MB 127 Spring 2009
Final Exam
This is a take home exam, which may be completed in groups of a maximum of 5 students. If you choose to work together, please make sure that everyone’s name is on the cover sheet. The exam should be typed in at least a 12 point font with 1 inch margins on both sides of the text. The exam is due no later than May 8th at 3:00 PM in my mailbox in Fulton 430.
Maximum page lengths and point values are given after the questions. (Printouts and diagrams do not count in the maximum page lengths.) Exceeding these page lengths, failure to use one inch margins, or using a type font less than 12 will result in a lower grade.
1. What is your theory of leadership? As part of your theory discuss what you think are the most important factors that lead to success and failure as a leader. A diagram, such as in Yukl, p. 447 may be helpful. (5 pages, 20 points.)
2. How does Ernest Shacklelton exemplify a theory of leadership that we have studied this semester? Give three examples from Shacklelton that illustrate his leadership from the perspective of this theory. (3 pages, 20 points.)
3.
What is leader member exchange (LMX) theory? Give three examples from Henry
V that illustrate this theory. (3 pages, 20 points)
4. Explain how one substitute for leadership based on the Leadership Substitutes
Theory (Yukl, p. 225) did or could have made it easier for you to provide
leadership to your group in the group project. Explain how one neutralizer
for leadership did or could have made it difficult for you to provide leadership
to your group in the group project. (3 pages, 20 points.)
5. What are three important differences between negative and positive charismatics? Was Shakespeare's Henry V a negative or positive charismatic? Illustrate your three differences with examples from Henry V. (3 page, 20 points.)