MGMT 319 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ford Focus, Trust Law, Transformational Leadership
MGMT 319
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Lecture 1: What does it mean to be a leader? The Trait Approach
● Derailment
○ A person can’t grow in the environment he/she’s in
○ Lack of soft skills
● Research on trait approaches (findings of Stogdill’s 1940 and 1970 studies)
● Warren Buffett’s recommendation for choosing a job
● Which approach to leadership does his view correspond to
● What are the reasons why Buffet’s recommendation would lead to maximized
effectiveness on the job?
● What are the two leadership behavior categories identified by Ohio State researchers?
What do they each refer to?
● What is the relationships between these two leader behaviors and followers satisfaction?
● What is the relationships between these behaviors and followers
performance/effectiveness?
● Sample Quiz
○ Heroes
■ Old paradigm
○ New leader
■ Change manager, collaborator, diversity promoter
○ Advantages of homogeneous groups (lack diversity)
■ Same mindset, easier to decide
■ Efficiency
■ Get things done quickly
○ Dangers of homogeneous groups
■ Lack creativity
■ Groupthink
○ Explain the shift from celebrating the leader as a hero to embracing the humble
leader
■ Humble leader embraced group orientation
■ Hero tends to be involved in more unnecessary risks
○ Level 5 leaders are not
■ Egocentric
○ Derailment
■ Leader with a good track record can’t grow because of certain soft skills
○ Not a reason of derailment
■ Being able to select good subordinates
○ Traits associated with leader effectiveness
■ Self confidence
■ Drive
■ Integrity
■ Optimism
Lecture:
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● Born or Made?
○ Leadership is unique to a select number of individuals and these individuals
possess certain immutable traits that cannot be developed (GAlton, 1869)
○ Understanding the importance of core personality traits that predict leader
effectiveness can help organizations with leader selection, training, and
development practices (Derue, Nahrgang, Wellman, and Humphrey 2011)
Questions Part 2/Chapter 2:
● What are the different theories/stage of development of individualized leadership? What
are the differences between them?
● Under VDL Theory, how does the leader treat in-group members? What about out-group
member?
○ Interesting tasks go into ingroups
● What are the dangers associated with having out-group members? How can these
dangers can be mitigated or prevented?
● In your view, what could followers do to improve their relationship with the leader and
transition from the out-group to leader’s in group
Lecture Chapter 2
Quiz: multiple choice and true or false
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Document Summary
A person can"t grow in the environment he/she"s in. Research on trait approaches (findings of stogdill"s 1940 and 1970 studies) Warren buffett"s recommendation for choosing a job. Which approach to leadership does his view correspond to. Explain the shift from celebrating the leader as a hero to embracing the humble. Hero tends to be involved in more unnecessary risks. Leader with a good track record can"t grow because of certain soft skills. Leadership is unique to a select number of individuals and these individuals possess certain immutable traits that cannot be developed (galton, 1869) Understanding the importance of core personality traits that predict leader effectiveness can help organizations with leader selection, training, and development practices (derue, nahrgang, wellman, and humphrey 2011) In your view, what could followers do to improve their relationship with the leader and transition from the out-group to leader"s in group. Leaders can learn to overcome some potentially limiting traits (ex.
