Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. The first two steps in applying a situational theory should be to identify leadership behaviors and to identify situational conditions. 
2. A leader who focuses on clarifying employees' roles and task requirements and providing rewards and punishments contingent on performance is called a transformational leader. 
3. Apple's new CEO, Tim Cook, has been described as a "logistics whiz" and an "operations genius," which is evidence that he is a transformational leader. 
4. The best type of leader for a rapidly changing situation is a transactional one. 

Answer 1

1. FALSE
A general strategy that managers can use to apply situational theories across many situations contains five steps, the first of which is to identify important outcomes. The manager must determine the goals he or she is trying to achieve for a specific point in time. This is followed by identification of both leadership behaviors and situational conditions.
2. FALSE
Transactional leadership is focusing on clarifying employees' roles and task requirements and providing rewards and punishments contingent on performance.
3. FALSE
Transactional leadership encompasses the fundamental managerial activities of setting goals and monitoring progress toward their achievement. It remains to be seen if Cook can be transformational, but the characteristics above are more typical of a transactional leader.
4. FALSE
Transactional leaders are best in stable situations. What's needed in rapidly changing situations, as is often the case in many organizations today, is a transformational leader.