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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Power and Leadership 2
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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Power and Leadership 2
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1. The most common and serious consequence of power corruption is poor decision making.
2. Most organizations provide their top executives with a lot of power without much accountability.
3. Managers who abuse power perform well because they surround themselves with highly competent followers.
4. Top executives have and primarily use the same sources of power as individuals and teams.
5. Semco provides employees with freedom and empowerment and sets high performance expectations.
6. Donald Carty of American Airlines had developed a separate sense of morality.
7. Teams increase their power as they are able to remove obstacles for others in the organization.
8. Power is the ability to influence others effectively.
9. The new CEO of American Airlines, Gerard Arprey is focusing on correcting the corruption that was the part of the administration of his predecessor by putting in place a clear code of ethics.
10. Young leaders in early stages of their career should focus on building their power through demonstrating their expertise and competence.
11. Dick Grasso, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange came under attack because his salary was too high.
12. The French and Germans expect their bosses to provide answers to their questions.
13. Fear of reprisals or weakness are factors that cause employees to comply with corrupt leaders.
14. Richard Scrushy of HealthSouth instituted effective ways to battle corruption.
15. The concept of strategic contingencies suggests that teams must address the needs of strategic stakeholders outside the organization.
16. Managers who abuse power often have an inflated view of themselves.
17. Commitment, control, and resistance are the three typical reactions to power and influence.
18. Considerable research about empowerment shows its positive impact on organizations.
19. Leaders in the middle of their career must focus on how to give up power to others.
20. Although there is not strong research support, many organizations believe that empowerment leads to higher employee motivation.
21. By staying away from difficult challenges, teams can gain power.
22. Followers react to all sources of power the same way.
23. The factor in organizational structure that contributes to power corruption is the degree of centralization.
24. Referent power is based on a person
25. Organizations have many checks and balances in place to limit the power of their top level leaders.