leadership

Question 1

what is a leader

Answer 1

someone who has influence in helping others achieve their goals

Question 2

what is a prescribed leader

Answer 2

appointed from outside the group

Question 3

what is an emergent leader

Answer 3

someone who is appointed from within the group.

Question 4

what are the 8 qualities needed to be a leader

Answer 4

• Charisma
• communication
• interpersonal skills
• Empathy
• Experience
• Inspirational
• confidence
• organisational skills

Question 5

Charisma

Answer 5

the quality is hard to define, but is that certain demeanour, and presence, that the leader has which makes others listen and follow.

Question 6

communication

Answer 6

the leader has to get the message across

Question 7

interpersonal skills

Answer 7

The leader needs to interact with other members of the team and sometimes those outside the group.

Question 8

empathy

Answer 8

The leader needs to be able to listen to others and take their views into account, showing an affinity with their views.

Question 9

experience

Answer 9

Leaders would have a wealth of knowledge in their chosen sport built up over many years.

Question 10

inspirational

Answer 10

Leaders need to encourage others and keep them trying even when the going gets tough

Question 11

confidence

Answer 11

as we have seen in the previous section, confidence can be gained from others, so a confident apporach from the leader can spread to the players.

Question 12

organisational skills

Answer 12

a good leader would plan and prepare for training, linking it to the demands of the team.

Question 13

what is the autocratic approach

Answer 13

leader makes the decisions

Question 14

what is a democratic

Answer 14

decisions are made by group consultation

Question 15

person orientated leaderships

Answer 15

concerned with interpersonal relationships

Question 16

what is task leadership

Answer 16

concerned with getting results.

Question 17

what are the 3 key leadership styles

Answer 17

• the autocratic and task orientated style
• the democratic and person ordinated style
• the ‘laissez-faire’ style.

Question 18

how could the influence of the leader and the group affect the choice of leadership style?

Question 19

Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership

Answer 19

Fielder took into account one of the factors that influence leadership style, the situation. He suggested that the autocratic or task orientated style of leadership is best used in two opposite situations. When everything is good and when everything is bad. Fielder called a situation when everything is good, a most favourable situation, and when everything is bad, a least favourable situation.

Question 20

Chelladuria’s multi - dimensional model of leaderships.

Answer 20

Question 21

what is a favourable leadership situation

Answer 21

• the leader has respect
• there is a good support within the group.
• the group is of high ability
• there are high levels of motivation
• the task is clear to the team
• the harmony between leader and group

Question 22

what is a unfavourable leadership situation

Answer 22

• there may be hostility between the group members.
• there is little respect for the leader
• the group has low ability
• the group has low ability
• the group members do not support each other
• motivation is low
• the task is unclear
• the leader is weak

Question 23

what is a moderately favourable leadership situation

Answer 23

• there is a need or preference for consultation within the group
• motivation is moderate
• there is limited support
• the group has reasonable ability

Question 24

what is Chelladurai multi dimensional model of leadership

Answer 24

• it looks at the other factors that influence the choice of leadership style, not just situation.
• he assessed the idea that the leader must use an interactive approach to balance aspects of teh situation and the leader and the group.

Question 25

what is required behaviour

Answer 25

What the situation demands

Question 26

what is actual behaviour

Answer 26

what the leader decides to do in relation to leadership style

Question 27

what is preferred behaviour

Answer 27

what the group wants