7. Leadership and management are the same thing.
ANS: F
A leader is a person who exhibits the key attributes of leadership—ideas, vision, values, influencing others, and making tough decisions, whereas a manager directs, controls, and plans the work of others and is responsible for results.
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8. A competency is an interrelated set of perceptions, attitudes, and values that enable an employee to provide value to the organization.
ANS: F
A competency is an interrelated cluster of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by an individual to be effective in most professional and managerial positions.
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9. A competency is an interrelated cluster of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by an individual to be effective.
ANS: T
10. The seven key competencies are increasingly important to the effectiveness of virtually all employees, not simply those in managerial and leadership roles.
ANS: T Individual Dynamics
11. The ethics competency includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to know what is legal or illegal.
ANS: F
The ethics competency includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to incorporate values and principles that distinguish right from wrong in making decisions and choosing behaviors.
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12. The key attributes of the ethics competency include incorporating values and principles that distinguish right from wrong on the basis of laws and regulations, the employer's rules of conduct, demonstrating dignity and respect for others in working relationships, and demonstrating honesty and openness in communication, limited only by legal, privacy, and competitive considerations.
ANS: T Individual Dynamics
ANS: F
A leader is a person who exhibits the key attributes of leadership—ideas, vision, values, influencing others, and making tough decisions, whereas a manager directs, controls, and plans the work of others and is responsible for results.
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8. A competency is an interrelated set of perceptions, attitudes, and values that enable an employee to provide value to the organization.
ANS: F
A competency is an interrelated cluster of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by an individual to be effective in most professional and managerial positions.
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9. A competency is an interrelated cluster of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by an individual to be effective.
ANS: T
10. The seven key competencies are increasingly important to the effectiveness of virtually all employees, not simply those in managerial and leadership roles.
ANS: T Individual Dynamics
11. The ethics competency includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to know what is legal or illegal.
ANS: F
The ethics competency includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to incorporate values and principles that distinguish right from wrong in making decisions and choosing behaviors.
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12. The key attributes of the ethics competency include incorporating values and principles that distinguish right from wrong on the basis of laws and regulations, the employer's rules of conduct, demonstrating dignity and respect for others in working relationships, and demonstrating honesty and openness in communication, limited only by legal, privacy, and competitive considerations.
ANS: T Individual Dynamics