Leadership

Question 0

10 qualities of effective leaders are:

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Good communication skills

Effective decision making

Enthusiasm

Knowledge of the activity

Empathy

Clear goals

Charisma

Motivation

Good organisational skills

Confidence

Question 1

Leadership is the…

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Behavioural process influencing individuals and groups towards set goals

Question 2

3 leadership theories:

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Great Man theory

Social learning theory

Interactionist theory

Question 3

Great man theory (TRAIT THEORY)

Suggests that leaders…

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Inherit specific personality traits which enable them to be good leaders

Question 4

Social learning theory suggests:

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You learn to be a good leader from others

Explains that interaction with the environment has to happen to develop and produce good leaders and leadership

Question 5

Interactionist theory combines both the

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Great man theory and the social learning theory to explain that good leader is a combination of the traits that you are BORN with as well as you learning to develop on the environmental interaction to become a good leader

Question 6

Leaders are appointed in 2 ways

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Prescribed

Emergent

Question 7

Prescribed leaders tend to be:

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Chosen or selected by others of a high authority

Have best ideas and drive

Question 8

Emergent leaders simply

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Emerge from the group and take
Charge

Tend to keep the harmony of group

Question 9

Prescribed leaders are thought to be good for..

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Bringing in new ideas, but they can be somewhat disruptive to group harmony

Question 10

Emerged leaders are thought to..

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Maintain group harmony but struggle to bring fresh ideas to the table

Question 11

4 factors that leadership depends on are:

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Leader’s qualities
The style of leadership that the leader adopts
The type of situation involved
The follower’s qualities

Question 12

3 main styles of leadership:

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Autocratic style

Democratic style

Laissez-faire style

Question 13

Not suggested that just one style is always used. A good leader should be able to:

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Assess the situation and required outcome and tailor their leadership style and behaviour towards the group in the most appropriate way

Question 14

Details of autocratic style :

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Leader dictates actions
Little input from group in decision making
Not concerned with interpersonal relationships within group
Task-orientated
Group works hard when leader present

Question 15

Autocratic best used when:

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Task needs to be quickly completed
Complex or dangerous task
Big group size
Participants are older but less experienced 
Males normally respond best

Question 16

Details of democratic:

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Leader encourages the group to discuss ideas and become involved  in decision making process
Leader makes final decision
Oversees completion of task
More relaxed and informative
Group left = continue to work together

Question 17

Democratic is best used when:

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Younger or individual performers
Female performers
More elite performers
Smaller groups

Question 18

Details of laissez-faire:

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Leader leaves group to own devices
Allows group to make own decisions
Offering only a little bit of help/guidance
Passive/observing approach
Task may not be completed/longer to complete
Group could become frustrated with one another and give up easily

Question 19

Laissez-faire best used when:

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More experienced performers which have a good knowledge and understanding of task
Smaller groups

Question 20

Fielder’s contingency model suggests that:

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Leaders should decide whether to be task or person orientated in their leadership style

Question 21

(FCM) task orientated leaders focus on the

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Performance of the team

Autocratic approach

Question 22

(FCM) a person orientated leader develops

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Interpersonal relationships
Keeps open lines of communication and maintains a positive social interaction
Democratic approach
(AKA RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATED)

Question 23

(FCM) Leaders can change orientation depending on the situation as they need to adapt their style to meet the demands of

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The situations

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(FCM) favourable situations =

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An ideal situation

Question 25

The favourableness of a situation is based on:

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The relationship between the leader and group The leader's position of power and authority The task structure Resources available

Question 26

(FCM)Whether the situation is favourable or unfavourable should determine the

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Type of leadership style used

Question 27

(FCM) a favourable situation which consists of a leader highly respected by the group A group of high ability and high motivation levels should use a leadership of

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Task-orientated

Question 28

(FCM) a moderately favourable situation with a leader reasonably respected by the group of reasonable ability and reasonable motivation levels should use

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Person-orientated type of leadership

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(FCM)Unfavourable situation when the leaders position is weak with a group of low ability and low motivation should use

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Task orientated leadership

Question 30

Chelladurai's multidimensional model (1980) the characteristics/antecedents must be

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Considered before leadership style is chosen

Question 31

3 characteristics of the multidimensional model:

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Situational Leader Member

Question 32

(Multidimensional model) situational characteristics are:

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``` Activity/sport Strength of opposition Environmental conditions Number in groups Time constraints ```

Question 33

(Multidimensional model) | Leader characteristics are:

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Experience of leader Personality of leader Preference of style

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(Multidimensional model) | Member characteristics are:

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``` What the group look like Group's personalities Age Gender Motivation level Competence level Experience ```

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(Multidimensional model) | Situational characteristics leads to

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Required behaviour

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(Multidimensional model) required behaviour is

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What is actually needed for this purpose (depending on situation and task)

Question 37

(Multidimensional model) leader characteristics leads to

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Actual behaviour

Question 38

(Multidimensional model) actual behaviour

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What does that leader actually choose to use in terms of leadership style

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(Multidimensional model)Member characteristics leads to

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Preferred behaviour

Question 40

(Multidimensional model) preferred behaviour is

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What do the group members prefer that leader to behave like - their preferred style of leadership depending on their skill and goal

Question 41

(Multidimensional model) if the 3 behaviours (required/actual/preferred) agree or are more closely related then

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Greater chance of high group satisfaction/performance