Chapter 3 - Managing people (part 12)

Question 1

What are trait theories?

Answer 1

1950s style of theory

Focussed on personality traits/qualities of different leaders

Question 2

What are the 3 priorities for Adair’s action centered leadership?

Answer 2

Task
Group
Individual

Question 3

What does Fielder mean by a high LPC score?

Answer 3

leader has HR orientation

Question 4

What does Fielder mean by a low LPC score?

Answer 4

leader has task orientation

Question 5

What 3 main issues do Hersey + Blanchard see the manager-subordinate relationship being based on?

Answer 5

Task behaviour
Relationship behaviour
Level of maturity

Question 6

What 4 leadership styles do Hersey + Blanchard recognise?

Answer 6

Telling - M1, high task, low relationship
Selling - M2, high task, high relationship
Participating - M3, low task, high relationship
Delegating - M4, low task, low relationship

So the higher the maturity, the less the manager should focus on task

Question 7

State Benis’ 7 qualities of a leader

Answer 7

Technical competence
Conceptual skill
Track record
People skills
Taste
Judgement
Character

Question 8

State what 4 things a leader’s followers need that stem from the leader’s character according to Benis

Answer 8

Meaning/direction
Trust in and from the leader
Sense of hope and optimism
Results

Question 9

Name the 5 types of leader from Blake and Moulton’s managerial grid

Answer 9

Impoverished - low people, low task
Country club - high people, low task
Middle of road - mid people, mid task
Task manager - low people, high task
Team - high people, high task

Question 10

State 5 criticisms with Blake and Moulton’s managerial grid

Answer 10

High concern for staff not necessarily ideal
Hard to place managers on the grid
Doesn’t consider other environmental influences on manager
Behaviour may be hard to change
May be more useful to assign managers with different and complementary strengths to a team

Question 11

What does Heifetz see leadership as

Answer 11

An activity

What individuals do in mobilising others

Question 12

What does Burns see the manager-subordinate relationship as?

Answer 12

Transactional
Managers provide staff with package of rewards
Staff provide manager with service/loyalty/compliance

Question 13

What type of leadership does Boyd think is required for significant change to be implemented and what 3 skills are required from these kind of leaders?

Answer 13

Transformational leadership:
Vision, forward looking
Empathy
Prepared to empower employees

Question 14

State 4 points about distributed leadership

Answer 14

Advocates leadership at all levels in org
Relies upon interactions between many leaders
Inclusive
Leadership seen as by-product of shared activity and collaboration