Strategic Leadership
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Course Introduction
Strategic Leadership explores the theories, frameworks, and practices that enable individuals and organizations to set direction, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success in competitive environments. The course examines how leaders develop vision, shape organizational culture, make complex decisions, and align resources to deliver strategic objectives. Students will analyze case studies, engage in simulations, and discuss real-world scenarios to understand the role of leadership in navigating change, managing uncertainty, and fostering collaboration across diverse teams. Through practical assignments and self-assessment, students will develop critical skills for leading strategically in dynamic business and organizational contexts.
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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) Briefly explain the advantages and disadvantages of diversity in a department or organization.
Answer: Homogenous groups find it easy to get along, communicate, and understand one another. The uniform thinking that arises, however, can be a disaster in a world becoming more multinational and diverse. Bringing diversity into the organization is the way to attract the best human talent and develop an organizational mindset broad enough to thrive in a multinational world.
Q2) Management creates change with in a culture of agility and integrity that helps the organization thrive over the long haul.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Management is concerned with communicating the vision and developing a shared culture and set of core values that can lead to the desired future state.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships
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Q1) Stage two in the development of the individualized leadership theory explored the _____ in more detail.
A) vertical dyad linkage model
B) partnership building
C) leader-member exchange
D) entrepreneurship model
Answer: C
Q2) Leaders who are drawn to new opportunities, are action oriented, and are more concerned with innovation, creativity, and creating new processes than with maintaining the status quo are known as:
A) entrepreneurial leaders.
B) autocratic leaders.
C) advisory leaders.
D) traditional leaders.
Answer: A
Q3) _____ refers to initiating a business venture, organizing the necessary resources, and assuming the associated risks and rewards.
Answer: Entrepreneurship
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Chapter 3: Contingency Approaches to Leadership
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Q1) According to the path-goal theory of leadership, the personal characteristics of followers, which is a situational contingency, includes factors such as:
A) the degree of task structure.
B) the work group.
C) motivation.
D) formality.
Answer: C
Q2) Jody manages the sales team for a sports equipment manufacturer. Sales have been slipping downward at an alarming rate. She called a department meeting and set sales goals that the team will need to meet. She doesn't care how they meet their goals; she just wants them to do it. Based on the path-goal theory, which leadership style is she using?
A) Directive leadership
B) Supportive leadership
C) Achievement-oriented leadership
D) Participative leadership
Answer: C
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) Victoria, an advertising manager, works effectively when dealing with routine and well-defined tasks, but she is not very good with tasks that require creativity. Hence, she assumes that her subordinates also have difficulty being creative. In the given scenario, Victoria's assumption is an example of _____.
A) the halo effect
B) a self-serving bias
C) perceptual defense
D) projection
Q2) Describe the personality dimensions of extroversion and agreeableness.
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) Self-awareness is important for leaders. Discuss.
Q5) Explain the role of values in leadership.
Q6) Attributions help leaders handle situations. Discuss.
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Chapter 5: Leadership Mind and Emotion
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Q1) What is a global mindset? Discuss the differences between leaders with and without a global mindset.
Q2) When leaders rely on negative emotions such as fear to fuel productive work, they:
A) may slowly destroy people's spirits.
B) remove avoidance behavior.
C) encourage risk-taking behavior.
D) destroy the opportunity to blind employees to reality.
Q3) An effective leader:
A) goes along with the traditional way of doing things.
B) sticks to a mental model that sees everything from one's own personal perspective.
C) does not apologize to his or her subordinates.
D) does not follow his or her assumptions because they led to success in the past.
Q4) Explain the interdependence of the elements of mind.
Q5) _____ means that leaders who are able to maintain balance and keep themselves motivated are positive role models to help motivate and inspire those around them.
Q6) 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) The framework for stewardship involves:
A) separating the "managing" and the "doing" of work.
B) teams of workers responding to a changing environment.
C) the view that workers are basically lazy.
D) the idea that few people should get paid simply to manage work.
Q2) Leaders can create organizational systems that support ethical behavior by:
A) showing tolerance for ethics violations.
B) establishing vague ethics policies.
C) establishing general ethics policies.
D) creating open-door policies.
Q3) The management at Eastrock School of Business and Management has given janitors the responsibility of managing supplies while keeping within the budget. Thus, the janitors feel that they are part of the team that keeps the organization running smoothly. In the given scenario, the management's style of leadership is:
A) preconventional management.
B) servant leadership.
C) authoritarian leadership.
D) participative management.
Q4) What pressures do leaders face that challenge their ability to work ethically?
Q5) Briefly describe courage.
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Chapter 7: Followership
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Q1) A passive follower exhibits critical, independent thinking and displays initiative and a sense of responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Effective followers have to know what they stand for and be willing to express their own ideas to their leaders even though this might mean risking their jobs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Effective followers:
A) are passive and uncritical by nature.
B) presume that a leader will provide them with security, permission to act, or personal growth.
C) initiate opportunities through which they can achieve personal fulfillment.
D) try to avoid risk or conflict.
Q4) The benefits followers receive from leadership coaching include:
A) gaining a new perspective.
B) doing only what is told.
C) avoiding conflict.
D) utilizing uncritical thinking skills.
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Empowerment
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Q1) Briefly describe the two categories of motives.
Q2) Employee motivation rarely affects productivity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Herzberg's two-factor theory, hygiene factors include:
A) recognition.
B) interpersonal relationships.
C) the work itself.
D) personal growth.
Q4) Adele's company competes with several larger companies for workers. To attract workers, Adele wants to apply the job characteristics model to enrich jobs. Which of the following actions should she take?
A) Increase salaries.
B) Buy better equipment than her competitors have.
C) Establish task identities.
D) Set high quality standards that all workers must meet.
Q5) People with a high need for achievement tend to enjoy work that is entrepreneurial and innovative.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Leadership Communication
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Q1) Which of the following supports the trend toward openness and transparency?
A) Storytelling
B) Social media
C) Leaders as information processors
D) Meetings between leaders and followers
Q2) Contrast dialogue and discussion.
Q3) _____ questioning helps leaders tap into the expertise and ideas of followers.
A) Follower-centered
B) Leader-centered
C) Customer-centered
D) Employee-centered
Q4) The richness of an information channel is influenced by the:
A) ability to handle multiple cues simultaneously.
B) ability to handle one-way feedback.
C) quality of information transmitted during an episode.
D) ability to establish an impersonal focus for communication.
Q5) _____ is a nonverbal method of communication used by leaders to convey the value of feedback.
Q6) Briefly describe a strategic conversation.
Q7) Why is a leader's nonverbal communication important to followers?
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Chapter 10: Leading Teams
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Q1) Which of the following factors increases team cohesion?
A) Prioritizing personal goals
B) Low morale
C) Personal attraction to the team
D) Importance of the task
Q2) Employee morale is higher in cohesive teams.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A characteristic of virtual teams is the requirement to meet face-to-face in the same physical space.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ are made up of a supervisor and subordinates in the formal chain of command.
Q5) A group consists of people who:
A) hold themselves mutually accountable.
B) interact and coordinate regularly.
C) do related work but may not depend on each other.
D) share a specific team vision.
Q6) Briefly describe self-directed teams.
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Chapter 11: Developing Leadership Diversity
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Q1) Describe cultural intelligence (CQ).
Q2) A factor contributing to increased acceptance of diversity is:
A) discrimination.
B) passive bias.
C) uncertainty avoidance.
D) globalization.
Q3) Jake is moving from Costa Rica to Australia to manage a new division of his company. After using Hofstede's research to investigate the country's cultural values, Jake sees individualism is ranked much higher in Australia. This tells him that he can expect that:
A) workers prefer conformity.
B) people want equality in power.
C) people will take care of themselves.
D) achievement is important to workers.
Q4) Stereotyping is an aspect of _____.
A) prejudice.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) discrimination. D) bias.
Q5) Discuss the social value systems presented in the Hofstede studies.
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Chapter 12: Leadership Power and Influence
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Q1) Who among the following use rewards and punishments to shape behavior and do not mind exploiting the fears and desires of people to get them to follow rules?
A) Transactional leaders
B) Transformational leaders
C) Coalitional leaders
D) Machiavellian-style leaders
Q2) In the context of follower responses to the use of power, the act of disobeying orders or deliberately avoiding carrying out instructions is known as _____.
A) resistance
B) advocacy
C) commitment
D) compliance
Q3) 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?
Q4) Briefly describe the human resource frame of leader orientation.
Q5) Power is realized through the processes of politics and _____.
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Chapter 13: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction
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Q1) Ivan wants to identify his company's core competence so he can develop successful strategies. His company hires highly qualified people to provide computer repairs for its customers. Every repair worker goes to customer sites with as much equipment as possible to quickly complete repairs. Unlike other computer repair companies in town, Ivan guarantees same-day repair. If repairs can't be completed on the same day, Ivan's company will probably lose that dissatisfied customer's business. What is Ivan's company's core competence?
A) Hiring workers
B) Acquiring new clients
C) Providing computer repairs
D) Providing same-day service
Q2) Samuel heads a company that manufactures cell phones. He places emphasis on innovation and creation of new products and features rather than imitation of competitors' products. This instance shows that Samuel uses the _____ approach to frame the purpose of his organization.
A) excellence
B) discovery
C) altruism
D) heroism
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Chapter 14: Shaping Culture and Values
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Q1) In the _____, leaders actively create change by encouraging and rewarding creativity, experimentation, and risk taking.
A) achievement corporate culture
B) adaptability corporate culture
C) consistency corporate culture
D) involvement corporate culture
Q2) Why is spiritual leadership important today?
Q3) _____ are the enduring beliefs that have worth, merit, and importance for an organization.
Q4) Briefly describe how responsive cultures are different from resistant cultures.
Q5) Spiritual leaders establish a corporate culture based on:
A) self-motivation.
B) self-appraisal.
C) altruistic love.
D) competitiveness.
Q6) Why are selection and socialization important in shaping culture?
Q7) A spiritual leader addresses followers' higher-order needs for membership and self-actualization.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 15: Leading Change
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Q1) Employees resist change because:
A) it violates creative intuition.
B) it violates the relationship between employees and an organization.
C) it involves a lengthy process which can takes years to implement.
D) it provides full information about future events.
Q2) To build a culture that encourages _____, leaders encourage the creative spirit of all employees by promoting cultural values of curiosity, openness, exploration, and informed risk-taking.
A) organizational justice
B) appreciative inquiry
C) technological innovation
D) corporate entrepreneurship
Q3) The final stage of appreciative inquiry is _____ by translating the ideas identified in the previous stages into concrete action steps.
A) creating a destiny
B) creating a vision
C) redesigning an organization
D) discovering organizational strengths
Q4) Explain the importance of allowing pauses for promoting creativity.
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