Executive Leadership
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Executive Leadership explores the principles, strategies, and skills vital for effective leadership at the highest organizational levels. This course examines decision-making, vision setting, ethical leadership, and the development of organizational culture, as well as the challenges and opportunities leaders face in complex, rapidly changing environments. Students will analyze case studies, participate in simulations, and reflect on their own leadership style, gaining practical tools for motivating teams, managing conflict, and driving sustainable organizational success.
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The Art of Leadership 5th Edition by George Manning
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Chapter 1: The Importance of Leadership: Setting the Stage
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Q1) Leaders as teachers include:
A) Rumi and Yoritomo
B) Aquinas and Watt
C) Confucius and Plato
D) Hippocrates and Saladin
E) None of these
Answer: C
Q2) Ralph M. Stogdill shows the importance of social circumstance in determining leadership by contrasting qualities admired in _______ and _______ cultures.
A) Russian; American
B) English; French
C) German; Japanese
D) Indian; Chinese
E) Egyptian; Greek
Answer: E
Q3) The three basic types of leaders are:
A) Heroes, rulers, and teachers
B) Democrats, Republicans, and Independents
C) Progressives, traditionalists, and moderates
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Road Ahead: Challenge and Charge
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Q1) The fact that Lincoln held the bar high for his ________, and that he _________ them, no matter how uncomfortable he personally felt if they _________ is evidence of his ________.
A) Generals; replaced; failed to perform; commitment to results
B) Children; chastised; failed to study; effective discipline
C) Friends; supported; had problems; concern for others
D) People; scolded; made mistakes; poor temper
E) None of these
Answer: A
Q2) _________ said, "Upon the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait; and awaiting they died."
A) Homer
B) Caesar
C) Napoleon
D) Churchill
E) None of these
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Leadership Variables
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Q1) _________ is an example of a visionary statement by _________.
A) "Seek first to understand"; Will Rogers
B) "Where do you want to go today?"; Bill Gates
C) "A mechanic in the White House"; Ross Perot
D) "Make my day"; Clint Eastwood
E) "A chicken in every pot"; Martha Stewart
Answer: B
Q2) Sergio Marchionne is to ________ style of leadership, as Robert Selander is to ________ style of leadership, and Daniel Amos is to ________ style of leadership.
A) Free-rein; directive; participative
B) Directive; free rein; participative
C) Participative; directive; free-rein
D) Directive; participative; free-rein
E) None of these
Answer: D
Q3) Some people are more trusting and therefore more easily led than others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Power of Vision
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Q1) All of the following are basic leadership motives except:
A) Power
B) Affiliation
C) Achievement
D) Security
Q2) Elizabeth I was a(n) _______ leader.
A) Power-oriented
B) Achievement-oriented
C) Affiliation-oriented
Q3) Martin Luther King's famous vision speech was about:
A) War, peace, prosperity
B) Opportunity, independence, self-determination
C) Bigotry, banishment, blasphemy
D) Equality, brotherhood, freedom
E) None of these
Q4) A pattern of leadership that is described as autocratic and hierarchical is:
A) Impoverished
B) Exploitive
C) Supportive
D) Enlightened
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Chapter 5: The Importance of Ethics
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Q1) According to Leon Wieseltier, Americans are:
A) Choking on identities
B) Lacking meaning
C) Well defined in core values
D) Committed to a unified value system
Q2) English philosopher John Locke viewed the newborn child as a tabula rasa, or a(n)
A) Blank tablet
B) Song of joy
C) Finished state
D) Empty vessel
Q3) The effective leader holds ______ as a central value and foundation for all other values.
A) Power
B) Custom
C) Success
D) Truth
E) None of these
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Chapter 6: The Empowerment of People
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Q1) According to Brian Hindo, a company must master both ends of the spectrum to be successful, ________ and __________.
A) Short term execution; long term stability
B) Leadership decisions; front-line delivery
C) Male; female involvement
D) Business innovation; daily delivery of results
E) None of these
Q2) The essence of ________ is common sense management based on:
A) Organizational ambidexterity; planning, preparation, performance, repetition
B) Score card; goals, feedback, control, profit
C) Lean; accurate data, insightful analysis, creative design, reliable measurement
D) None of these
Q3) The leadership philosophy of the U.S. military is caring and servant leadership based on the principle, "mission first, soldiers always."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Leadership Principles
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Q1) Leaders of teams should evaluate performance case by case, versus requiring a distribution of ranking regardless of the quality of performance of each group member.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tom Peters writes that all business decisions hinge ultimately on _________; and all business dealings are ________ dealings in the end.
A) money; financial
B) facts; rational
C) power; political
D) relationships; personal
Q3) The experience of _________ as described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is caused by _________.
A) Happiness; money and power
B) Security; work benefits and job seniority
C) Flow; the confluence of challenge and skill
D) Success; social status and material wealth
E) Depression; loss of purpose in life
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Chapter 8: Understanding People
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Q1) Several factors can sidetrack the advancement of women in the workplace including:
A) Lack of encouragement
B) Closed corporate culture
C) Double standards
D) All of these
E) None of these
Q2) The role of leadership is critical in meeting human needs and preventing
A) Motivation problems
B) Work force productivity
C) Employee malnutrition
D) Motivational excess
Q3) Individuals can overcome cultural differences by examining times when they felt like they were in the minority.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Physical decline can be the result of an unsatisfied social need.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Multiplying Effectiveness
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Q1) Patrick Henry was ________ when he said, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
A) Traditional
B) Participative
C) Individualistic
D) Confused
Q2) Committee projects, employee involvement teams, and group activities are preferred by ________ personality types.
A) Traditional
B) Participative
C) Universal
D) Individualistic
Q3) ________ said, "Develop your people to do their jobs better than you can. Transfer your skills to them smart managers like to see their employees increase their responsibilities because it frees the managers to tackle new or undone tasks."
A) Martha Stewart
B) Michael Eisner
C) Mary Kay
D) Bill Gates
E) Ted Turner
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Chapter 10: Developing Others
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Q1) In support of the value of "stretch assignments and changing things up," the philosopher Jean Paul Sartre said, "Every person needs a ________ to fulfill one's potential."
A) Crisis
B) Helping hand
C) Degree
D) Project
E) Lecture
Q2) Many leaders have grown through the example, advice and encouragement of direct reports.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Principles to follow in developing others include:
A) Have a respectful attitude
B) Build self-esteem
C) Use coaching versus judging
D) Practice to build proficiency
E) All of these
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Chapter 11: Performance Management
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Q1) Behavior modification is a technique to:
A) Overcome prejudice
B) Control minds
C) Improve performance
D) None of these
Q2) Management practices that lead to sustained and superior performance, regardless of the technique used, include all but one of the following:
A) Establish a direction, focus on customers, communicate with employees
B) Hire good people, delegate decision-making, perform quality work
C) Empower people, reward performance, maintain high values
D) Align resources, exchange information, achieve teamwork
E) Accelerate change, mechanize functions, reduce staff
Q3) Two important criteria for bench marking are _________ and ________.
A) Product quality; service quality
B) Location; time
C) Personal; organizational
D) Past; present
E) None of these
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