Dilemmas of Leadership: Test your knowledge of leadership

14 Questions - Developed by: - Updated on: 2014-09-01 - 2,573 taken

This quiz is based on the contents of the introductory section of the Dilemmas of Leadership textbook. You can take it to test awareness of your leader knowledge before or after studying the introduction.

1

The map for the INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW is described as ..?

A template for contents of the chapters of Dilemmas of Leadership
A summary of leadership eras to modern times
A summary of leadership traits

2

The introduction describes the concept of a POU as ..?

A platform of understanding
A preconscious ontological uneasiness
A privately organized universe

3

Examination of dilemmas ..?

Should include imaginative assumptions
Should reduce leadership problems to an 'either or' assessment
Should not include imaginative assumptions

4

A working definition ..?

Is a poor substitute for a theoretical definition
Permits sharing of knowledge through discussion and conversation
Is a poor substitute for well-established definitions

5

The recommended system for understanding leadership is ..?

Based on the theory of paradigms of Thomas Kuhn
Based on studying conceptual maps
Based on assessing the risk to reward ratio in resolving dilemma

6

The Dominant Rational Model (DRM) ..?

Is one way of justifying the principles of project management
Has shown charismatic leadership to be an obsolete leadership form
Helps decide whether risk or reward is rationality dominant in any decision making process

7

Which is the false statement ..?

True leaders are identified through their genetic traits
The born or made dilemma is a version of the nature and nurture debate
Leadership skills can be developed through learning from practice

8

Which is the false statement ..?

Trust in a leader is based on rational expectations theory
Symbolic leadership may be explained in social constructional terms
Transformational leadership is a tamed form of charismatic leadership

9

Strategic leadership ..?

Has similarities to project management, in its emphasis on functional structuring of its activities
Is not needed in non-commercial organizations
Is no longer central to the business school curriculum

10

In studying power relationships, which of the following is false ..?

Reality is assumed by some researchers to be socially-constructed.
Discrimination may be studied as emerging from abuse of power-relationships
The exercise of power is the legitimate right of the leader

11

Ethical dilemmas include ..?

The conflict between pragmatism and moral belief
The conflict between ideas and actions
The conflict between form and function

12

Creativity is said to be a leaders secret weapon because ..?

Not many leaders realise its importance
It has to be conducted in a concealed manner
Successful leaders have been too modest about their achievements

13

Leadership in sport ..?

Has not been studied as a serious leadership subject
Has been studied mostly in pharmaceutical laboratories
Involves specific versions of more general dilemmas facing leaders everywhere

14

21st Century leadership ideas ..?

Place more emphasis on mutuality of purpose
Have replaced old ideas with modern ones
Are more grounded in rational thinking than the dominant 20th Century ones were

Comments (2)

Olivia (22171)

1433 days ago

I will do better if I read the chapter and try again. I got 4 correct.

Olivia (22171)

1470 days ago

I got 3 right. I will do better if I read the chapter and try again.

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