Leadership - class-XII
| Description: leadership | |
| Number of Questions: 144 | |
| Created by: Rani Rajan | |
| Tags: commerce business studies leadership organisation of commerce and management directing |
The leader of an organization performs ______ as per Mintzberg.
Leadership research indicates that all of the following are traits that have been identified to be consistently associated with leadership except ________.
In the University of Michigan studies, low group productivity and lower job satisfaction were associated with ________.
Grid style of leadership was given by _________.
Which of the following is not a limitation of the trait approach?
There is fairly consistent evidence that leadership is related to all of the following traits except:
Good ______ brings about order and consistency by drawing up formal plans.
Which theory states that people are born with certain characteristics that predispose them to being leaders?
Which of the following statements is true?
Leaders ________.
Leadership is ______.
If trait research had been successful, we would ___, whereas if behavioural studies were correct, we would _____.
Which of the following is not a behavioural theory of leadership?
The University of Michigan studies define a(n) _______ leader as one who takes personal interest in the needs of his/her subordinates.
Leading involves which of the following?
It is also said that administration is __________.
Which of the following is the ability to influence human behaviour?
According to ___________, " leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for group objectives".
In which style of leadership there is centralization of authority and decision-making and very limited participation by subordinates?
Informal leadership is ________.
Lewin, Lippitt and White conducted leadership studies in ______ based on three different styles - autocratic, democratic, and laissez faire.
Which of the following statement about leadership is false?
"Leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of a specialized" . This is stated by _________.
Which of the following statement is incorrect in relation to leadership?
Autocratic style of leadership is similar to _________.
On what belief are contingency theories of lesdership based?
Vinoba Bhave was founder and leader of the____________.
Dr. maria Montessori _______________.
In the University of Michigan studies, low group productivity and lower job satisfaction were associated with.
Leadership research indicates that all of the following are traits that have been identified to be consistently associated with leadership except.
____________ is the act of directing or inspiring others to perform activities designed to achieve specific objects.
Which of the following tasks represents a leadership responsibility?
Gathering a range of data and looking for patterns, relationship, and linkages is a key function of ________.
Influence based on special skills or knowledge is called __________.
A nine by nine matrix outing 81 different leadership styles is called __________.
Autocratic leaders or leaders in the autocratic style depict __________ of decision making in themselves.
Which is a component of context in a team effectiveness model?
Who developed the first comprehensive contingency model for leadership?
Employee-oriented leaders are associated with _____________.
Opportunity costs are also known as ____________.
The extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his roles and roles of subordinates is known as ___________.
Production-oriented leaders are associated with _____________.
According to Michigan group, which is a dimension of leadership behaviour?
A leader who is capable of having profound and extraordinary effect on his or her followers, is known as ___________.
Which contingency theory focuses on leader's readiness?
The ability to create and articulate a realistic, credible, attractive vision of the future for an organisation, is termed as ____________.
Who proposed Leader Participation Model?
Who proposed Situational Leadership Theory?
Which theory views the leader-follower relationship as analogous to that between parent and child?
Which theory proposes that leader implicitly categorises the follower as an "in" or an "out".
The degree to which job assignments are procedurised is known as ______________.
Who proposed five-category base or sources of power?
The Great Man Theory of Leadership led to the rise of ____________.
Which among the following is an example of "The Behavioural Theory"?
Situational Leadership Theory was first introduced as ____________.
Which one is not a theory of Leadership?
The key situational factor that determine leadership effectiveness is __________.
The Situational Leadership Theory was developed by _____________.
Which one of the following Is not a function of a leader in an organisation?
To be a global leader in promoting good corporate governance is ______of ICSI.
Tick mark the correct answer.
Leadership is a function of all the following except.
__________ is the ability to influence human behaviour.
Leadership is possible in ________.
The concept of 'Leadership continuoum' is developed by ________.
Leadership is a function of ________.
The work-standards approach is ______.
Leadership is most often associated with the ability to __________.
The search for personality, social, physical, or intellectual attributes that would describe leaders and differentiate them from nonleaders goes back to the ______.
With which management functions, 'mentoring' is primarily associated?
According to the Ohio state studies, the extent to which a leader share mutual trust and respect for his/her employees is referred to as ________.
What is the best term to describe the process of attempting to influence other people to attain the organisation's objectives?
Decision-making skills are required at __________.
A manager should know how to identify a problem and possess the ability to find a best solution for solving any specific problem. This can be termed as ___________.
Under ____________of leadership, the leader allows participation by member of the group in management and decision-making process.Subordinates are frequently consulted by the manager on various problems and are allowed sufficient freedom to communicate with the leader and also with their fellow subordinates.
In the Blake and Mouton Leadership grid,which management style has low concern people but a high concern for production?
Under _______of leadership, the leader uses his power very little giving subordinate's full freedom of action and independence for setting their goals and means of achieving them.This types of leader depends heavily on subordinates?
"Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for group of objectives" is the definition given by __________.
Leadership is most often associated with the ability to.
An individual most likely to engage in political behaviour would have all of the following except a/an?
What is the best term to describe the process of attempting to influence other people to attain the organization's objectives?
The maximum years for which a person can be a managing director of a private limited company which is a subsidiary of a public ltd. Co. is _________________.
Which of the following statements about how a leader functions in a holding environment is true?
Which of the following is the most effective leadership style to use on a daily basis?
Which of the following is a leaders most fundamental motivational tool?
A democratic leadership style has which of the following characteristics?
Transformational leadership has which of the following characteristic?
Which of these is not a principle of great man theory?
Which one of the following is not a key component of Emotional Intelligence?
This is a conventional distinction made between managers and leaders _________.
Recognising and rewarding success form part of theprocess of motivating and inspiring.
Soliciting input and discussing with a wide range of people falls under the domain of _______.
Leadership is often associated more with _________.
Which of the following statements about Leaders versus Managers is false?
Emotional Intelligence __________.
Which relationship is focused by Expectancy Theory?
Leadership theories that emphasise symbolism, emotional appeal, and extraordinary follower commitment, is termed as _____________.
Theories that sought personality, social, physical, or intellectual traits that difference leaders from non-leaders, is known as ____________.
____________ is the relationship in which one person influences others to work together willingly on a related task to attain goals devised by the leader and/or group.
Match List-I (Leadership Type) with List-II (Main Idea/Model) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
| List-I (Leadership Type) | List-II (Main idea/Model) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Participative | 1. | Vroom and Yetton's Normative Model |
| B. | Contingency | 2. | The Managerial Grid |
| C. | Behavioural | 3. | Likert's Leadership Style |
| D. | Situational | 4. | Fiedler's Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) Theory |
Who among the following introduced the concepts and phrases "conflict resolution" "the task of leadership"?
3-D theory is related to ___________.
Leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals by clarifying role and task requirements, are known as ____________.
Developing a detailed description of the tasks involved in a job, determining relationship of a given job to other Jobs and ascertaining the knowledge, skills, abilities necessary for an employee to perform the fob successfully is called ___________.
Creating a miniature replica of a job to evaluate the performance abilities of job candidates is called _____________.
Who proposed Cognitive Resource Theory?
An instrument in contingency model that purports to measure whether a person is task or relationship oriented is known as ___________.
Contingency approach to leadership focuses on which of the following?
1. Task requirements
2. Peers expectations
3. Employees expectations
4. Organisational policies
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Leaders who show extraordinary leadership abilities when they observe certain behaviours __________________.
Which statement is true?
(1) Job analysis and job description are parts of job specification
(2) Leader is a leader is an example of The Great Man theory.
(3) The Managerial Grid's axis are divided into six units
(4) LMX theory stands for Leader-member exchange theory
Development process is taken for.
When the personnel manager attempts to achieve and maintain good industrial relations in the organization. Such role of personnel manager can be classified as ______________.
Minor changes are usually introduced by the_____________.
According to ______, "leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for group objectives".
Lewin, Lippit and White conducted leadership studies in _____ based on three different styles autocratic, democratic, and laissez faire.
Which of the following statement statements about leader ship is false?
Infromal leadership is __________.
" Leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of a specialized goal", This is stated by __________________.
Which of the following statement is incorrect in relation to leadership?
The Blake and Mouton Leadership (or Managerial) Grid uses two key dimensions in relation to management style;concern for _____ and concern for_____.
As per Blake and Jane Mouton (9, 9) grid style of leadership also known as________.
Certain closely related studies for analyzing leadership styles were made at _____ in the mid forties which identified two dimensions of leadership styles:' consideration' initiating structure.
As per Blake and Jane Mouton (1, 9) grid style of leadership also known as _________________.
Under_____ of leadership, the leader uses his power very little giving subordinate's full freedom of action and independence for setting their goals and means of achieving them.This type of leaders depends heavily on subordinates.
According to psychologist Kurt Lewin, which of the following is not a stage in the change process____________.
As per Blake and Jane Mouton (9, 1) grid style of leadership also known as__________.
Blake and Jane Mouton suggested that_____ grid style of leadership is most effective.
As per Blake and Jane Mouton (5, 5) grid style of leadership also known as___________.
As per Blake and Jane Mouton (1, 1) grid style of leadership also known as ________________.
Since leading people involves interpersonal relationships between the leaders and the followers, leader should always try to improve his attitude towards the led to become effective.
In the Blake and Mouton Leadership gird, which management style has a low concern for people but a high concern for production?
On what belief are contingency theories of leadership based?
Approaches to the study of leadership which emphasis the personality of the leader are termed as ______________.
One contingency model of leadership is the path-goal theory. This suggests that an individual's motivation is dependent on __________________.
Leadership is situational _____________.
According to which of the following management approaches, does managerial practice depend on circumstances?
The Managerial Grid, propounded by Blake and Mouton, is based on a manager's concern for people and concern for production. The most effective management style as characterized by the Managerial Grid is ______________.
laissez-faire means _________.
Which of the following statement is incorrect in relation to leadership?
_________state that "leadership is influencing people to follow in the achievement of a specialized goal".
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given:
| List I | List II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Ohio State University Study | 1. | Production centered and employee centered |
| B. | University of Michigan study | 2. | Consideration and initiating structure |
| C. | Likert's System Four | 3. | Country club, team manager. impoverished, task manager |
| D. | Fiedler's Leadership Model | 4. | Exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, participative |
| 5. | Leader-member relations, task structure, position power |
Match the items of List-I with List-II and select the correct code:
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (a) Getting Effective Leadership in the Industrial Organization | (i) Dale Yoder |
| (b) The Nature of Leadership Organization and Management | (ii) Alford and Beatty |
| (c) Industrial Management | (iii) Douglas McGregor |
| (d) Personnel Management | (iv) Chester I. Bernard |
A leader who identifies what subordinates need to do to achieve objectives, clarifies organizational roles and tasks, sets up an organization structure, rewards performance and provide for the social needs of their followers, is __________.
Consider the following leadership styles:
1. Telling 2. Autocratic
3. Selling 4. Motivating
5. Participating 6. Delegating
7. Charismatic
Select the four styles of leadership explained by Hersey and Blauchard.
Blake and Mouton`s managerial Grid has all of the following management styles except ________.