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1. Dominance has proven to be one of the least effective traits in relationship to effective management.
True
False
2. Making subordinates aware of their needs for personal growth, development, and accomplishment is a method of what type of leadership?
Trait
Authentic
Skills
Transformational
Style
3. The two dimensions of leader behavior explained in the Ohio State studies are _____.
operant conditioning and classical conditioning
initiating structure and consideration
concern for people and concern for production
coercion and motivation
employee-oriented and production-oriented
4. What leadership approach suggests the leaders skills are important depending on where the leader resides in the management hierarchy?
Skills approach
Trait approach
Leader-Member Exchange approach
Style approach
5. Managers must make sure all alternatives are sustainable according to the four considerations of evaluating decision alternatives.
True
False
6. The conceptual decision-making style is the most open style to ideas and suggestions of the team members.
True
False
7. Having a time constraint to pursue alternatives is one of the assumptions of the Rational decision-making model.
True
False
8. Sarah has exceeded her budget by at least $200 every month for the last three months. After recognizing that this is a problem, she decides to use the rational decision-making model to decide what to do. What might be the next step she takes if she follows this model?
evaluating different ways that she could use to either reduce her expenses or increase her income
coming up with different ways that would either reduce her expenses or increase her income
choose a method to cut her expenses
determine what she needs to take into account when making her decision
weighing the relative importance of each of her expenses
9. What key decision making focus, identified by Mintzberg, is used when decision-makers use their intuition?
Bargaining
Judgement
Legality
Practicality
Analysis
10. The “risky shift” phenomenon is an example of ______.
social loafing
groupthink
analytic decision-making
conceptual decision-making
group polarization