Final Exam: BUAD 304 / BUAD304
(Latest Update 2026 / 2027) Organizational Behavior and Leadership | Questions with Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – USC
(GROUP, ORGANIZATION, LEADERSHIP)
Question:
leadership
Answer:
a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
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Question:
leaders vs managers
Answer:
- leaders create the vision and strategic plan; inspire and influence
- managers implement the strategic plan; organize and control
Question:
- approaches to leadership
Answer:
- trait approach
- behavioral approach
- contingency approach
4. shaper of meaning approach: transformational leadership
Question:
trait approach assumption
Answer:
leaders are born
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Question:
trait approach goal
Answer:
select leaders
Question:
trait approach positive traits
Answer:
- intelligence
- the big 5: conscientiousness, open to experience, emotional stability,
extroversion, agreeableness
- humility: something greater than self exists
Question:
trait approach negative traits
Answer:
"dark triad"
- narcissism
- Machiavellianism
- psychopathy
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Question:
trait approach problems
Answer:
- mixed and modest results
- fails to clarify importance of different traits
- trait effects do not generalize across situations ( except for humility's
positive effects)
Question:
behavioral approach assumption
Answer:
leaders can be trained
Question:
behavioral approach goal
Answer:
develop leaders
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