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Which of these refers to small refinements in current organizational practices or routines that do not challenge, but rather build on or improve, existing aspects and practices within the organization?

• Differentiation change

• Incremental change

• Culture change

• Technological change

• Structural change

Which of these refers to significant shifts in an organizational system that may cause significant disruption to some underlying aspect of the organization, its processes, or structures?

• Transformational change

• Incremental change

• Culture change

• Technological change

• Differentiation change

Which of these represents a kind of change that is necessary for an organization to achieve the focus it needs to make needed transfer missions and work it does feel to stay competitive in the current or larger organization, larger market environment, or societal environment?

• Differentiation change

• Structural change

• Culture change

• Technological change

• Strategic change

Which of the following definitions of leadership is adopted by your textbook authors?

• Leadership is initiating structure so group members know how to complete a task.

• Leadership is the art of persuasion.

• Leadership is the process of developing a vision, communicating that vision, and orchestrating the group’s energy toward goal attainment.

• Leadership is defined as a social influence relationship between two or more persons who depend upon one another for the attainment of certain mutual goals in a group situation.

• None of these.

Which of the following statements regarding the differences between management and leadership is NOT true?

• The two concepts are defined differently.

• Leaders and managers come to be in their positions of headship through different processes.

• Managers and leaders are often differentiated from one another in terms of the type and sources of power they exercise.

• Leaders are seen as motivating primarily through extrinsic processes while managers motivate primarily through intrinsic processes.

• Effective leadership often calls for the ability to manage, and effective management often requires leadership.

All of the following are key components of the leadership process EXCEPT:

• The context

• The followers

• The consequences

• The vision statement

• The leader

The major determinant of the most effective style of leadership will be:

• The task

• The context

• The follower’s personality

• The consequences of the prior leadership situation

• The leader’s personality

The relationship between leader behavior and follower behavior can best be characterized as:

• Leader behavior has little effect on follower behavior

• Follower behavior has no effect on leader behavior

• While the effectiveness of leader behavior is determined by follower characteristics or expectations it has also been found that follower behavior determines leader behavior

• Leader expectations of follower behavior determine leader behavior and follower expectations of leader behavior determine follower effectiveness.

• None of these.

Two important group outcomes or consequences of the interactive process that unfolds between a leader, follower, and the situation include:

• Group cohesiveness and task performance

• Group cohesiveness and group maintenance

• Task performance and group maintenance

• Group superiority and group cohesiveness

• Task performance and group superiority

The leader that members of a group acknowledge as their leader is:

• The formal leader

• The task leader

• The group maintenance leader

• The informal leader

• The initiating structure leader