9 Flashcards
What is Leadership?
Process by which a person exerts influence.
What is a Leader?
Individual able to exert influence over others.
What is Personal Leadership Style?
Specific ways a manager chooses to influence others and how they approach planning.
What are the 5 leadership styles?
Emotional intelligence, Servant leadership, Indigenous leadership, Authentic leadership, Compassionate leadership, Discretionary leadership.
What is Emotional intelligence?
Ability to understand and manage own feelings.
What is Servant leadership?
Desire to work for the benefit of others.
What is Indigenous leadership?
Leadership as helping people
What is Authentic leadership?
True, transparent leading
What is compassionate leadership?
Ability to make human difficult decisions.
What is Discretionary leadership?
Experts leading experts.
What are the sources of managerial power?
- Referent
- Legitimate
- Coercive
- Reward
- Expert
What is the Trait model?
It is focus on identifying personal characteristics responsible for effective leadership.
What is the Behavioural model and what are the two dimensions?
Consideration behaviours: managers show care and trust
Initiating structure: leaders define their role in order to achieve organizational goals.
What is Fiedler’s contingency model? and what are the two styles?
Effective leadership depending on the characteristics of the leader.
1. Relationship oriented
2. Task oriented
What is a situational characteristic?
Determinants of how favourable a given situation is for leading to occur.
1. Leader member relations
2. Task structure
3. Position power
What is a directive behaviour?
Setting goals and assigning tasks to improve performance
What is Supportive behaviour?
Expressing concern for subordinates
What is Participative behaviour?
Giving people a say in matters.
What is achievement oriented behaviours?
Motivate subordinates to perform at the highest level possible.
What is transformational leadership?
Makes subordinates aware of the importance of their jobs and performance to the organizations.
What is transactional leadership?
Managers motivate their subordinates in direction of established goals.
What is Glass Ceiling?
Invisible barrier to prevent women from advancing as far as they should in some organizations.
