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Leadership Theories and Effectiveness: Analyzing Traits, Behaviors, and Workplace Dynamics

Comparison of leadership theories and their effectiveness in workplaces.

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Leadership Theories and Effectiveness: Analyzing Traits, Behaviors, and WorkplaceDynamicsGrading SummaryThese are the automatically computedresults of your exam. Grades for essayquestions, and comments from yourinstructor, are in the"Details" section below.Date Taken:9/28/2012Time Spent:1 h , 20 min , 02 secsPoints Received:105 / 130(80.8%)Question Type:# Of Questions:# Correct:Multiple Choice3023Essay2N/AGrade Details-All QuestionsPage:1231.Question :(TCO 2) Historically, researchers have focused upon two main theoriesof leadership effectiveness: _____ and ____.Student Answer:Ancient and modernMale and femaleCentralized and decentralizedTrait andbehaviorTime-sensitive and timelessInstructor Explanation:p. 16Points Received:3 of 3Comments:2.Question :(TCO 2) Vince Lombardi had a _____ personality; his followers' goalwas to be equal to theirunderstanding of his ____.Student Answer:Schizophrenic; needsMercurial; ordersStoic; desiresCharismatic; values and goals

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Difficult; deficienciesInstructor Explanation:p. 27Points Received:3 of 3Comments:3.Question :(TCO 2) Regarding the importance of enthusiasm for leadershipeffectiveness, _____ said, "Good work is never done in cold blood;heat is needed to forge anything. Every great achievement is the storyof a flamingheart."Student Answer:Martin Luther KingGeorge PattonHarry TrumanColin PowellEleanor RooseveltInstructor Explanation:p. 31Points Received:3 of 3Comments:4.Question :(TCO 2) ____,____, and _____ are traits found in charismatic leaders.Student Answer:Education, opportunity, and attention to detailTraining, sensitivity, and patienceExperience, collaboration, and emotional stabilityOptimism,extroversion, and a sense of adventureNone of the aboveInstructor Explanation:p. 32Points Received:0 of 3

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Comments:5.Question :(TCO 2) Successful leaders today function more as _____ and ____,and less as ______ and____.Student Answer:Facilitators and teachers; enforcers and disciplinariansExperts and performers; coaches and guidesGoal-directed and bottom-line oriented; considerate andsupportiveTellers and doers; askers andhelpersNone of the aboveInstructor Explanation:p. 37Points Received:3 of 3Comments:6.Question :(TCO 2) If you have _____ intelligence, you have the ability to deal withpeople; if you havemusical-rhythmic intelligence, you appreciate_____ and ____.Student Answer:Intrapersonal; sculpting and surgeryVerbal/linguistic; logical reasoning and exploring patternsMusical/rhythmic; saying words and using your bodyInterpersonal; pitch and rhythmNone of the aboveInstructor Explanation:p. 49Points Received:3 of 3Comments:7.Question :(TCO 2) Increasingly, the American workplace is becoming ____,____, and ____.

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StudentAnswer:Contemplative, rule-based, and quality consciousModerate, rational, and organizedFast-paced, culturally diverse, and globalCustomer driven, finance focused, and geography-boundNone of the aboveInstructor Explanation:p. 55Points Received:3 of 3Comments:8.Question :(TCO 2) _____ describes how difficult the leader's job can be: "Sinceno important decision ever pleases everyone in an organization, theleader must alsoabsorb the displeasure, and sometimes the severehostility, of those who would have taken a different course."Student Answer:Peter DruckerMargaret WheatleyChris ArgyrisDouglas McGregorKen BlanchardInstructor Explanation:p. 54Points Received:3 of 3Comments:9.Question :(TCO 2) Qualities of transformational leaders include:Student Answer:Determination, diligence, and attention to detailPerception,persistence, and practical-mindednessBravery, strength, and technical expertise
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