Ch 7 Leadig The Fire Company Flashcards
The capacity of one party to influence another party
Power
Types of power:
The target person complies to avoid punishment believe to be controlled by the agent
Coercive power
Types of power:
The target complies due to admiration of or identification with the agent and seeks approval
Referent power
Types of power:
The target person complies due to a believe that the agent has special knowledge
Expert power
Types of power:
The target person complies to obtain rewards believe to be controlled by the agent
Reward power
Types of power:
The target person believes that the agent has the right to make the request in the target person has the obligation to comply
Legitimate power
Types of power:
Includes expert and referring power, reflects the effectiveness of the individual
Personal power
Types of power:
Defined by the role an individual has within the organization. Legitimate reward and coercive power or three examples
Positional power
Types of power:
Two additional Positional based power
Information and ecological power
Types of power:
Based on the target person’s assessment of the agents ability to discover or obtain relevant information rapidly in efficiently usually through a cultivated network of sources
Information power
Control over information
Types of power:
The target person’s behavior is based on perception of opportunities and constraints
Ecological power
Types of power:
Control over the physical environment, technology, or organization of work
Ecological power
Emergency scene leadership:
A core responsibility of a fire officer is to handle ________effectively.
Emergencies
When giving assignments at the scene, the firehouse or must be_______and ensure that all firefighters understand their assigned task
Clear and concise
Method of assigning tasks:
When giving assignments at the scene, the fire officer uses an ___style of leadership because the emergency scene does not allow for participated decision-making
Autocronic
One method of assigning tasks that allows for more participation in the process yet reduces the number of decisions officer must make at the scene is too?
Rely on the broad SOP’s
Critical situations:
Orders to evacuate the building and a firefighter mayday are two critical events that require immediate?
Autocratic action
_______ is about stepping back and detaching from the management of the incident to analyze what is taking place in project future actions
Leadership
This verbal picture establishes the tone of the incident
Initial radio report
Other responding units:
The first arriving officer provides leadership and direction to responding units by implementing the?
Incident management plan
Two general rules for no emergency activities are as follows:
1) do not compromise the ability of the fire company to respond to emergencies in its district
2) do not jeopardize the public’s trust in the far department
One of the key components of leading is the ability to ______
Motivate
Reinforcers:
__________decrease the likelihood of bad behavior
Extinction and punishment
Reinforcers:
_______increase the likelihood of good behavior
Positive and negative reinforcement
Reinforcers:
This strategy is frequently used when a child is misbehaving
Extinction
________Is often under utilized as management strategy
Negative reinforcement
Conditions that are external to the individual, such as pay and work conditions
Hygiene factors
Internally determined motivational factors such as the desire for recognition, achievement, responsibility, and advancement
Motivation factors
This method of motivating FFs relies on the natural competitiveness of people
Goal setting
This Motivational process suggest that employees evaluate the outcomes they receive for their inputs and compare them with the outcomes others receive for their input
Equity theory
This motivational theory is based on the premise that people act in a manner that they believe will lead to an outcome they value
Expectancy theory
This is probably the best known motivational theory, it suggest that behavior is a function of its consequences
Reinforcement theory
List the motivational theories: (5)
Reinforcement theory
Motivation-hygiene theory
Goal setting theory
Equity theory
Expectancy theory
According to this theory, the key to motivation is for the fire officer to set specific goals that will increase performance. The girls must be difficult, but attainable
Goal setting theory
The three major leadership styles are traditionally identified as?
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Leadership style:
A consultative approach takes a vantage of all of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the group in determining how to meet an objective or complete a task
Democratic
The officer should use this style of leadership I’m planning a project or developing a daily work plan of the company.
Democratic
Specialize in highly technical fire companies often use this approach when faced with a complex or unusual emergency situation
Democratic approach
Leadership style:
And iron hand approach is used on the outer needs to maintain high personal control of the group
Autocratic
Leadership style:
This style of leadership moves the decision-making from the fire officer to the individual firefighters
Laissez-faire
Leadership style:
The fire officer depends on the firefighters good judgment and sense of responsibility to get things done within basic guidelines.
Laissez faire
This approach is an effective leadership style when working with experienced firefighters and when handling routine duties that pose little personal hazard
Laissez faire
The autocratic style of leadership is required in two situations. The second situation occurs when the FO needs to take immediate corrective supervisory activity, such as during a__________response to a confrontation
“Control, neutralize, command”
Leaders can be effective going to the extent that others are willing to except their leadership. This characteristic is sometimes described as?
Followership
An effective leader uses____and____to overcome resistance
Persuasiveness and motivation
Has been described as the process by which a person influences others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, in the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives
Leadership
Accord responsibility of a fire officers to handle emergencies____
Effectively
This type of power includes expert and referent power, reflects the effectiveness of the individual
Personal
For example, under the incident management system, the incident commander has the power to reassign the ventilation sector
What type of power?
Legitimate
A fire officer must use this style of leadership when immediate action is required
Autocratic
The __________style of leadership is required in two situations. The first situation occurs when the fire company is involved in a high risk, emergency scene activity such as conducting a primary search during a structure fire
Autocratic
This approach can also be used in some low risk emergency seeing operations. What type of approach?
Consultative approach. Democratic style of leadership
Removing an undesirable consequences of good behavior
Negative reinforcement
Giving a reward for good behavior
Positive reinforcement
Ignoring bad behavior
Extinction
Punishing bad behavior
Honestly it
