Management and Learning Objective

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Chapter 2 - Leading Strategically

TRUE/FALSE

1. The job of strategic leadership is reserved for top managers. Managers at lower levels can not be strategic leaders.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Page 26 OBJ: Learning Objective 1 KEY: Comprehension MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Leadership Principles | Dierdorff & Rubin: Learning, Motivation, & Leadership

2. In order to be successful, strategic leaders must only make revolutionary changes when they are new to an organization.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Page 26-28 OBJ: Learning Objective 1 KEY: Comprehension MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Leadership Principles | Dierdorff & Rubin: Learning, Motivation, & Leadership

3. The jobs of CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors are essentially the same.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Page 25-26 OBJ: Learning Objective 1 KEY: Conceptual MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Strategic & Systems Skills

4. Today’s strategic leaders generally involve others in strategic management.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Page 29 OBJ: Learning Objective 1 KEY: Comprehension MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Learning, Motivation, & Leadership

5. Developing the top management team and a plan for management succession are important strategic leadership actions.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Page 29-31 OBJ: Learning Objective 1 KEY: Knowledge MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Learning, Motivation, & Leadership

6. A company’s mission statement should be more concrete than the vision.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Page 28 OBJ: Learning Objective 2 KEY: Knowledge MSC: AACSB: Analytic | Management: Strategy | Dierdorff & Rubin: Strategic & Systems