Leadership and Managing Change (S1-14_MMZG514)

1. Goal emphasis and work facilitation are dimensions of which leadership behaviour?
Select one:
a. Job Centered
b. Initiating
c. Employee Centered
d. Consideration
2. The absence of a leadership philosophy where leaders exert little
effort towards interpersonal relationship or work accomplishment is
known as :-
Select one:
a. Authority Compliance Management
b. Country Club Management
c. Middle of the road Management
d. Impoverished Management
3. _________ is a tendency to see the positive side of things and
expect that things will turn out well.
Select one:
a. Self confidence
b. Independence
c. Optimism
d. Enthusiasm
4. Effective _________ help organizations weather a storm and
move forward to something better.
Select one:
a. Leadership
b. Paradigm
c. Crisis Management
d. Empowerment
5. A characteristic that refers to high motivation that creates a high
effort level by a leader is ______
Select one:
a. Responsibility
b. Honesty
c. Drive
d. Integrity
6. Which one of the following explains the backlash against top-
down control in industry?
Select one:
a. A rise in living standards
b. An international anti-US feeling
c. The rise of trade unions
d. The changing nature of work
7. _________ represents the learning leader who emphasize
relationships and networks, and they influence others through vision
and values rather than power and control.
Select one:
a. Leadership era 2
b. Leadership era 4
c. Leadership era 3
d. Leadership era 1
8. Which of the following is NOT essential to leadership?
Select one:
a. Integrity
b. Honesty
c. Pessimism
d. Drive
9. Which one of the following is a characteristic of Taylorist and
Fordist method of production?
Select one:
a. Flexible production systems
b. Close levels of personal supervision
c. An emphasis on consultation with workers
d. High levels of productivity
10. Leadership is a _______ activity and is distinct from
administrative paper work or planning activities.
Select one:
a. Intentional
b. People
c. Strategic
d. Influential
11. Which one of the following is the main criticism of universalism?
Select one:
a. It is too abstract to work in practice
b. It is seen as a fad and lacks concrete evidence
c. It assumes that practices developed in one context can be applied in all contexts
d. It stems predominantly from US theories
12. __________ leadership shows concern for subordinates well
being and personal needs, and creates a team climate and treats
subordinates as equal.
Select one:
a. Supportive
b. Achievement oriented
c. Participative
d. Directive
13. According to Situational Theory of Leadership which style
involves explaining decisions and providing opportunity for
clarification?
Select one:
a. Delegating
b. Selling
c. Participating
d. Telling
14. Which leadership style incorporates coaching towards
achievement style and also combines task and relationship
behaviours?
Select one:
a. Low Task- High Relationship
b. High Task- High Relationship
c. Low Task- Low Relationship
d. High Task- Low Relationship
15. Culture of ________ helps organizations to thrive over the long
haul by promoting openness and honesty and long term innovations.
Select one:
a. Conformity
b. Certainty
c. Integrity
d. Efficiency
16. ___________ refers to group atmosphere and members
attitudes towards and acceptance of the leader.
Select one:
a. Leader-member relations
b. Team competence
c. Position Power
d. Task Structure
17. The behaviour in which leaders direct activities towards
efficiency, cost cutting and scheduling with an emphasis on goals
and work facilitation is __________
Select one:
a. Employee Centered
b. Consideration
c. Job Centered
d. Initiating
18. Which one of the following is NOT a factor of the New Paradigm
of Leadership?
Select one:
a. Collaboration
b. Empowerment
c. Uniformity
d. Crisis management
19. ___________ theory proposes that higher quality relationship
will lead to higher performance and greater job satisfaction for group
members.
Select one:
a. Vertical Dyad Linkage
b. Partnership Building
c. Leader Member Exchange
d. Relational
20. According to Contingency theory, Task- oriented leaders are more effective when the
situation is either _______favourable or __________ unfavourable.
Select one:
a. Highly-Moderately
b. Highly- Highly
c. Moderately-Moderately
d. Moderately-Highly
21. In the Leadership grid, _____________ management occurs when efficiency in operations is
the dominant criterion.
Select one:
a. Authority Compliance
b. Team
c. Impoverished
d. Country Club
22. The role which is characterised by horizontally organized companies where leaders
dont have the strong position power of the operational role is :-
Select one:
a. Operational Role
b. Advisory Role
c. Collaborative Role
d. Supervisory Role
23. Which model focuses on varying degrees of participative leadership and how each
level of participation influences quality and accountability?
Select one:
a. Path Goal Theory
b. Vroom- Jago Contingency Model
c. Hersey and Blanchards situational theory
d. Fiedlers Contingency Model
24. The idea behind __________ is that leaders can analyse their situation and tailor their
behaviour to improve leadership effectiveness.
Select one:
a. Contingency Theory
b. Behaviour Theory
c. Relational Theory
d. Influence Theory
25. Which one of the following provides the best definition of a mindset?
Select one:
a. A way of thinking and seeing that is based on ones values and attitudes
b. A fully articulated truth
c. A constant state of change
d. A biased point of view