GMS Chap 11 Flashcards

(52 cards)

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Leadership

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The process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks

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Power

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The ability to get someone else to do something you want done or to make things happend the way you want

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Reward Power

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The capacity to offer something of value as a mean to influence other people

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Coersive Power

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The capacity to punish or withhold positive outcome as means of influencing other people

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Legitimate power

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Capacity to influence other people by virtue for formal authority, or the rights of office

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Expert Power

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The capacity to influence other people because of specialized knowledge

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Referent Power

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The capacity to influence other people becaus they desire to identify personally with you

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Position Power

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Based on things Managers can offer to others

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Personal Power

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Based on how managers are viewed by others

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Vision

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A clear sense of the future

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Visionary leadership

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Brings to the situation an clear sense of the future and an understanding of how to get there

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Servant leadership

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It is follower-centered and commited to helping others in their work

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Empowerment

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Enables others to gain and use decision-making power

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Servent leader

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Empower others by providing them with the information, responsability, authority, and trust to make decisions and act independently

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Leadership Style

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Recurring pattern of behaviours exibited by a leader

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Blake and Mouton’s 2 dimentions of leadership style

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  • Concern for the task
  • Concern for the people
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Autocratic Leadership Style

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Leader acts in a unilateral, command and control fashion

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Human Relations leadership Style

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Emphasizes people over tasks

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Laissez Faire Leadership Style

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Typical of the impoverished manager, focuses on minimum effort to get work done

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Democratic Leadership Style

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Focuses on both Task and people, trying to get things done while sharing information …

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Fiedler’s contingency model

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The focuse is on determining the correct style-situation fit. Tree measurs are taken in account:

  • Quality of leader-member relations
  • Task Structure
  • Position Power

Each style work best when used in the right situation, but leadership style does not change.

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Hersey & Blanchard situational leadership model

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Believe that true leaders can adjust their style by increasing or decreasing their Task Behaviour or Relationship Behaviour depending on wether guidance or support are requiered. 4 Leadership Styles

  • Delegating
  • Participating
  • Telling
  • Selling
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Hersey & Blanchard Delegating

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Allowing the group to take responsability for task decisions; low task low relationship style

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Hersey Blanchard Participating

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Emphasizing shared ideas and participative decisions on task direstions; a low task high relationship style

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Hersey & Blanchard Selling
Expending task direction in a supporting and persuasive way; a high task high relationship style
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Hersey & Blanchard Telling
Giving specific task directions and closely supervising work; a high task low relationship style
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Path Goal Leadership Theory: 4 Leader Styles
- Directive leadership - Supportive Leadership - Acheivement Oriented Leadership - Participative leadership
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Path and Goal leaderchip theories: 2 Contingencies
* Follower contingency * Ability * Experience * Locus of control * Environmental contingency * Task Structure * Authority System * Work group
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Path and Goal leadership theory: Directive leadership
Letting subordinate know what is expected; giving direction on what to do and how; scheduling work to be done; maintaining standard of performance; clarifying the leader role in the group
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Path & Goal leadership theory: supportive leadership
Doing things to make work more pleasant; treating group members as equals; being friendly and approachable; showing concern for the well being of subordinates
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Path and Goal leadership theory Acheivement Oriented Leadership
Setting challenging goals; expecting the highest level of performance; emphasizing continuous improvement in performance; displaying confidence in meeting high standards
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Path & Goal leadership theory: Partivipative leadership
Involving subordinate in decision making; consulting with subordinate; using suggestions when making decisions
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Substitute Leadership
Factors in the work setting that direst work efforts without the involvement of a leader.
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Leader Member Exchange Theory (LMX)
Not everyone is treated the same by the leader. Depending on 3 percived quality of the followeres (compatibility, competency, and personality) people fall into "in-groups" and "out-groups".
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Leader member exchange theory: In group
Enjoy special and trusted high exchange relationship with the leader that can translate to special assignment, privilages and access to information
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Leader member exchange theory: Out group
Excluded from attributions and benefits. Have low exchange relationship with the leader
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Leader Participation Model
Leadership success results when the decision making method used by a leader best fits the problem being faced
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Leader Participarion Model: 3 Decision Methods
- Authority Decision - Consultative Decision - Group Decision
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Leader- Participation Model: 3 Rules that govern decision Making method used
- Decision Quality (who has the expertise) - Decision acceptance ((acceptance of the decision by the followers) - Decision Time
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Leader Participation Model: Authority Decision
Decision is made by the leader and then comunicated to the group
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Leader Participation Model: Consultative Decision
Decision is made by the leader after receiving information, advice, or opinion from group members
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Leader Participation Model Group Decision
Decision is made by group members themselves
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Charismatic Leader
Develops special leader-follower relationship and inspiers followers in extraordinary ways
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Transactional Leadership
Uses task, rewards, and structures to influence and direct the effort of others
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Transformational Leadership
Inspirational and arouses extraordinary effort and performance
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Vision
Having ideas and a clear sens of direction; comunicating these to others; developing excitement about accomplishing shared "dreams"
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Charisma
Using the power of personal reference and emotion to arouse others' enthousiasm, faith, loyalty, pride, and trust in themself
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Symbolism
Identifying "heros" and holding spontaneous and planned ceremonies to celebrate excellence and high achievement
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Empowerment
Helping others develop by removing performance obstacles, sharing resonsibilites, and delegating truely challanging work
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Intelectual Stimulation
Gaining the involvement of others by creating awareness of problems and stirring their imaginations
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Integrity
Being honest and credible, acting consistently out of personal conviction, and following through on commitments
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Emotional inteligence
The ability to manage our emotions in social relationships