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Subject Code: HR08
Subject Name: MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP
Component name: ASSIGNMENT 1
Jan 2023
Question 1:- ………. are the approaches to the study of leadership which emphasize the personality of the leader.
a) Trait theories
b) Inspirational theories
c) Contingency theories
d) Group theories
Question 2:- The effectiveness of a leader is dependent upon meeting………. areas of need within the workgroup.
a) One
b) Three
c) Five
d) None of the above
Question 3:- Needs, setting standards and maintaining discipline, and appointing sub-leaders according to Adair’s approach, called as:
a) Team functions
b) Work functions
c) Task functions
d) Individual functions
Question 4:- ……….. used the terms “employee-centered” and “production-centered” to describe leader behaviour:
a) McGregor
b) Likert
c) Blake and McCanse
d) Fiedler
Question 5:- Model of leadership based on which aspects of a leader`s decision is Vroom and Yetton`s contingency?
a) Decision acceptance
b) Decision quality
c) Both of these
d) None of the above
Question 6:- A firm that chooses a cost-leadership business strategy focuses on gaining advantages by reducing its costs to a level equal to all of its competitors.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Question 7:- The best example of the firm following a cost-leadership business strategy is________.
a) Macy`s
b) Mercedes Benz
c) Wal-Mart
d) Rolls Royce
Question 8:- Cost leadership as a strategy requires a firm to……… .
a) aggressively search out efficiencies to maintain the lowest cost structure
b) aim to a cost advantage in a niche market
c) be unique in its product offering
d) aim to be similar to its competition in most operations
Question 9:- Firms implementing cost-leadership strategies will generally adopt a_____.
a) Product divisional structure.
b) Matrix structure
c) Multidivisional structure
d) Functional organisational structure
Question 10:- Autocratic-the leader continually gives order and instructions without offering any consultation.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
Question 11:- Which of the following is expert power?
a) Leader can punish staff who do not comply with instructions.
b) Leader has power because subordinates trust him/her.
c) Leader has power because of their expert knowledge.
d) Leader can exercise power as a result of their position in the organization.
Question 12:- This is a conventional distinction made between managers and leaders.
a) Managers innovate, while leaders administer
b) Managers maintain while leaders develop
c) Managers originate while leaders imitate
d) Managers inspire while leaders control
Question 13:- Ideal leaders according to a survey were commonly characterized as all of the following except:
a) Cooperative
b) Competent
c) Honest
d) Forward-looking
Question 14:- People who become leaders in any field trend to first stand out by virtue of their_________.
a) Technical proficiency
b) Interpersonal skills
c) Intercultural competence
d) Emotional intelligence
Question 15:- Which path goal leadership style leads to greater satisfaction when tasks are ambiguous or stressful?
a) the directive leader
b) the laissez-faire leader
c) the achievement -oriented leader
d) the supportive leader
Question 16:- ………. is a change that is the result of specific and conscious actions by leaders or followers to change its organization.
a) Revolutionary
b) Evolutionary
c) Unplanned
d) Convergent
Question 17:- Tools used by a person to properly manage time.
a) Effective file management
b) To do list
c) Action programs
d) All of the above
Question 18:- Time stress can`t be managed by ________.
a) To do list
b) Thinking about an action
c) Action programs
d) Setting priorities
Question 19:- Theory Y assumes which of the following?
a) People are poorly motivated
b) People achieve little satisfaction from work.
c) People are committed to organizational activities
d) People seek to avoid work
Question 20:- All of the following are sources for information that contribute to self-understanding except:
a) Self-evaluation traps.
b) Feedback from superiors.
c) Feedback from co-workers.
d) Informal feedback from people
Subject Code: HR08
Subject Name: MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP
Component name: ASSIGNMENT 2
Jan 2023
Question 1:- Leadership is the ability to__________.
a) Motivate others
b) Influence others
c) Unable others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisations
d) All of the above
Question 2:- A leader must..
a) always make decisions that are popular to his people.
b) always lead with the objectives in mind.
c) remove those who do not support his ideas or hinder his plans.
d) None of the above
Question 3:- Who propounded the Need`s Theory?
a) Alderfer
b) Abraham Harold Maslow
c) Frederick Herzberg
d) None of the above
Question 4:- Which of the following is a content theory?
a) Expectancy theory
b) Equity theory
c) ERG theory
d) None of the above
Question 5:- The two factor theory is based on which factor?
a) Hygiene and behavioural
b) Safety and self esteem
c) Self-actualization and status quotient
d) None of the above
Question 6:- What are the main elements of motivation?
a) Direction
b) Intensity
c) Persistence
d) All of the above
Question 7:- Which of the following is a need that motivates human behaviour as per the achievement motivationtheory?
a) Affiliation
b) Power
c) Achievement
d) All of the above
Question 8:- Regarding leadership, which statement is false?
a) When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and defined?
b) Leadership does not necessarily take place within a hierarchical structure of an organisation.
c) Not every leader is a manager.
d) All of the above
Question 9:- Early leadership trait research sought ………….
a) and found the traits status of leaders
b) to clarify the need for leadership traits
c) characteristics that might differentiate leaders from non-leaders
d) identification of traits that leaders could use
Question 10:- According to behavioural studies on leadership, a leader should set an inspiring example forfollowers. A leader should possess following characteristics.
a) Diligence, daring, innovation and creativity, peer assessment
b) Defiance, Triviality, Inventiveness, Resourcefulness
c) Defiance, Daring, Inventiveness, Resourcefulness
d) Defiance, Daring, Peer assessment, Triviality
Question 11:- Companies provide credit system as it is:
a) Feasible for the managers
b) An essential tool for alluring and holding the valuable clients
c) A way to organize the capital of the organization
d) Needed by the suppliers
Question 12:- What are the alternate names used for expectancy model?
a) Path-goal theory
b) Instrumentality theory
c) Valence-instrumentality-expectancy theory
d) All of the above
Question 13:- ……… Is increasing leadership rapidly.
a) Getting others to follow
b) Strategy
c) Command
d) Control
Question 14:- Model of leadership based on which aspects of a leader`s decision is Vroom and Yetton`scontingency?
a) Decision quality
b) Decision acceptance
c) Both of these
d) None of the above
Question 15:- Theory X assumes which of the following?
a) People are self motivated
b) People seek out responsibility
c) People achieve little satisfaction from work
d) People regard work as normal activity
Question 16:- Which among the following is not a leadership style?
a) Transformational leadership
b) Transmission leadership
c) Paternalistic leadership
d) Transactional leadership
Question 17:- Which of the following statement concerning the rational and emotional aspects of leadership is false?
a) Good leadership involves touching other`s feelings
b) Leaders can use rational techniques and /or emotional appeals in order to influence followers
c) Leadership includes action and influences based only on reason and logic
d) Aroused feelings can be used either positively or negatively
Question 18:- Which of the following is not a means of interpersonal time management?
a) MS word
b) MS excel
c) Google search engine
d) MS spreadsheet/notepad
Question 19:- Herzberg`s theory of motivation was based on the question ………….
a) What is satisfaction in a job?
b) What do people want from their job?
c) Will I receive justice in awarding pay?
d) Just who is my boss?
Question 20:- The reconceptualization of the contingency model by Garcia and Fielder is called theory.
a) Leadership recognition
b) Situational
c) Evaluative
d) Cognitive resource