LDR 535 Wk 6 – Practice: Knowledge Check

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LDR 535 Wk 6 - Practice: Knowledge Check
LDR 535 Wk 6 – Practice: Knowledge Check
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LDR 535 Wk 6 – Practice: Knowledge Check

In the context of the five levels of performance excellence, which of the following is most likely true of a competent manager (Level 3)?

Multiple Choice

  • He or she contributes to the achievement of group objectives.
  • He or she organizes people and resources toward the effective and efficient pursuit of predetermined objectives.
  • He or she stimulates group to high performance standards.
  • He or she makes productive contributions through talent, knowledge, skills, and good work habits.

 

David Marquet focused on two main pillars to turn the USS Sante Fe from the worst to the first ship in the U.S. Navy: ________ and ________.

Multiple Choice

  • publishing rules; enforcing rules
  • focusing on safety; focusing on efficiency
  • rewarding loyalty; punishing derelicts
  • providing organizational clarity; maintaining technical competence

 

In the context of the five levels of performance excellence, which of the following is most likely true of a contributing team member (Level 2)?

Multiple Choice

  • He or she catalyzes commitment to and vigorous pursuit of a clear and compelling vision.
  • He or she makes productive contributions through talent, knowledge, skills, and good work habits.
  • He or she stimulates group to high performance standards.
  • He or she works effectively with others in a group setting.

 

In the context of the nine keys of leadership success, which of the following best describes the multiplication key?

Multiple Choice

  • The interaction among leadership qualities, the characteristics of followers, and the nature of the situation
  • A leader’s use of principles and techniques for effective delegation, giving orders, and tapping the potential of all types of followers
  • A leader’s ability to develop others and bring out their best in personal growth and job performance, including the ability to lead people through change and maintain adaptive capacity
  • The importance of ethics, including the character of the leader—honor, honesty, courage, and other related qualities

 

In the context of the importance of discipline, which of the following should be avoided because it makes it difficult for employees to understand what behavior is appropriate and what is not allowed?

Multiple Choice

  • Inconsistency
  • Permissiveness
  • Confrontation
  • Rigidity

 

Management practices that lead to sustained and superior performance, regardless of the technique used, include all EXCEPT

Multiple Choice

  • empowering people, rewarding performance, and maintaining high values.
  • hiring good people, delegating decision-making, and performing quality work.
  • accelerating change, mechanizing functions, and reducing staff.
  • aligning resources, exchanging information, and achieving teamwork.
  • establishing a direction, focusing on customers, and communicating with employees.

 

In the context of the nine keys of leadership success, which of the following best describes the front door key?

Multiple Choice

  • The empowerment of people, including the power that comes with a leadership position, combined with a leader’s practice of servant leadership
  • A leader’s ability to understand people and to persuade them to do things, including sensitivity to their needs, skill in listening and speaking, and motivation effectiveness
  • A leader’s mastery of leadership principles, including the assignment of work, communication with followers, team building, and the rewarding of performance
  • The importance of ethics, including the character of the leader—honor, honesty, courage, and other related qualities

 

Two aspects of caring leadership are commitment to a task and ________.

Multiple Choice

  • personality
  • concern for others
  • execution
  • space
  • style of the followers

 

In the context of the five phases in the life of an organization, identify a true statement about the period of crisis in phase 1.

Multiple Choice

  • Lower-level leaders become increasingly frustrated and demand flexibility and room to exercise their own initiative.
  • Decentralized leaders are able to penetrate new markets, respond faster to customers, and develop new products.
  • Leaders become overworked and harried by administrative details.
  • Communication from the top management is less frequent.

 

The two key elements of level 5 leadership are

Multiple Choice

  • opportunity and ambition.
  • personal humility and professional will.
  • love and work.
  • training and experience.
  • skill and luck.