According to ________, Effectiveness Depends on Two Factors: the Personal

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to ________, effectiveness depends on two factors: the personal style of the leader and the degree to which a situation gives the leader power, control, and influence over the situation.

• A) the Vroom model
• B) the path-goal theory
• C) Fiedler's contingency model
• D) the laissez-faire leadership style
• E) Hersey and Blanchard's theory

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Definitions:

Opportunity Costs

The cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a certain action; the benefits you could have received by taking an alternative action.

Trade-offs

The concept that in order to gain something, something else must be given up, reflecting the opportunity cost of choices and decisions.

Economic Growth

An increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period, reflecting improvements in the standard of living.

Scientific Method

A systematic process of observation, experimentation, and analysis used to advance knowledge in the sciences.