Leadership C3

According to Katz’s skills model, which two skills are most important for supervisory- (low-) level managers to be successful leaders?

• Technical skill and human skill

• Human skill and conceptual skill

• Technical skill and conceptual skill

• All three skills are equally important for supervisory level management

The skills approach takes a _____________ on leadership, like the trait approach.

• Leader-follower centered perspective

• Organizational-centered perspective

• Situational-centered perspective

• Leader-centered perspective

Which of the following presents a competency-based approach to leadership?

• Trait approach

• Skills approach

• Style approach

• Great person approach

• Psychodynamic approach

_______ are what leaders can accomplish, whereas _______ are who leaders are.

• Traits and outcomes

• Behaviors and skills

• Skills and traits

• Outcomes and skills

• Goals and skills

The research Katz completed for his article describing the skills of an effective administrator

• Was quantitative research

• Was qualitative research

• Was a meta-analysis of skills research

• Was research focused on attributes of leaders

Leadership skills research attempts to

• Identify largely fixed abilities in leaders

• Identify multiple behaviors in leaders

• Identify personality factors of leadership

• Identify competencies that can be acquired by leaders

The classic article “Skills of an Effective Administrator” by Katz was published in the

• Journal of Leadership Education

• Harvard Business Review

• Journal of Education and Behavior

• Forbes Business Journal

Developed the Three Skill Model of leadership.

• Katz

• Stogdill

• Goleman

• Mumford et al.

• Zaccaro

Leadership skills are defined in the chapter as

• Using individual attributes to communicate well with others

• Developing behaviors for effective leadership outcomes

• Technical ability to interact in the work environment

• Knowledge and competencies to accomplish goals

Technical skills are the

• Ability to work with things

• Ability to work cooperatively with others

• Ability to work with ideas

• Ability to be behaviorally flexible