MGMT 609 Week 10 Quiz

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10.4 Quiz

 

Q 1

Question 1

According to the article 'What Leaders Really Do", the differences between leadership and management are as follows EXCEPT:

Select one:

 a. Setting a direction versus planning and budgeting

 b. Aligning people versus organizing and staffing

 c. Risk-averse versus risk-taking 

 d. Motivating people versus controlling and problem solving

 

Q 2

Question 2

Which of the following situations is the clearest example of "the romance of leadership?"

Select one:

 a. A new CEO arrives at a company and receives enormous attention and praise from employees for turning the company around, even though much of the change she was credited with was actually created by people throughout teams lower in the hierarchy. 

 b. A new CEO initially has significant success, but is asked to leave due to a workplace romance that violates company policies.

 c. A new CEO has a personal vision of his role in the company that is heroic and idealistic.

 d. A new CEO arrives at a company and makes enormous strides in turning the company around, but she does not receive credit from the majority of the employees because they tend to focus on the value of day-to-day contributions by lower-ranking staff.

 

Question 3

An effective vision should AVOID having any of the following characteristics, except for being:

Select one:

 a. unstable 

 b. lengthy

 c. oriented toward the past

 d. challenging