CHAPTER 6: LEADING
1. What is Leading?
a. Directing only
b. Organizing only
c. Motivating, communicating, guiding, and encouraging
d. Controlling only
2. What does Directing do in management?
a. Initiate organized and planned action
b. Provide necessary link between various managerial functions
c. Concentrate on individual performance only
d. Advocate for work-life balance only
3. How is Directing described as a managerial function?
a. A stagnant function
b. Limited to planning
c. Dynamic and continuing
d. Exclusively top-level management responsibility
4. What is a key characteristic of Directing?
a. Lacks human relationships
b. Is a universal function performed only at lower levels of management
c. Concerned with human relationships
d. Is not linked to other managerial functions
5. What is the nature of Leadership?
a. Static and unchanging
b. Consistent across all organizations
c. Concerned with individual progress
d. Influencing behavior towards goal realization
6. How is Leadership defined according to Keith Davis?
a. Ability to follow defined objectives reluctantly
b. Capacity to demotivate organizational members
c. Skill in persuading others to seek goals enthusiastically
d. Incapacity to influence a group towards goal achievement
7. According to the Great Man Theory, great leaders are believed to be:
a. Born leaders
b. Made through education only
c. Inept at influencing behavior
d. Solely product of their times
8. What does the Trait Leadership theory focus on?
a. Mental and physical characteristics
b. Environmental factors only
c. Behaviors of the leaders
d. Social relationships exclusively
9. Why was the Trait Leadership theory critiqued?
a. Lack of interest in Human Resources
b. Reliability of the measurements
c. Overemphasis on contextual elements
d. Explanations on characteristic impacts provided
10. What do the Behavioral Theories focus on?
a. Physical characteristics
b. Mental strengths
c. Behaviors of the leaders
d. Social influence only
11. According to Contingency Theories, leadership style is dependent on:
a. Followers' effectiveness
b. Individual characteristics only
c. Social norms exclusively
d. Stable external factors
12. What is the key characteristic of Transactional leadership?
a. Establishing mutually beneficial relationships
b. Creating trust and motivation
c. Minimizing pleasurable experiences
d. Magnifying un-pleasurable experiences
13. Transformational Leadership focuses on:
a. Maintaining strict rules
b. Encouraging flexibility and group norms
c. Emphasizing individual achievements
d. Restricting follower participation
14. Motivational theories categorized into process and content theories mainly differ
in:
a. Reward types
b. Types of leaders
c. Leadership presence
d. Communication styles
15. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which level involves physiological
needs?
a. Level 2 - Safety needs
b. Level 1 - Self-actualization
c. Level 3 - Belongingness
d. Level 4 - Esteem needs
16. What did Frederick Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene theory argue?
a. Satisfaction and dissatisfaction are the same
b. Rewards are central to motivation
c. Separation of factors for satisfaction and dissatisfactio
d. Workplace has no impact on motivation
17. Expectancy Theory posits that behavior selection is based on:
a. Performance capability
b. Desirability of expected outcomes
c. Leader's authority
d. Team dynamics
18. Effective Communication is crucial in organizations to perform which basic
management function?
a. Training
b. Budgeting
c. Planning
d. Marketing
19. Which direction describes communication from a higher level to a lower level in
an organization?
a. Downward Flow
b. Upward Flow
c. Lateral Communication
d. Diagonal Communication
20. What does Upward Communication in an organization allow for?
a. Provide feedback on organization functioning
b. Assign job instructions
c. Emphasize management goals
d. Exclude employees' views
Comprehension Questions on Leadership:
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What does "leading" involve for a manager in an organization?
How does the topic describe the nature of directing function of management?
What are the similarities between leadership and management?
Explain one key idea from the Trait Theory of leadership as discussed in chapter 6.
Why is effective communication considered significant for managers in organizations?
Prepared by:
MARIVIC A. PEPITO