OB Recap Lesson 6,7,8

The view that leadership is distributed rather than assigned to one person so that people within the team and organisation can lead each other.  This refers to

• co-leadership.

• shared leadership.

• combined leadership.

• distributed leadership.

Task oriented versus People oriented leadership is indicative of 

• Competecy perspective leadership.

• Behavioural perspective leadership.

• Contingency perspective leadership.

• Transformational perspective leadership.

The two fundamental requirements for an organisation to have structure are  

(a)   of labour and co-ordination of labour.

What type of organisational structure is shown in the figure?

• Simple.

• Functional.

• Corporate.

• Divisional.

Which of the following is NOT a method of informal communication when coordinating within an organisation?

• Direct supervision

• Liaison role

• Integrator role

• Direct communication

The four elements to consider when designing Organisation structure are: (1) Span of Control, (2) Centralization, (3) Formalisation and (4) (a)   .

Under the Contingency Perspective of Leadership, the model shown in the figure is known as

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Path Goal Theory

• Expectancy theory of motivation

• Lewin's Force Field Analysis

Under the Contingency Perspective of Leadership, when leading a new team of inexperienced staff members who prefer precise guidance, the appropriate leadership style is

• Directive

• Supportive

• Participative

• Achievement-oriented

The elements of (a)   leadership are create, communicate and model vision then build commitment.

Under the Competency Perspective of Leadership, research has shown that leaders often carry the following personality traits: (Choose all that applies)

• High on Extraversion

• Low on Extraversion

• High on Conscientiousness

• Low on Conscientiousness

• High on Agreeableness