Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 45

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
Thousands of young families moved "over the hills" and into the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles, after World War II. New neighborhoods were springing up, replacing orange groves and open space; roads and schools quickly sprang into existence, trying to keep pace with the rapid population growth. Ringed by beautiful mountains, the entire Los Angeles basin looked like a new, green, sun- filled paradise to the families seeking a fresh start. In the early 1950s, one of the common family chores in Los Angeles was to carry the trash out to the stone incinerator behind the garage where each family burned all of their dry trash. "Wet" garbage was collected and taken to a city dump, where it was burned by the city. Everyone throughout the city either used an incinerator or burned things in an open trash pile; there were over 400,000 backyard trash incinerators. On warm afternoons, eyes would sometimes sting and burn. People would stop, close their eyes, and let the cleansing tears refresh irritated eyes. They accepted this as a normal part of life in sunny California.
-You have been hired by a rapidly growing small city to improve the air quality, which has deteriorated in the past 10 years. What would be a logical action to take?

• A)decrease the amount of CFCs used locally
• B)try to negotiate with the large city downwind whose factories produce large amounts of pollution
• C)remove the hydroelectric dam on the river
• D)improve transportation options, including carpool lanes, buses, and light rail
• E)move or close the cattle feed lots near the river

Comprehend the principles of transformational leadership and its impact on organizational objectives.

Understand the role of ethical values, norms, and climates in leadership.

Distinguish between different leadership theories and approaches, including trait, behavioral, normative, and complexity theories.

Describe the mechanisms of power and influence within leadership roles.

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Definitions:

Decentration

The cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, important in child development as per Jean Piaget's theory.

Transitivity

A mathematical property indicating that if a relation holds between A and B, and also between B and C, then it must hold between A and C.

Kohlberg's Theory

A theory of moral development proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg, suggesting that individuals progress through a series of stages of moral reasoning.

Conventional Level

A stage in Kohlberg's theory of moral development where individuals adhere to rules and norms to gain social approval or maintain social order.