Business Management Chapter 15 Flashcards
Transactional Leadership
focus on fair exchanges with organizational members to motivate them to achieve established goals.
Transformational Leader
focus on inspiring change in members and the organization
Leadership
is the process managers use to influence others so that their work efforts lead to the achievement of organizational goals.
Traits
are personal characteristics that remain relatively stable.
Charisma
is a personal trait or “gift” related to attracting and inspiring followers
Behaviours
are the ways or manner in which people act.
Consideration
is a category of behaviours that are supportive, relational, and/or employee oriented.
Initiating structure
is a category of behaviours that are directive, structural, and/or task oriented
Leadership Grid
identifies different leadership styles based on combinations of consideration and initiating structure.
Impoverished style
is characterized by low concern for both people and production; it is a leadership Grid Style.
Country Club Style
is characterized by a high concern for people and a low concern for production; it is a Leadership Grid style.
Task Management style
is characterized by a high concern for production and a low concern for people; it is a L.G. style
Middle-of the Road Management
is characterized by both relational and task behaviours in an insufficient or underdeveloped manner; it is a LG style
Team Style
is characterized by both high levels of concern for people and production; it is a LG style.
Leadership Styles
Traits, Behaviours, and Situational
Situational Leadership II
describes four leadership situations and the appropriate leadership styles based on the “developmental level” of followers
Directing
involves instructing a follower on how to do a task or job; it is a Situational L. II style
Coaching
involves providing training and specific feedback for a task or job: SL II style
Supporting
involves expressing confidence in the follower’s abilities and sharing in decision-making authority; it is a SL II style
Delegating
involves assigning tasks and responsibilities; it is a SL II style
Servant Leadership
is an active approach to leadership that promotes the interests of others over the leader’s own interests.
Spirituality
is a state or quality of a heightened sensitivity to one’s human or transcendent spirit.
Emotional Intelligence
(EI) is the innate or developed ability to recognize, manage, and exercise emotions in relationships.
Socioemotional Behaviour
address interpersonal and emotional needs
Structural Behaviour
address the structure of the task and work context.
Enabling
involves sharing or explaining information related to a job and its context
Equipping
involves creating an environment for continuous learning on the job
Engaging
involves encouraging affiliation and enhancing intrinsic motivations
Empowering
involves honouring the inherent power and potential in others and freeing them to be responsible
