Chapter 6 the company officers role : principles of leadership Flashcards
Scott Windisch
I believe the most important factor in successful leader ship at any job is
Attitude
To be effective in organizations people need
Leadership
(Blank) focuses on people working together in organizations
Leadership
What is a set of processes that can keep a complicated system of people and technology run a smoothly
Management
The most important aspects of management include
Planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling, and problem-solving
(Blank) is a set of processes that creates organizations in the first place or adopts them to significantly changing circumstances
Leadership
(Blank) defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen in spite of the obstacles
Leadership
What is a group of people working together to accomplish a task
An organization
Fire departments are what type of organizations
Formal
The fire department bowling league represents what type of organization
Informal
All will have a purpose, they are all made up of people, and those people will arrange them selves into some type of structure
Organizations
Two or more people who come together for a common purpose
Group
How individuals interact and influence one another
Group dynamics
(Blank) is a practice where groups tend to develop numerous dynamic practices that separate them from other individuals
Group dynamics
In a group environment, the two major factors that are considered are
The task at hand and the relationships within the group
The personal actions needed by managers to get the team members to carry out certain activities
Leadership
Getting other people to do what you want done
Leadership
Ones influence over others
Leadership
Managing (blank) deals with Personnel administration, the administrative activities associated with staffing an organization
Human resources
Effective leader ship deals with changing the (blank) of others
Personal conduct
Who said, a leader is a person who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it
President Harry Truman
We let our leaders use their (blank) to attempt to influence our actions
Experiences
Things that help make the (blank) a better place: sound organizational objectives, clear Policies and guidelines, consistent management, clear definition of duties, open lines of communication, individuals well matched with their jobs, recognition of good work
Work environment
When members can see their place in the organization, when they are given info and can contribute, And when they are appreciated they will be
Satisfied and productive
When the essential qualities of effective organization are missing, members will become what
Disillusioned
The four major categories of employees are
Employees, supervisors, middle managers, and top managers
Because you are the first supervisory rank in the organization, and because you usually do not supervise other managers, we will call you what
First level supervisors
Today’s (blank) is also a coach foreman/Forewoman, and a supervisor
Team leader
Increasing services while holding the line on budgets means that fire departments must become more what
Efficient
For many fire service organizations the greatest opportunities for further advancement in history will come at the
Company level
What are the two positions in the fire department to Which outsiders can apply
The chief and an entry - level FF
Emergency service organizations usually promote our personnel based on some combination of
Past performance, test scores, and evidence of relevant training and education
(Blank) find greater challenges in people issues, administrative duties, and responsibility for managing others
New officers
To be a good leader, you should understand (blank) behavior
Human
Working together is all about (blank) behavior
Group
Studying group behavior is a part of the science of (blank)
Sociology
(Blank) Includes the study of groups ranging from family and small workplace groups to entire communities and ethnic groups
Sociology
(Blank) Are used to represent real things
Models
Using models of human behavior helps us understand (blank)
People
To truly understand people a good leader must first evaluate (blank)
Themselves
By evaluating (blank), a leader can provide values, improve work ethic, and automatically lead the team to success
Human behavior
Abraham Maslow is best known for establishing the theory of a
Hierarchy of needs
Maslow suggested that human beings are motivated by (blank)
UnSatisfied needs
The four general types of needs according to Maslow are
Physiological, safety, love, and esteem
(Blank) needs :
Psychological, safety, love, and esteem
Deficiency
(Blank) needs are the very basic needs such as air water food sleep sex and so long
Physiological
(Blank) needs have to do with establishing stability and consistency in a chaotic world
Safety
(Blank) needs such as love and belongingness are next on the list after after safety
Social
The two types of (blank) needs are self-esteem, which results from competency or mastery of a task. Second, here is the attention and recognition that comes from others
Esteem
The need for (blank) is the desire to become more and more of what one is ,to become everything that one is capable of becoming
Self - Actualization
As members needs changed, so do the (blank) that are affective in motivating them
Factors
who described two factors that affect personnel at work
Frederick Herzberg
(Blank) factors are needed to just to get people to come to work and prevent dis satisfaction
Hygiene
(Blank) factors include company policies administration, supervision, salary, interpersonal relations, and working conditions
Hygiene
Herzberg’s hygiene factors do not motivate workers; they prevent workers from having (blank) about the workplace
Bad feelings
Herzberg’s (blank) encourage workers to rise above the satisfactory level and do excellent work
Motivators
Herzberg
(Blank) include treatment, recognition, the work itself, responsibility, and advancement
Motivators
Responsibility, job with a purpose, recognition of good work, opportunity for promotion, opportunity for advancement, opportunity for personal growth, threshold of satisfaction
Motivators
Good working relationship, considerate supervisors, good working condition, good pay and benefits, job security
Hygiene factors
McGregors theory X and theory Y are called
Management style
Persons with high status or (blank) like to be in charge and have influence over others
Power needs
Workers with (blank) needs like the structure of organizations and they like to get work done
Power
Persons with high (blank) needs like to be in charge
Power
Persons with (blank) needs like challenges
High achievement
Persons with (blank) needs like to work in groups
High affiliation
People who have (blank) needs typically take personal responsibility for their efforts, set their own goals, and take on new commanding challenges
High achievement
People with (blank) needs tens to be creative, their strongest characteristic may be their need for feedback
High achievement
The group who has (blank) needs have a desire to belong and be excepted by a group. they are on Maslow’s third layer and have a need to belong
High affiliation
The (blank) grid is a field in which the leaders concern for people in production are
Managerial
On the managerial grid, the vertical access represents the leaders concern for what
People
On the managerial grid the horizontal axis represents the leaders concern for what?
Production
The blank was introduced in 1964 by Dr. Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mountain
Managerial grid
The (blank) suggests that morale and productivity are independent of one another
Managerial grid
In the lower right hand corner of the managerial grid is position (blank) . It represents a leader with a passion for production while having a relatively low concern for people
A.