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Leadership And Motivation
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Used when a leader needs to give direct - clear - and precise orders and makes decision
Autocratic Leader
Motivating Others
Characteristics of Leaders
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
2. This 'people-first' style engenders the creation of emotional bonds and team harmony. It is best used when team coherence is important or in times of low employee morale. But this approach's focus on praise may permit poor performance among employees
Affiliative
Management
Self-regulation
Motivating Others
3. Having suitable or sufficient skill - knowledge - experience - etc. - for some purpose.
Motivating Others
Competent
Coercive
Humility
4. One who tries to figure out how to orchestrate people in order to get things done ...has very good social skills
Negotiation skills
Management
Leader
Levels in the Affective Domain
5. A leader without ethics
Autocratic Leader
Ethics
Competent
Tyrant
6. 1. Self-awareness 2. Self-regulation 3. Motivation 4. Empathy 5. Social Skill
Characteristics of Leaders
Self-regulation
Mixed
Conflict-resolution skills
7. Determining to what extent the business is accomplishing the goals
Motivational skills
Self-Disciplined
Controlling
Organizing
8. Receiving - Responding - Valuing
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Initiative
Levels in the Affective Domain
Supervisors
9. To listen and hear what people are saying and react in constructive ways (active listening).
Interpersonal skills
Mixed
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Self-awareness
10. Questions to ask in order to understand the employee and the problem 1. What drives the employee? 2. How are you contributing to the problem? - Consider range of outcomes - Discuss problem and reach resolution - Describe problem from your perspectiv
Controlling
Energizing Difficult People
Tactical
Leadership
11. 1. Self mastery - how you manage/master yourself. 2. You feel chemistry with person
Emotional/Social Intelligence
Staffing
Management
Management Style
12. The ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals
Leadership
Implementing
Networking
Characteristics of Leaders
13. This style focuses on personal development. Coaching leaders help people identify their strengths and weaknesses - and tie them to their career aspirations. While this style is highly successful with people who want to change or improve professionall
Social Skill
Coaching
Conflict-resolution skills
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
14. This 'do what I say' style demands immediate compliance. It is especially useful in turnaround situations - in a crisis - and with problem employees. However - using this style inhibits your organization's flexibility and can dampen employee motivati
Coercive
Organizing
Implementing
Authoritative
15. Creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefits.
Conflict-resolution skills
Motivational skills
Networking
Team
16. The ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods - suspend judgment - and think before acting
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Tyrant
Social Skill
Self-regulation
17. The ability to understand people's emotional makeup
Empathy
Charisma
Management Style
Coercive
18. Managers are less directive and involve employees in the decision-making
Motivational skills
Competent
Strategic
Self-awareness
19. Vision - Communication - Trust - Self-Management
20. A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people
Competent
Planning
Charisma
Warren Bennis' Leadership Competencies
21. Directing and leading people
Implementing
Tyrant
Mid-Management
Tactical
22. Executives responsible for the direction and success of the entire business
Top Management
Social Skill
Skills of successful leaders
Organizing
23. To bring different groups together in order to reach mutually agreeable goals
Negotiation skills
Management
Motivation
Competent
24. The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Mid-Management
Pacesetting
Management
25. This style expects excellence and self-direction. It works best for highly skilled and motivated people who work well on their own. Other people - however - may feel overwhelmed by a pacesetting leader's demands for excellence. Their self-esteem - tr
Coercive
Competent
Pacesetting
Organizing
26. Management of Attention - Management of Meaning - Mangament of Trust - Management of Self
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Coaching
Keys to succesfull communication
Tyrant
27. A group of people working harmoniously together to effectively achieve a common goal
Leadership
Interpersonal skills
Team
Communication skills
28. A manager who gives little or no direction to workers.
Keys to succesfull communication
Charisma
Open Leader
Competent
29. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundless of moral character; honestly.
Autocratic Leader
Integrity
Motivation
Tyrant
30. This style mobilizes people toward a vision. Specifically - it provides an overarching goal - but gives others the freedom to choose their own way of reaching it. This approach is most effective when a business is at sea and needs direction - or duri
Authoritative
Characteristics of Leaders
Self-regulation
Mid-Management
31. One who includes employees in making decisions
Levels in the Affective Domain
Democratic Leader
Leader
Planning
32. Discipline and training of oneself - usually for improvement.
Autocratic Leader
Self-Disciplined
Staffing
Negotiation skills
33. First level of management; responsible for the work of a group of employees
Staffing
Leader
Supervisors
Communication skills
34. The arrangement of resources in order to meet goals
Organizing
Empathy
Controlling
Affiliative
35. The ability to pursue goals with energy and persistence - for reasons that go beyond money or status
Organizing
Motivation
Top Management
Implementing
36. The combination of tactical and strategic management
Authoritative
Bennis/Nanus variant leader characteristics
Objectivity
Mixed
37. Obtaining - training - and compensating employees
Staffing
Leadership Styles
Initiative
Characteristics of Leaders
38. A system of moral principles
Leadership Styles
Tyrant
Skills of successful leaders
Ethics
39. Directive and controlling style of management
Networking
Conflict-resolution skills
Tactical
Mixed
40. The way a manager treats and involves employees
Autocratic Leader
Management Style
Strategic
Emotional/Social Intelligence
41. External Factors: Benefits - working conditions - salary - etc. Internal Factors: Achievement - feedback - responsibility
Authoritative
Objectivity
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Motivating Others
42. An introductory act or step; leading action
Self-regulation
Self-awareness
Initiative
Planning
43. One who gives little or no direction to employees
Authoritative
Objectivity
Mid-Management
Open/Laissez-Faire Leader
44. To handle friction and inevitable tensions - - short-term - 'fighting fires'
Initiative
Conflict-resolution skills
Self-awareness
Open Leader
45. Specialists in a specific area of the business
Motivational skills
Energizing Difficult People
Mid-Management
Interpersonal skills
46. The ability to manage relationships - build networks - and find common ground
Self-Disciplined
Social Skill
Keys to succesfull communication
Initiative
47. Analyzing of information - setting goals - and making decisions about what needs to be done
Top Management
Leadership Styles
Planning
Implementing
48. Providing extrensic awards may...
Motivating Others
Self-Disciplined
Reduce intrinsic motivation in some cases
Authoritative
49. To align people who may not report to you toward a goal - 'Get them excited!'
Communication skills
Democratic Leader
Coercive
Motivational skills
50. Having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy.
Management
Supervisors
Decisive
Autocratic Leader