Write an essay about 5 pages long with 12-point font, 1.5 spacing between lines, and

standard margins. Essays are due by the beginning of class on Friday, March 15. You

may submit a paper copy to me or email your essay to me as an attachment (at

hpressman@csun.edu) but I must receive your essay, be able to open it, print it, and

be able to read it, by the deadline in real time, or it receives the late penalty (no

exceptions). Once I open and print your essay, I will respond to let you know I have it.

So, even if you sent it, but I did not receive it, by the deadline in real time, and it was

an electronic error that was the cause of my not receiving it, you still receive the late

penalty. The late penalty is: -10 points every 3 days your essay is late, no exceptions.

Essays are worth 100 points: 90 for content and 10 for grammar.

Prompt: Choose any 5 of the following 8 cases (A-H) below, and answer questions (I)

and

(II) for each case you chose, clearly and thoroughly. Do not use any outside

information but only what is given in this handout and our textbook to make your

argument about each case. (Many of the cases are real, but do not research any more

about them, even if you find out my report of the incident is somewhat inaccurate;

argue only about the case as I have presented it and use only the information about

what constitutes a legal or illegal firing I have given in this handout.)

Social Science

Psychology

If the founder of the organization is a workaholic and control oriented, the organization is likely to be characterized as: 

‘the web’ whereby the manager is in the center of an interconnected circle.

fast-paced decision making and centralized.

decentralized and open.

participative and supportive.

The High and Low Context model of culture addresses: 

different cultural values.

differences in communication styles.

differences in leadership patterns.

the organizational cultural context.

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o

The belief that leaders are born rather than made is part of which approach to leadership? 

scientific

contingency

case study

trait

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o

Personality is best defined as: 

a person’s traits based on their genes.

a set of traits that make a person unique.

how people behave based on their values.

behaviors that make people different.

In __________ cultures, power bases are stable, and upward mobility is limited. 

individualistic

socialized

vertical power

high power distance

The contingency models such as Path-Goal all focus on: 

how leaders use their resources.

the transaction between leaders and followers.

the relationship between leaders and followers.

behaviors that make people different.

The job of upper echelon leaders requires an equal focus on: 

internal/external.

people/task.

financial/performance.

teams/departments.

The concept of employee participation is party of many management and leadership theories. Which one of the following does NOT include the concept of participation? 

Theory X and Theory Y

Leader behavior research

Contingency models

Trait approach

__________ refers to the process of providing support to assure the change becomes permanent. 

Unfreezing

Changing

Refreezing

Transforming

__________ is an ongoing, dynamic, long-term change or evolution that occurs because of various learning experiences. 

Development

Training

Education

Curriculum

Social Science