POSIC
Influences
Grab Bag
Vocab
Mr. Ray's Super Duper Extra Category of Fun
100

Analyzing information, setting goals, and making decisions about what needs to be done.

Planning

100

A rookie baseball player looks to his coach, a former star player, for advice. This type of influence is involved.

Expert

100

True/False: You should try and get away with unethical behaviors so your company doesn't get in trouble.

False

100

This term refers to the way a manager treats and involves employees.

Management Style

100

This 1997 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet is set aboard a doomed ocean liner.

Titanic

200

All of the activities involved in obtaining, preparing, and compensating the people who work for a business.

Staffing

200

My boss comes into my office and demands I complete a task just because he is in charge. This type of influence is involved.

What is position influence?

200

Supervisors spend most of their time on this leadership activity.

What is implementing?

200

This is the ability to motivate individuals and groups to accomplish important goals.

Leadership

200

This sport gives its yearly champion the Stanley Cup. 

Hockey

300

Identifying and arranging work and resources to achieve the goals that have been set.

Organizing

300

I respect my boss because they clearly care about my well-being. This type of influence is involved.

Identity Influence

300

This level of management is responsible for implementing plans and is often called the top level of management.

Executives

300

Power based on a leader's positions within the structure of the organization.

Formal influence

300

This is the second largest ocean on Earth.

Atlantic

400

Of the 5 leadership activities, it comes first alphabetically.

Controlling
400

I want a good performance review, so I stay late to complete a project. This type of influence is involved.

Reward

400

This term refers to the guidelines that describe why a business exists and what it wants to accomplish (we did this in Chapter 4!)

Mission Statement

400

Power based on personal communication and relationships between employees and leaders.

Informal influence.

400

What is the longest-running animated TV show of all-time (it's currently still going)?

The Simpsons

500

I need to check in June 2026 if we are hitting our sales goals for January through December 2026. I'm using this activity.

Controlling

500

A well-liked team leader promises to recognize top performers in front of the group, and members work harder because they respect him, think he's a genius, and want the recognition. Which is LEAST involved?

Position

500

This type of management is more directive and is often used with new or inexperienced employees.

Tactical Management

500

This term refers to the important principles that guide decisions and actions in a company.

Core Values

500

Name any actor that has played Batman in a full-length movie.

Robert Pattinson, Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton