Introduction to Leadership (Northouse). Chapter 6

Which of the following are administrative skills?

• planning

• organizing

• assigning

• all of these

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive activity?

• creating a vision

• organizing a company celebration

• analyzing company resources

• all these

______ skills refer to those competencies a leader needs to run an organization in order to carry out the organization’s purposes and goals.

• Production

• Transformational

• Administrative

• Structuring

Technical competence is sometimes referred to as ______ competence.

• functional

• network

• applied

• expert

Head coach Coquese Washington of Penn State women’s basketball believes the key to her team’s winning record is leading her players and being their ______.

• friend

• mentor

• partner

• all of these

In order to understand that emotional intelligence is positively related to effective leadership, leaders must first:

• practice social skills

• attend training

• become aware

• reflect on relationships with others

What research team suggested that empathy is the critical component of emotional intelligence?

• Curtis and Dawson

• Greenhorn and Lavik

• Bass and Riggio

• Salovey and Mayer

Conflict creates the need for ______ and occurs as the result of ______.

• change; change

• acceptance; disagreement

• control; struggle

Conceptual skills for leaders include:

• problem solving

• all of these

• strategic planning

• creating vision

Who suggested that strategic leaders need to have the ability to learn, the capacity to adapt, and managerial wisdom?

• Boal and Hooijberg

• Goleman

• Miller

• Nilsen