Fire Officer 9 Flashcards
(***) is a complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish a mission, task, or objective and drifts the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent
leadership
An alternative way to describe (*****) is the art of getting someone else to do what you want them to do, but they do it because they want to do it.
leadership
() tell people to accomplish a task or objective, whereas () make them want to achieve huh goals and objectives. Tour goal is to lead, not to be a boss.
Bosses
leaders
Leaders can be effective only to the extent that others will accept their leadership. Thiss lis some times described as (****)
followership
(****) is particularly important for a fire officer because subordinates are always aware of what the fire officer does. If the fire officer displays selective following of orders from the fire chief …the officer send a clear message to the company members.
followership
(*****) is an important character trait that will serve the fire officer we;ll in the future when dealing with others who have not followed the rules because they don’t seem fair.
followership
THree leadership styles ar traditionally identified as (), (), (****)
autocratic, democratic, and lassie fair
THe Iron hand approach is used when the fire officer needs to maintain high personal control of the group. THe fire officer is telling others what to do and is expecting immediate and complete adherence to the issued instructions (*******)
autocratic
(*****) when the fire company is involved in a high risk emergency activity …..
autocratic leadership
(*****) the fire officer need to take immediate corrective supervisory activity, such as during a “ control, neutralize, command” response to a confrontation.
autocratic leadership
(***) this consultive approach uses all of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the group in determining how to meet an objective or complete a task.
democratic leadership
THe fire officer should use the (*****) style when planning a project or developing hthe daily work plan or the company
democratic leadership
Specialized and highly technical fire companies often use the (****) approach when faced with a complex or unusual emergency situation.
democratic
Ececutioin of the plan often involves an (*****) command style
autocratic
A goal of an effective fire officer is to push decision making to the (****)
lowest possible level
(*****) this free rein style moves the decision making from the fire officer to the individual firefighter.
lassie fair
THe fire officer depends on the firefighters good judgement and sense of responsibility to get thing done within basic guidelines.
lassie fair
THis is an effective leadership style when working with experienced fire fighters and when handling routine duties that pose little personal hazard.
lassie fair
THe best way to size up a comlicatred situation and to develop an incident action plan is to use the (****), using the knowledge and experience of all responders to develop the best approach.
democratic style
Ine the operation begins the fire officer needs to assume the (***) to ensure the safe execution of the plan.
autocratic role
(*****) is the capacity of one party to influence another party.
power
(*****). The target person believes that the agent has the right to make the request and the target person has the obligation to comply.
legitamite power
Under the incident command system the incident commander has the (*****) to reassign the ventilation sector.
legitamate power
(****) The target person complies in order to obtain rewards believed to be controlled by the agent.
Reward power
(****): The target person complies due to the belief that the agent has special knowledge.
Expert power
(***) THe target person complies due to the admiration or identification with the agent and seeks approval.
referent power
(****): THe target person complies in order to avoid punishment believed to be controlled by the agent.
coercive power
Professor Yukl at the University of Albanyy researches leadership, power and influence. He updated the taxonomy of power into two types (****)
personal and positional
(****) which include expert and referent , reflects the effectiveness of the individual.
personal power
(**) is defined by the role an individual has within the organization.
personal power
Legitimate, reward and coercive are three examples of (****)
personal power