Political Science 2000:
Leadership Development
Review
for Final Examination
Wednesday, May 5, 11:00 AM -12:50 PM
The
final examination will be comprised of several multiple choice questions, short
answer questions, and one or two essay questions in which you will have some choice
to respond. The test is comprehensive but will primarily emphasize Chapters
9 through 15 in Dubrin's
Leadership,
Covey's Seven Habits, student presentation on leadership biographies, and your
class lecture notes. You do not need to bring a Scantron
sheet. Read your textbooks, review your class notes, and then try to
answer the following questions to see how well you have mastered the material.
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Be
familiar with various definitions of leadership. |
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Draw
the distinction between effective leaders and successful leaders. |
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What is MBWA? |
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Know the difference among the movitational theories: Theory X, Theory
Y, and Theory Z. |
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What is the psychological term for shirking
individual responsibility in a team setting? |
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What is groupthink? |
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What is groupware and what benefits does it
promise? |
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Know the difference among the leader-member
exchange model and expectancy theory. |
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Describe coaching as a leadership strategy. |
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Know the various types of brainstorming
techniques. |
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What is action learning? |
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What is the difference between single-loop and
double-loop learning? |
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How would you apply the five major styles of
conflict management as identified by Kenneth Thomas? |
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What
is total quality management? What are some of its current
incarnations? What role do leaders play in TQM? |
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How
would you describe your leadership style? |
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Using the leadership concepts that you have
learned in this course, be able to compare and contrast two of the leaders
as presented in the student biography presentations along a dimension that
they share in common (for example music, children, community service,
politics, sports, etc.). |
