Ch 7 Leading the Fire Officer Flashcards
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What is: a person who influences others to understand and agree.
Leadership:
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> What is: applies beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge and skills
Leadership
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> Followership:
Followership: Leader cannot lead if others will not follow
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> Decision Process (5 steps) CLWME:
- Clear your mind
- List Options
- Weigh outcome
- Make a choice
- Evaluate decision
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> Leadership Styles:
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-Faire
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> Leadership Style - Autocratic:
Autocratic: Situation 1 : Iron hand approach
High risk emergency
Situation 2 : When needed: immediate corrective discipline
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> Leadership Style - Democratic:
Democratic: uses ingenuity and resourcefulness from the group to meet objectives. Ex: planning a project or work plan
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> Leadership Style - Laissez Faire:
Laissez Faire is a free rein style. Decisions made by FF. Need experience FF.
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What is: capacity of a party to influence another
Power
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> Types of Power by French and Raven (5)
CLERR:
Coercive Legitimate Expert Reward Referent
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Which Power is this: Target person listens and has an obligation to comply. “IC has this Power to reassign a unit”
Legitimate Power
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Which Power is this: Target person complies to get rewarded
Reward Power
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Which Power is this: Target believes Officer has special knowledge:
Expert Power
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Which Power is this: Target complies out of admiration or ID and seeks approval
Referent Power
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Which Power is this: Target complies to avoid punishment controlled by officer.
Coercive Power
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> Gary Yukl: Positional Based Power: Info and Ecological
Info Power: Target assessment of the officer to see if he has the ability to obtain info quickly.
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Which Power is this: Control of physical environment, technology or work.
Ecological Power
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> Size-up:
Use Democratic first then when operations begin, switch to Autocratic.
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> 5 Overriding Principles on Motivation:
Motivate: Recognize his differences
Set goals
Ensure goals are attainable
Reward
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> Reinforcement Theory:
Reinforcement Theory: Behavior is a function of its consequences.
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> Reinforcement Theory’s - 4 types
Positive - Reward for doing good
Negative - Removing undesirable results of good behavior
Extinction - Ignoring bad behavior
Punishment - Punishing bad behavior
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> Motivation- Hygiene Theory - 2 parts:
Hygiene factor: external conditions (pay, work conditions)
Motivational factor: persons internal desire to succeed
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Hygiene factors DO NOT motivate and…
if not satisfied with external conditions then they r not motivated
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> Goal Seeting:
Goal setting works by people naturally competing. Must be clear, specific, measurable
