Organizational Leadership Flashcards

On the Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid, a 9,9 leader demonstrates:

Answer: High concern for both people and production

The 9,9 'team management' style integrates high task and high people concern.

According to Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, which is a motivator rather than a hygiene factor?

Answer: Recognition for achievement

Motivators like recognition and achievement drive satisfaction, while hygiene factors only prevent dissatisfaction.

A coachee's team operates across matrixed departments without direct authority. Which influence approach is most effective long term?

Answer: Building reciprocity and shared goals with stakeholders

Influence without authority depends on relationships, reciprocity, and common objectives.

Which statement best reflects the concept of a 'learning organization' as described by Peter Senge?

Answer: Systems thinking integrates personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning

Senge's Fifth Discipline names systems thinking as the discipline that integrates the other four.

Daniel Pink's research on motivation identifies which three elements as drivers of intrinsic motivation?

Answer: Autonomy, mastery, purpose

In Drive, Pink argues autonomy, mastery, and purpose fuel motivation for complex work.

A coachee wants to evaluate leadership blind spots by gathering feedback from manager, peers, and direct reports. The appropriate tool is:

Answer: A 360-degree feedback assessment

360-degree feedback collects multi-rater perspectives to reveal gaps between self-view and others' views.

In Fiedler's Contingency Model, leadership effectiveness depends on matching leader style with:

Answer: Situational favorableness (leader-member relations, task structure, position power)

Fiedler held that LPC-measured style is fixed, so effectiveness depends on fit with situational control.