MGMT623 Quiz 2 File by Tanveer Online Academy

MGMT623 Quiz 2 File by Tanveer Online Academy

A condition in which availability of each alternative with

its potential payoffs and costs are associated with risks is

called: · Decision making under risk · Which of the following are characteristics of traditional

organizations?

A team leader's job is to focus on two priorities: managing

the team's external boundary and; · Facilitating · the

team process. Introduction of new software in the organization due to

sudden changes in technology is an example of:

Non-programmed decision

After which stage of development, is there a relatively clear

hierarchy of leadership within a group?

Storming stage

Which of the following are the decision making

approaches?

Which of the following encourages flexibility and

decentralizes decision making?

Organic structure · Which of the following problem solving technique is used · in situations where group members are unable to meet face

to face?

Delphi technique · The use of written rules and procedures to standardize · operations is known as: · Formalization

Which of the following factors affect teams?

What is presenting opinions and gaining agreement to

support a decision called?

Consensus

The anxiety or tension a person experiences in oral,

written, or in both types of communication is called: · Apprehension · When the group energy is focused on the task at hand, the

group has moved to which of the following stages?

Performing · EXCPET: · NEVER · Mentor followers who hope to assume larger leadership roles · EXCEPT: · Never · trust · your followers · The leadership traits that influence leadership process are · the following except: · Low · emotional · Leaders must be: · Proactive · rather · than reactive

intellectually?

Which of the following is Not likely to be an adverse

consequence of psychological empowerment?

Higher costs for selection and training of competent employees Effective Leaders build and maintain position power and

_______________ to exercise downward, upward, and

lateral influence.

Which of the following activities is NOT required as part

of the employee empowerment process?

Assignment · of responsibility · The decision procedure that empowers a subordinate the · most is: · Joint decision-making · The means by which communication passes is called: · A medium · Which one of the following is not one of the influence

tactics?

Control · Which of the following is an approach to leadership · development that begins with caring for and helping

others?

Servant leadership · A manager should Not delegate tasks that are: · Central to the manager's role

Which of the following is the first management function?

Planning · Which of the following power is exhibited by Mr. Ali · when he demotes one of his subordinates because of her

non-compliance with office rules?

Coercive power

According to the Managerial Grid, managers perform

best using which of the following styles?

9.9 · Fiedler considers the LPC to be a _________ that people · Stable characteristic; cannot change · The emotional or feeling part of an attitude is called its

______________ component.

Affective · Hersey and Blanchard propose that leader should adopt · telling style if the follower is ____________________ to

accomplish a task.

Unable but willing

Which of the following is the situational criteria identified

in the Fiedler model?

Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

A leader who performs activities such as assigning

specific tasks, specifying procedures to be followed,

scheduling work and clarifying expectations of team

members is exhibiting which of the following dimension of

leadership defined by Ohio state group?

Which of the following holds TRUE as the organization

increases in its size?

Increased formalization

Which of the following power is based on leaders'

expertise, specialized skills, or knowledge?

Expert power · by: · Organization at the growth stage of its life cycle is known

to have ______________ structure.

Bureaucratic

Asma went for an interview where she was asked to fill a

survey. The survey results showed that she is caring,

extroverted and hardworking. These characteristics of

Asma indicate her____.

Which of the following power is used for personal gain?

According to Theory-Y, which of the following needs are

assumed to be dominated in individual’s behavior?

Maslow’s higher-order needs · Mr. Ali is an employee of ABC company. He is a very · innovative worker, always fulfills his responsibilities and · can exercise self-direction very well. His behavior falls

under which one of the following theories?

Theory Y · A statement about the purpose of an organization, which · sets out an organization's future, is referred to as:

Mission.

intellectually?

Which leadership style is represented by a leader placed

at 9,1 on the grid developed by Blake and Mouton?

Fiedler proposed that a leader's style was one of two

types:

Concern for people and concern for production The concept of reward in exchange of task completion is

part of which theory of leadership?

Transactional leadership · Ahmed said to his subordinates, “I know that availing all · your vacations is important. But if with extra effort, we · get this contract that will make us envy of the industry.”

Ahmed is which of the following leader?

According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,

individuals belonging to the ________ type are flexible

and spontaneous.

Perceiving

Cognitive Dissonance Theory explains the connection

between ___________________.