Bus 318 Week 4 Quiz

 1.	Question :	Karl is the manager of an engineering department. He refuses to allow engineering drawings to be circulated outside of the department. Karl is exercising which type of power?

 	Student Answer:		  coercive power.

 		 	  information power.

 			  legitimate power.

 			  process power.

 			  representative power.



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Question 2.	Question :	Which of the following is NOT a cultural dimension within the GLOBE theoretical model.

 	Student Answer:		  assertiveness.

 		 	  ethical proactivity.

 			  future orientation

 			  gender egalitarianism.

 			  power distance.



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Question 3.	Question :	According to Fiedler, the extent to which the position enables the leader to use his or her task expertise and authority to reward or punish subordinates is called __________.

 	Student Answer:		  leader-member relations.

 		 	  position power.

 		 	  leadership style.

 			  task structure.

 			  situational control.



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Question 4.	Question :	When messages get more complex and open-ended, __________________________are necessary to achieve effective communication.

 	Student Answer:		  leaner channels

 		 	  richer channels.

 			  more channels.

 			  senior channels.

 			  correct channels.



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Question 5.	Question :	Given the authority of their positions, managers may be inclined to do a lot of _____________, but not much ___________________.

 	Student Answer:		  screaming; talking.

 			  intuitively deciding; sound evaluating.

 		 	  decision making; listening.

 			  answering; creating.

 		 	  telling; listening.



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Question 6.	Question :	In order to increase their centrality and criticality in the organization, managers may seek to acquire a more central role in the workflow by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

 	Student Answer:	 	  having information filtered through them.

 			  occupying an office convenient to main traffic flows.

 			  expanding their network of communication contacts.

 		 	  increasing their political savvy.

 			  making at least part of their job responsibilities unique.



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Question 7.	Question :	___________________ focus on the creation or alteration of cognitive thought processes.

 	Student Answer:		  creative solutions.

 		 	  constructive thought patterns

 			  developmental idea concepts

 			  innovative approaches

 			  novel-mapping



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Question 8.	Question :	A manager who withholds positive outcomes, such as special assignments or bonuses, as a means for controlling the behavior of employees is using which type of power?

 	Student Answer:		  legitimate power.

 			  expert power.

 		 	  coercive power.

 			  process power.

 			  reward power.



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Question 9.	Question :	Which of the following statements about self-rewards is inaccurate?

 	Student Answer:		  self-rewards, in conjunction with self observation, can be useful in moving behaviors toward goal attainment.
 			  self-rewards can be real such as a steak dinner.

 			  imagery, such as imaging the receipt of a bonus, is a self-reward.

 			  rehearsal of desired behaviors before actual performance can prove quite useful.
 		 	  most people do not like to often reward themselves for their activities.



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Question 10.	Question :	Managers derive power from both organizational and individual sources, which are called

 	Student Answer:		  bureaucratic power and individual power.

 			  authority power and indigenous power.

 		 	  position power and personal power.

 			  statutory power and individual power.

 			  hierarchical power and personal power.



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