Chapter 04 Leading the Fire Company Flashcards
The process by which a person influences others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives.
Leadership Defined
Beliefs Values Ethics Character Knowledge Skills Hero
Leadership Attributes
Tell people to accomplish a task
A Boss
Make people want to achieve goals and objectives
A Leader
Leaders can be effective only to the extent that others are willing to accept their leadership.
A Leader
Has to be both a leader and a follower
A fire officer
Iron hand approach. Used when the fire officer needs to maintain high personal control of the group.
Autocratic Leadership
Consultative approach. Used when planning a project, developing a daily work plan, planning meals. Can be used when TRT is approaching a difficult type of rescue. Execution of plan often involves autocratic command style.
Democratic Leadership
Free-rein style. Effective when working with experienced fire fighters and handling Routine duties.
Laissez-faire leadership
Legitimate power, Reward power, expert power, feferent power, coercive power
French and Raven’s power types.
The target person believes that the agent has the right to make the request and that the target person has the obligation to comply.
Legitimate Power
The target person complies to obtain rewards believed to be controlled by the agent.
Reward Power
The target person complies due to a belief that the agent has special knowledge.
Expert Power
The target complies due to admiration of or identification with the agent and seeks approval.
Referent Power
The target person complies to avoid punishment believed to be controlled by the agent.
Coercive Power
Expert and Referent Power
Part of Personal Power
Legitimate, reward and coercive power
Part of Positional Power
Based on the target’s assessment of the agent’s ability to discover or obtain relevant information rapidly and efficiently.
Information Power
Control over the physical environment, technology or organization of work.
Ecological Power
T or F
Effective fire officers us a participative for of leadership. The officer must have discretion regarding when, how, and by whom assignments are carried out.
True
Allows the officer to make fewer decisions during an emergency
Pre-assignment
Reduces unnecessary efforts
Assigning on the scene
Needed when immediate action is required
Autocratic leadership
