Leadership Theory and Practice
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Course Introduction
Leadership Theory and Practice explores the foundational and contemporary concepts of leadership through both theoretical frameworks and real-world application. Students will analyze major leadership theories, including trait, behavioral, situational, transformational, and servant leadership, examining how these approaches inform effective leadership across organizational contexts. Through case studies and experiential activities, the course emphasizes the development of personal leadership skills, ethical decision-making, and the adaptation of leadership strategies to diverse teams and dynamic environments. By integrating scholarly research with practical exercises, students will learn to critically assess their own leadership potential and acquire tools for leading with confidence and integrity.
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The Leadership Experience 7th Edition by Richard L. Daft
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Chapter 1: What Does It Mean to Be a Leader
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Q1) In a hyperconnected, networked age, competition becomes more important than collaboration.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Leadership is a(n) _____ activity.
Answer: people
Q3) _____ refers to leadership influence based not on position or formal authority but, rather, on the qualities and personality of the leader.
Answer: Charismatic leadership
Q4) Management focuses on getting the most results out of people so that:
A) followers can be motivated through purpose rather than rewards or punishments.
B) goods and services are provided to customers in a timely manner.
C) the relationship with followers can be based on personal influence and trust.
D) a shared culture and set of core values that can lead to the desired future state is developed.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships
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Q1) A few traits typically considered highly important for leadership are optimism, self-confidence, honesty and integrity, and drive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) _____ are the distinguishing personal characteristics of a leader, such as intelligence, honesty, self-confidence, and appearance.
Answer: Traits
Q3) Which of the following is an underlying dimension of job-centered leadership behavior?
A) Leader support
B) Interaction facilitation
C) Conflict minimization
D) Goal emphasis
Answer: D
Q4) In the context of leadership styles, _____ leaders display a focus on the human needs of their subordinates.
Answer: employee-centered
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Chapter 3: Contingency Approaches to Leadership
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Q1) A(n) _____, which is a situational characteristic, counteracts the leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviors.
Answer: neutralizer
Q2) Which of the following statements is a criticism of Fiedler's contingency theory?
A) The use of the least preferred coworker score as a measure of relationship- or task-oriented behavior is complicated.
B) The empirical support for the model is weak because it is based on correlational results that fail to achieve statistical significance in the majority of cases.
C) It does not go beyond the notion of leadership styles to try to show how styles fit a situation.
D) It fails to consider high least preferred coworker score leaders, who some studies indicate are more effective than medium least preferred coworker score leaders in all situations.
Answer: B
Q3) _____ refers to a theory meaning one thing depends on other things.
Answer: Contingency
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Chapter 4: The Leader As Individual
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Q1) According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment, which of the following statements is true of the feeling types?
A) They tend to be very objective in decision making.
B) They tend to enjoy ambiguity and dislike deadlines.
C) They tend to rely more on their values.
D) They tend to rely more on logic.
Q2) Self-awareness is important for leaders. Discuss.
Q3) Jenny has a high internal locus of control. She needs a job to help pay for her expenses. Based on what you know about her, which of the following part-time jobs do you think would be a good fit for her?
A) Event organizer for a local politician
B) Sandwich maker at the deli
C) Clerk at the grocery store
D) Receptionist at a law office
Q4) _____ are fundamental beliefs that an individual considers to be important, that are relatively stable over time, and that have an impact on attitudes, perception, and behavior.
Q5) Explain how attitudes affect leadership.
Q6) Explain the role of values in leadership.
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Chapter 5: Leadership Mind and Emotion
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Q1) Leaders working to improve one element of personal mastery can become significantly more effective because:
A) all leaders score higher than most people on tests of cognitive ability.
B) all elements of mind prevent shifting of mental models.
C) all leaders have similar scores in emotional intelligence tests.
D) all five elements of mind are interdependent.
Q2) Which of the following statements describes a leader practicing critical thinking?
A) Brenda focused on the most important issues.
B) Jonah sought different opinions.
C) Lisa criticized the quality of her employees' work.
D) Winston was only pleased when the products his group produced were perfect.
Q3) _____ embodies three qualities-clarity of mind, clarity of objectives, and organizing to achieve objectives.
Q4) A manager with a global mindset sees everything from his or her own limited personal or cultural perspective.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the characteristics of an organization driven by fear?
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Chapter 6: Courage and Moral Leadership
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Q1) A leader who is visionary, empowering, and committed to serving others is operating at the postconventional or principled level of personal moral development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) At the _____ of personal moral development, a leader can balance self-interest with a concern for others and for the common good.
A) conventional level
B) preconventional level
C) postconventional level
D) paraconventional level.
Q3) Servant leadership is a form of leadership in which:
A) leaders are deeply accountable to others.
B) leaders do not provide opportunities for material gains.
C) self-interest is replaced by providing for the needs of others.
D) power, purpose, and privilege reside with those at the top of the organization.
Q4) Briefly explain the concept of servant leadership as described by Robert Greenleaf.
Q5) Briefly describe courage.
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Chapter 7: Followership
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Q1) A subordinate with useful _____, a personal source of upward influence, is of real benefit to a leader, and his or her departure would be a loss.
Q2) A follower can provide strength to the leader by:
A) sacrificing their personal integrity to maintain harmony.
B) accepting the leader's ideas without assessing or evaluating them.
C) contributing to areas that complement the leader's position.
D) submissively following orders.
Q3) Active follower behavior refers to:
A) being reactive.
B) requiring constant supervision.
C) initiating problem solving.
D) taking neither initiative nor personal responsibility.
Q4) To effectively manage up requires understanding what leaders want and need.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Leadership is the sole basis for the success of an organization.
A)True B)False
Q6) Briefly discuss the demands on effective followers.
Q7) _____ are the biggest barrier to effective leader-follower relationships.
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Empowerment
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Q1) The _____ states that positively reinforced behavior tends to be repeated and behavior that is not reinforced tends not to be repeated.
Q2) People with a high need for achievement tend to enjoy work that is entrepreneurial and innovative.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____, the second dimension of Herzberg's two-factor theory, involves job satisfaction and meeting higher-level needs.
Q4) According to the acquired needs theory, which of the following characteristics describe people who have a high need for affiliation?
A) Passive and uncritical
B) Successful "integrators" whose job is to coordinate the work of departments
C) Tend to enjoy work that is entrepreneurial and innovative
D) Successfully attain the top levels in the organizational hierarchy
Q5) The _____ proposes that certain types of needs (achievement, affiliation, power) are developed during an individual's lifetime.
Q6) _____ proposes that humans are motivated by multiple needs and those needs exist in a hierarchical order.
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Chapter 9: Leadership Communication
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Q1) Electronic methods of communication:
A) can increase the potential for communication errors.
B) support the emotional well-being of employees.
C) have slowed down the communication process.
D) have increased instances of "human moments."
Q2) In _____, people together create a stream of shared meaning that enables them to understand each other and share a view of the world.
Q3) Persuasion is a valuable communication process that individuals can use to lead others to a shared solution or commitment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is a benefit of using candor?
A) Focuses on judgements
B) Limits misunderstandings
C) Places responsibility on the correct person
D) Increases the need for meetings
Q5) Describe channel richness.
Q6) Briefly describe the leader as a communication champion.
Q7) Why do leaders ask questions?
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Chapter 10: Leading Teams
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Q1) An important factor in team effectiveness is ensuring that the needs for both task accomplishment and team members' socioemotional well-being are met. Discuss.
Q2) Which of the following is a common dysfunction of teams?
A) Lack of trust
B) Lack of guidance
C) Fear of responsibility
D) Lack of skill
Q3) _____ are teams made up of members who work with minimum supervision and rotate jobs to produce a complete product or service.
A) Functional teams
B) Special-purpose teams
C) Self-directed teams
D) Cross-departmental teams
Q4) _____ focus on a particular goal and disband once the project is completed.
A) Horizontal teams
B) Self-directed teams
C) Functional teams
D) Special-purpose teams
Q5) What are the challenges faced by leaders of global teams?
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Chapter 11: Developing Leadership Diversity
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Q1) Organizations establish workforce diversity programs to:
A) promote the hiring of diverse employees.
B) ensure that differences are not accepted.
C) hamper the career advancement of diverse employees.
D) reinforce the glass ceiling trends.
Q2) In the context of the survey of followers, which of the following statements is true of female leaders?
A) They have more aggressiveness than male leaders.
B) They provide less inspirational motivation than male leaders.
C) They are more individually considerate than male leaders.
D) They offer less intellectual stimulation than male leaders.
Q3) When Melanie moved to Japan, she refused to learn anything about the Japanese culture. Instead, she fiercely clung to all of the culture and customs from her homeland. Melanie is practicing _____.
A) prejudice
B) ethnocentrism
C) discrimination
D) stereotyping
Q4) Briefly describe prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination in organizations.
Q5) Why are attitudes toward diversity changing?
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Chapter 12: Leadership Power and Influence
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Q1) Which of the following questions can guide you to make ethical decisions?
A) How much will the action cost the participants?
B) Does the action meet the standards of fairness and equity?
C) How many resources are used during the action?
D) How much enjoyment will the action create?
Q2) Discuss transformational leadership.
Q3) A charismatic leader:
A) maintains the status quo.
B) creates an atmosphere of change.
C) uses available means to achieve goals within the framework of the existing order.
D) frames limited goals not too discrepant from status quo.
Q4) In the context of stakeholder buy-in, who among the following are strong supporters and will help lead a change effort?
A) Resisters
B) Observers
C) Partners
D) Advocates
Q5) Describe coalitional leadership.
Q6) Briefly describe referent power of leaders.
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Chapter 13: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction
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Q1) An organization's _____ is something that the organization does extremely well in comparison to competitors.
Q2) A vision is what the organization "stands for" in a larger sense, whereas a mission is ambitious desire for the future.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Freddie is the head of operations of Ambassador Inc. He wants to cocreate a vision for his organization. Which of the following steps should Freddie perform?
A) Ensure that the vision is the property of the leader.
B) Get something down in writing, but make sure people know it is a draft that needs feedback.
C) Restrain writing from the heart, remembering that vision is not an emotional appeal to human needs.
D) Communicate using a single channel to emphasize that the vision is focused on a single purpose.
Q4) Describe the four themes that are common to powerful, effective visions.
Q5) Explain the four possibilities of leadership in providing direction.
Q6) Briefly explain the principle of self-reference.
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Chapter 14: Shaping Culture and Values
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Q1) Annie enjoys restoring old homes. She treasures the beauty and attention to detail that she finds in old buildings. To help her, she hires artisans she works with regularly who share her value of:
A) customer satisfaction.
B) history.
C) profit.
D) self-sacrifice.
Q2) _____ start by creating a vision through which organization participants experience a sense of calling that gives meaning to their work.
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of a high-performance culture?
A) It discourages individual employee ownership of bottom-line results.
B) It is based on a solid organizational mission or purpose.
C) It fails to uphold cultural values.
D) It heavily relies on the rule of reciprocity.
Q4) Changing how future leaders are trained could:
A) eliminate monopolistic competition.
B) increase training expenses of organizations.
C) make organizations more profit-oriented.
D) solve the ethics deficit in organizations.
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Chapter 15: Leading Change
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Q1) _____ is a technique for leading change that engages individuals, teams, or an entire organization by reinforcing positive messages and focusing on learning from success.
Q2) Explain the importance of allowing pauses for promoting creativity.
Q3) _____ means to go deeply into a single area or topic to spark personal creativity, which has been called thinking "inside the box."
Q4) To help someone change means first denying emotions associated with endings and losses and trying to talk people out of feeling them.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _____ is a set of systematic techniques for breaking away from customary mental concepts and generating new ones.
Q6) Lateral thinking:
A) solves a problem by orthodox and logical methods.
B) stagnates creativity.
C) is concerned with certainties and "what ought to be."
D) moves people "sideways" to try different perceptions.
Q7) Discuss electronic brainstorming.
Q8) How can leaders foster a creative culture in organizations?
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