- Section A Write True Or False That Best Suits Each Of The Following Statements 20 1 A Leader Is Defined As A Perso 1 (147.97 KiB) Viewed 42 times
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Section A: Write TRUE or FALSE that best suits each of the following statements. (20%) 1. A leader is defined as a person who influences individuals and groups, helps them in establishing goals, and guides them towards achievement of those goals. 2. As a concept, leadership is easy to define. 3. Most researchers agree that leadership and management are basically the same concept. 4. An important aspect of effective leadership is practice and learning from one's mistakes. 5. Researchers agree that a leader is effective when the group performs its task. 6. The definition of leadership effectiveness does not depend on the organization and the context. 7. Leaders provide a vision for their followers, where as managers focus on routine issues. 8. Based on the results of the trait approach to leadership, there is evidence that leaders are born rather than made. 9. Leadership traits are easily observed whereas behaviors are more difficult to see. 10. A task-motivated leader does focus on people first. 11. There is one commonly accepted definition of leadership. 12. Leadership is not a universal phenomenon, but rather culturally contingent. 13. Managing the inequality inherent in leader-follower relationships is essential in the leadership process. 14. Managers tend to take a long-term perspective, whereas leaders take a short-term perspective. 15. Managers provide a vision for their followers, whereas leaders focus on routine issues. 16. Effective managers often have to perform roles and functions attributed to leaders. 17. For organizations to function properly all managers can be replaced by leaders. 18. There is general agreement that there are fundamental differences between how men and women manage. 19. Creating and maintaining a certain culture in the organization is not one of the primary roles of leaders. 20. The only means leaders can influence their followers is through role modeling.