Leader's effective performance improves the capabilities of subordinates

. According to the Communication Competency: Paul Millman, CEO, Chroma Technology, In 2002, a new competitor to Chroma emerged: Semrock, a small company in Rochester, New

York. By some standards, Semrock’s filters worked better than Chroma’s, but there was still a problem. What was the problem?

a.	Semrock’s new technology will eventually make Chroma’s obsolete
b.	it took two years before Chroma started developing its own version of Semrock’s technology
c.	leadership was so weak at Chroma, that when employees found this out, they began to leave for Semrock
d.	Chroma was not able to create their own version of Semrock’s filters

ANS:  B                      

   78.   According to the Communication Competency: Paul Millman, CEO, Chroma Technology, tension at the company reached a high point when the steering committee ____.

a.	reorganized the company
b.	fired the CEO
c.	sent a memo giving members of the sales team guidelines on the hotels they could choose while traveling on business
d.	told the engineers they had to design products more quickly

ANS:  C                          

   79.   The ____ model holds that the leader's effective performance improves the capabilities of subordinates, and therefore requires a change in leadership style over time.

a.	traits
b.	behavioral
c.	Fiedler contingency
d.	Situational LeadershipÒ

ANS:    D