Multiple choice

Directions: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.

  1. Leadership inevitably requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people. A. The need to hedge these risks accounts in part for the development of collective leadership and the managerial ethic. B. Out of this conservatism and inertia organizations provide succession to power through the development of managers rather than individual leaders. C. Power in the hands of an individual entails human risks: first, the risk of equating power with the ability to get immediate results; second, the risk of ignoring the many different ways people can legitimately accumulate power; and third, the risk of losing self-control in the desire for power. D. Consequently, an inherent conservatism dominates the culture of large organizations.
  2. Perhaps the risks associated with power in the hands of an individual may be necessary ones for business to take if organizations are to break free of their inertia and bureaucratic conservatism.

  1. BDAC

  2. ADCB

  3. DCBA

  4. CADB

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The logical sequence is CADB. Sentence 1 introduces leadership and power. Sentence C describes the risks of individual power. Sentence A explains how collective leadership manages these risks. Sentence D describes the resulting conservatism. Sentence B explains how organizations maintain this through managerial succession. This flow creates a coherent argument about power distribution in organizations.