C)mourning
D)regression
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
Q3) Which is least likely to be the reason for resistance to major changes in job content and procedures by people who have been doing the job with moderate success for many years?
A)concern about their future job security in the organization
B)concern about not being able to adjust to the necessary changes
C)concern about the high cost to the organization of making the changes
D)a belief that the proposed changes are unnecessary
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Chapter 5: Participative Leadership and Empowerment
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Q1) Which is the following is a guideline for encouraging participation by subordinates in a meeting to discuss a proposed change by a manager?
A)present the proposal and challenge subordinates to find any weaknesses
B)explain reasons why the proposal is better than any obvious alternatives
C)present the proposal as tentative and encourage subordinates to improve it
D)explain the reasons why top management is likely to approve the proposal
Q2) Which is not a guideline for effective delegation?
A)delegate high priority tasks that are urgent
B)monitor progress in appropriate ways
C)inform others who need to know
D)make mistakes a learning experience
Q3) Which of the following actions does not represent a significant form of delegation?
A)assign a larger number of routine tasks
B)increase discretion about how the work is done
C)increase authority to expend resources
D) reduce the frequency of required progress reports
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Chapter 6: Managerial Traits and Skills
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Q1) Research at CCL found that leaders who eventually derailed in their careers:
A)experienced a string of successes in their earlier managerial positions
B)developed many cooperative relationships in their earlier positions
C)had earlier experience in a variety of different of managerial positions
D)had earlier managerial positions that were very difficult and challenging
Q2) Which conclusion best describes how CEO skills are related to organization performance?
A)the essential CEO skills are the same for all types of organizations
B)CEO skills are not related significantly to company performance
C)the essential skills for a CEO are the same as for other types of leaders
D)the most important skills depend on several aspects of the situation
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) A leader with a high LPC score will perform best when the situation is:
A)very favorable
B)moderately favorable
C)unfavorable
D)either very favorable or unfavorable
Q2) According to Path-Goal Theory,directive leadership is most effective when:
A)the task is simple and repetitive
B)work roles are ambiguous
C)the task is tedious and stressful
D)work roles are independent
Q3) According to Cognitive Resource Theory,what is the best predictor of leader success when there is high interpersonal stress?
A)leader experience
B)leader intelligence
C)leader stress tolerance
D)leader power
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Chapter 8: Power and Influence
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Q1) The status and influence accorded an emergent leader depends primarily on:
A)the leader's social popularity among the members
B)the leader's control over rewards desired by group members
C)the leader's seniority among group members
D)the leader's demonstrated competence and loyalty
Q2) Referent power is most likely to result in which type of influence process?
A)internalization
B)personal identification
C)instrumental compliance
D)collective identification
Q3) 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
Q4) Which influence tactic is most likely to result in target commitment?
A)consultation
B)exchange
C)personal appeal
D)ingratiation
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Chapter 9: Dyadic and Follower-Based Models of Leadership
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Q1) How are managers most likely to interpret the reasons for effective performance?
A)internal attributions are made for effective performance by subordinates
B)external attributions are made for effective performance by subordinates
C)internal attributions are made for high LMX members and external attributions are made for low LMX members
D)external attributions are made for high LMX members and internal attributions are made for low LMX members
Q2) What is not one of the impression management tactics described in the chapter?
A)exemplification
B)supplication
C)intimidation
D)self promotion
Q3) An employee who volunteers to stay late and do extra work is using which form of impression management?
A)ingratiation
B)self promotion
C)exemplification
D)modeling
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Chapter 10: Leadership in Teams and Decision Groups
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Q1) What was found in research on the effectiveness of self-managed teams?
A)productivity and quality improved substantially
B)organizational commitment usually increased
C)turnover and absenteeism were usually lower
D)the results were not consistent across studies
Q2) What is the most useful role for the external leader of a self-managed team?
A)select new members of the group when they are needed
B)mediate internal conflicts and encourage cooperation
C)monitor the group to ensure it does not become a social club
D)serve as a coach, facilitator, and advocate for the group
Q3) Which type of team is most likely to be given the task of designing a new product and bringing it into production?
A)traditional work team
B)self-managed operational team
C)cross-functional project team
D)quality circle
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Chapter 11: Strategic Leadership by Top Executives
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Q1) How is a strong organizational culture related to the financial performance of an organization?
A)performance is enhanced
B)performance is reduced
C)performance may be enhanced or reduced
D)there is little impact on performance
Q2) Which of the following actions by the CEO is not likely to improve the effectiveness of an executive team?
A)clearly define objectives consistent with shared values of team members
B)eliminate most meetings and use email to communicate separately with individuals
C)give the team considerable discretion but specify limits of team authority
D)rely more on advice from members with the most expertise
Q3) In what situation are executive teams least likely to be useful?
A)the organization includes several business units with diverse products
B)there is intense competition among executives to become the next CEO
C)the organization has a complex and turbulent environment
D) the executives in the team have very diverse backgrounds and perspectives
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Chapter 12: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
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Q1) Which is not a recommended guideline for transformational leadership?
A)ask followers to trust the leader's exceptional ability
B)act confident and optimistic when setbacks occur
C)lead by example to model effective behavior
D)use dramatic, symbolic actions to emphasize key values
Q2) According to Shamir,the vision articulated by charismatic leaders emphasizes:
A)specific, challenging performance objectives
B)tangible benefits that justify exceptional follower effort
C)symbolic and expressive aspects of the work itself
D)factual evidence about the feasibility of the objectives
Q3) Personal identification with the leader:
A)is equally important for transformational and charismatic leadership
B)is not important for either transformational or charismatic leadership
C)is more important for transformational leadership than for charismatic leadership
D)is more important for charismatic leadership than for transformational leadership
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Chapter 13: Ethical,servant,spiritual,and Authentic Leadership
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Q1) According to Burns,transforming leaders are most likely to appeal to:
A)fairness and reciprocity
B) economic self interest
C)respect for rules and tradition
D)ideals and moral values
Q2) Ethical behavior and integrity for a leader is most likely to result in:
A)higher unit performance
B)higher ratings for the leader by bosses
C)less stress for the leader
D)higher subordinate satisfaction and trust
Q3) What is emphasized more in ethical leadership theories than in transformational leadership?
A) leader behaviors
B) leader values
C)leader skills
D)leader traits
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Chapter 14: Gender,diversity,and Cross-Cultural Leadership
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Q1) 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)
Q2) Detailed plans and formal procedures are most likely to be found in a culture with:
A) high performance emphasis
B) high uncertainty avoidance
C)high collectivism
D)high gender egalitarianism
Q3) 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
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Chapter 15: Developing Leadership Skills
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Q1) Research on the way managers acquire leadership skills find that:
A)formal training is integrated effectively with developmental activities
B)classroom training results in more learning than special assignments
C)decisions about job assignments consider developmental objectives
D)learning from experience is an important source of leadership skills
Q2) Which approach for leadership development is used most often by organizations?
A)behavior feedback workshops
B)formal training programs
C)formal mentoring programs
D)special assignments
Q3) Which of the following was not a suggested guideline for effective training?
A)use concrete examples, diagrams, and mnemonics in explanations
B)relate training objectives to the person's interests and career ambitions
C)begin with complex material that requires trainees to stay focused
D)allow ample opportunity for active practice with relevant feedback
Q4) 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
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Chapter 16: Overview and Integration
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Q1) The implications of empowerment for effective leadership are most important for which level of leadership theory?
A)individual level
B)dyadic level
C)group level
D)organizational level
Q2) Which is least likely to be a reason for the confused state of the leadership literature?
A)a proliferation of confusing terms and diverse definitions
B)the use of complex theories to explain leader influence
C)the reliance on weak methods for much of the research
D)the narrow focus of most empirical studies on leadership
Q3) Which if the following was not mentioned as a weakness in most leadership theory and research?
A)use of multiple methods to verify findings
B)overemphasis on dyadic processes
C)insufficient attention to explanatory processes
D)insufficient attention to the leadership context
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