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Why do organizations need leader-managers?

 

1. The accelerating pace of change requires the two complementary ways of thinking.
2. Combining both attributes in one person is cheaper and more efficient.
3. Directives from above need to be implemented in order to reach the organization's strategic objectives.
4. Staff need to be constantly thinking about the future.

 

Which activity is most likely to be carried out by a manager?

 

1. Communicating the direction of the organization.
2. Reinforcing performance.
3. Inspiring others.
4. Developing key relationships.

 

Which statement best describes leadership?

 

1. Leadership is about conducting performance reviews.
2. Leadership is having a vision and making it happen.
3. Leadership is maintaining the status quo.
4. Leadership is being in a position of authority.

 

Which statement best describes management?

 

1. Management is telling people what to do.
2. Management involves looking to the future.
3. Management is about dealing with uncertainty.
4. Management is organizing complex resources to get the job done.

 

What term is best associated with management?

 

1. Practical. 
2. Creative.
3. Visionary.
4. Uncertainty.

 

How would a leader use PESTLE?

 

1. As a tool to motivate staff.
2. To identify how the marketplace is going to change.
3. As a performance management tool.
4. To review past performance.

 

Which statement best describes coaching?

 

1. Coaches enable coachees to move from where they are now to where they want to be by asking the right questions and letting coachees develop the knowledge for themselves.
2. Coaches enable coachees to move from where they are now to where they want to be by the coaches' sharing of their own knowledge, skills, and experience.
3. Coaches enable coachees to move from where they are now to where they want to be by providing direction and advice.
4. Coaches enable coachees to move from where they are now to where they want to be by providing answers to questions, then letting coachees see the results for themselves

 

According to Ken Blanchard's situational leadership model, which two factors help determine which management style to use? 

 

1. If they are not competent, you give them practical direction; if they are not confident, you give them emotional support.
2. If they are not competent, you give them emotional support; if they are not confident, you give them practical direction.
3. If they are not competent, you keep them behind until they get it right; if they are not confident, you give them practical direction.
4. If they are not competent, you give them emotional support; if they are not confident, you keep them behind until they get it right.

 

In Tuckman's 1965 model of team formation, which stage of organizational development is characterized by everyone knowing what they're doing and how to do it?

 

1. Form.
2. Storm.
3. Norm.
4. Perform.

 

In Tuckman's 1965 model of team formation, what is the leader-manager emphasis during the forming stage?

 

1. Leading.
2. Leading and managing.
3. Managing and leading.
4. Managing.

 

Which description best characterizes the "guru"?

 

1. Future focused with an emphasis on creating change.
2. Detail focused with an emphasis on the short term.
3. An advocate for following the established procedure.
4. Risk averse and cautious.

 

Which description best characterizes the "bureaucrat"?

 

1. Inspires and encourages creativity.
2. Advanced interpersonal and communication skills.
3. Accurate and detail oriented.
4. Demonstrates an appetite for risk.

 

Which approach is not recommended when filling a gap in the leader-manager attributes of your team?

 

1. Outsource that function to someone outside of the team.
2. Recruit someone with the missing skill.
3. Allocate the responsibility to a specific individual on the team and provide the necessary support to perform the job.
4. Recruit someone with the same skills and competencies as an existing team member.