1. Which of the following should be a focus of a strategic leader?

a. Working toward the future alignment of a firm and the environment

b. Doing anything that contributes to the success of a firm without concern for ethics

c. Inspiring new ways of thinking

d. Energizing others through a demonstration of personal confidence

2. Unlike the Michigan state researchers, the Ohio state researchers:

a. determined that situational influences in firms were negligible.

b. did not interpret leader behavior as being one-dimensional.

c. argued that employee-centered behavior was effective.

d. did not assume that behaviors were independent of each other.

3. Strategic leadership:

a. relates leadership solely to the role of lower-level management.

b. is limited to inspiring support and acceptance through charisma.

c. is used to achieve a superior alignment between a firm and the environment.

d. explicitly relates leadership to the role of first-line management.