- Legitimate power can be expressed either positively or negatively.
- True
- False
- Jim is the daytime supervisor for an automobile assembly line. He supervises 45 workers who perform routine jobs that require minimal training. Which of the following statements would indicate that Jim is following the transactional model of leadership?
- Jim has a certain idea about how he should behave as a leader and what he should do for his team of workers.
- Jim sets goals, monitors progress toward goal achievement, and rewards and punishes people for their level of goal accomplishment.
- Jim’s leadership skills are most effective when applied to match the characteristics of the situation at hand.
- Jim wants to develop a partnership with his team illustrated by reciprocal influence, mutual trust, respect and liking, and a sense of common fates.
- Jim likes to provide the guidance and support needed by employees and ties meaningful rewards to completion of objectives.
- Being a leader requires holding a formal position of authority.
- True
- False
- Pierre is a foreman in a plant. He has 25 line workers who report to him on the night shift. From what you have read about organization charts, what do you know for sure?
- His subordinates enjoy less autonomy than others.
- His subordinates take part in the decision-making process.
- He has a wide span of control.
- His subordinates are closely supervised.
- He is encountering high administrative costs.
- Effective onboarding programs result in increased retention, productivity, and rates of task completion for new hires.
- True
- False
- People resist both actual and imagined events.
- True
- False
- The type of structure that groups people according to the type of work they perform is called:
- Divisional
- Matrix
- Functional
- Horizontal
- Open
- According to the contingency approach to organization design, organizations tend to be more effective when they are structured to fit the demands of the situation.
- True
- False
- Leader behavior is more important than leader traits when it comes to effectiveness.
- True
- False
- The idea that organizations tend to be more effective when they are structured to fit the demands of the situation is known as the:
- Virtual organization
- Contingency approach
- Closed systems theory
- Mechanistic approach
- Cultural fit process
- Programs that help employees to integrate, assimilate, and transition to new jobs by making them familiar with corporate policies, procedures, culture, and politics are called realistic job previews.
- True
- False
- In Fiedler’s model, ________ refers to the extent that a job has guidelines for how the job should be completed.
- Position power
- Task structure
- Work group dynamics
- Initiating structure
- LPC
- Which of the following is not a benefit of divisional structures?
- Focus on the customers
- Managers have the flexibility to make decisions that affect several functions to meet customers’ needs
- Can move faster if a new customer need arises
- Can respond faster to competition
- Possible duplication can add to costs
- Therese is a charismatic person who is often able to get other employees to work late on special projects by being very friendly and fun to be around. She is exercising her ______ power.
- Reward
- Coercion
- Referent
- Legitimate
- Expert
- Anyone who exerts influence over others in pursuit of organizationally relevant matters is a leader.
- True
- False
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