MGMT 3600 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
Major Decision-Making Styles
Autocratic decision-making - What occurs when leaders make the decision alone without necessarily involving employees in the decision-making process.
Democratic decision making - What occurs when leaders and employees participat...
MGMT 3600 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
Major Decision-Making Styles - answer Autocratic decision-making - What occurs
when leaders make the decision alone without necessarily involving employees in the
decision-making process.
Democratic decision making - What occurs when leaders and employees participate in
the making of the decision.
Laissez-faire decision-making - What occurs when leaders leave employees alone to
make the decision. The leader provides minimum guidance and involvement in the
decision.
How are the theories of leadership alike/different? - answer Fiedler's Contingency
Theory - a leader's style is measured by a scale called the Least Preferred Coworker
scale (LPC).
Situational Leadership - argues that leaders must use different leadership styles
depending on their followers' development level.
Path-Goal Theory of Leadership - suggests that employees are motivated when they
believe—or expect—that (a) their effort will lead to high performance, (b) their high
performance will be rewarded, and (c) the rewards they will receive are valuable to
them.
Can leadership be learned? - answer Yes
Trait theory of leadership - answer Big Five" model, which rates an individual
according to Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion,
Agreeableness, and Neuroticism
Behavioral Theories of Leadership (e.g., OSU) - answer Task-oriented leader
behaviors - Structuring the roles of subordinates, providing them with instructions, and
behaving in ways that will increase the performance of the group (also called initiating
structure).
People-oriented leader behaviors - Showing concern for employee feelings and treating
employees with respect (also called consideration).
Consideration, initiating structure - answer also called Task-oriented leader
behaviors - Structuring the roles of subordinates, providing them with instructions, and
behaving in ways that will increase the performance of the group (also called initiating
structure).
Contingency (situational) Theories of Leadership - answer Fiedler's Contingency
Theory - a leader's style is measured by a scale called the Least Preferred Coworker
scale (LPC).
, Situational Leadership - argues that leaders must use different leadership styles
depending on their followers' development level.
Fielder's Contingency Theory - answer Fiedler's Contingency Theory - a leader's
style is measured by a scale called the Least Preferred Coworker scale (LPC).
Least Preferred Coworker Scale (LPC) - answer People who are filling out this
survey are asked to think of a person who is their least preferred coworker. Then, they
rate this person in terms of how friendly, nice, and cooperative this person is. Imagine
someone you did not enjoy working with. Can you describe this person in positive
terms? If you can say that the person you hated working with was still a nice person,
you would have a high LPC score. This means that you have a people-oriented
personality, and you can separate your liking of a person from your ability to work with
that person. On the other hand, if you think that the person you hated working with was
also someone you did not like on a personal level, you would have a low LPC score.
Low LPC leaders
High LPC leaders - answer The theory predicts that in "favorable" and "unfavorable"
situations, a low LPC leader—one who has feelings of dislike for coworkers who are
difficult to work with—would be successful. When situational favorableness is medium,
a high LPC leader—one who is able to personally like coworkers who are difficult to
work with—is more likely to succeed.
Task and relationship oriented leaders - answer Task-oriented leader behaviors -
Structuring the roles of subordinates, providing them with instructions, and behaving in
ways that will increase the performance of the group (also called initiating structure).
People-oriented leader behaviors - Showing concern for employee feelings and treating
employees with respect (also called consideration).
Situational favorableness (3 factors which determine) - answer There are three
conditions creating situational favorableness: leader-subordinate relations, position
power, and task structure. If the leader has a good relationship with most people and
has high position power, and the task at hand is structured, the situation is very
favorable. When the leader has low-quality relations with employees and has low
position power, and the task at hand it relatively unstructured, the situation is very
unfavorable.
Best leader match according to Fiedler? - answer Low LPC Leader - there is more
support for the theory's predictions about when low LPC leadership should be used, but
there is less support for situations when high LPC leadership
Hersey and Blanchard Situational Approach to Leadership - answer which argues
that leaders must use different leadership styles depending on their followers'
development level. According to this model, employee readiness (defined as a
combination of their competence and commitment levels) is the key factor determining
the proper leadership style. This approach has been highly popular with 14 million
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