EMAN : LEADING Flashcards

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refers to the ability of a leader to exert force on another

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Power

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a leader more equipped with a ________related to his area of responsibility is more confident in performing his functions.

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Technical skills

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BASES OF POWER

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Legitimate Power
Reward Power
Coercive Power
Referent Power
Expert Power

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Advantages:
effective in emergency situations
effective when absolute followership is needed

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Autocratic Leaders

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5
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Must know how to get along with people, motivate and inspire them.

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Good leaders

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The definition indicates that a person or a group of persons tasked with managing a group must assume the role performed by leaders

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LEADING

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7
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This happens because many people are motivated to full effort only if given this kind of free-rein.

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Free-Rein Leaders

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Leaders who set objectives and allow employees or subordinates relative freedom to do whatever it takes to accomplish these objectives.

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Free-Rein Leaders

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9
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Good leaders must know how to get along with people, motivate and inspire them.

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Human skills

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10
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refers to the management function

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LEADING

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11
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A person having the ability to give or reward to anybody who follows orders or accomplishes requests.

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Reward Power

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If _________ fits the situation, there is full managerial delegation resulting to optimum utilization

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free-rein leadership

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Leaders make decisions themselves, without consulting subordinates. Motivation takes the form of punishment, threats, and intimidation of all kinds.

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Autocratic Leaders

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14
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Is expected of any manager in charge of any unit or division

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LEADERSHIP

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15
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Emphasizes punishment (in the form of reprimand, suspension, or dismissal)

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Negative Leadership

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16
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provide specialized information regarding their specific line of expertise

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Experts

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17
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Disadvantages:
the leader receives little, if any, information and ideas from his people as inputs in to

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Autocratic Leaders

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Leaders openly invites his subordinates to participate or share in decisions, policy-making and operation methods

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Participative Leaders

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Traits of being an effective leader

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high level of personal drive
desire to lead
personal integrity
self-confidence
analytical ability or judgement
knowledge of the company, industry, technology
charisma
creativity
flexibility

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20
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Specialized knowledge is needed to perform the job.

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Technical skills

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21
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Ways leaders uses Power

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Autocratic Leaders
Participative Leaders
Free-Rein Leaders

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22
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When a person can get compliance from another person because the latter would want to be identified with the former, that person is said to have _______________.

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Referent Power

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One cannot expect a unit or division to achieve objectives in the absence of

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effective leadership

24
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These skills refer to the ability of a leader to deal with people, both inside and outside of the organization.

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Human skills

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Basic Traits of an effective leader
Inspires a shared vision Challenges the process Enables others to act Models the way Encourages the heart
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A leader without a sufficient ____________ will fail to achieve an effective implementation of any project or undertaking.
conceptual skills
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Disdvantage: time consuming and frustrating to people who prefer to see a quick decision reached
Participative Leaders
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Applicable to certain organizations manned by professionals like doctors and engineers.
Free-Rein Leaders
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Weakness is that, there is very little managerial control and a high degree of risk. If the leader does not know well the competence and integrity of his people and their ability to handle this kind of freedom, the result could be disastrous.
Free-Rein Leaders
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An engineer manager of a construction firm must have sufficient skills to undertake construction works.
Technical skills
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An engineer manager of an electrical engineering firm must have the needed skill in the installation and maintenance of electrical facilities and equipment.
Technical skills
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An engineer manager of an electrical engineering firm must have the needed skill in the installation and maintenance of electrical facilities and equipment.
Technical skills
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Rewards may be classified into two
material, psychic
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LEADERSHIP SKILLS
technical skills human skills conceptual skills
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Leaders Orientation Toward Tasks and People
Employee Oriented Task Oriented
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When a person compels another to comply with orders through threats or punishment, he is said to possess _________.Punishment may take the form of demotion, dismissal, withholding of promotion, etc.
Coercive Power
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Having a clear and well-expressed presentation of what must be done, is a very basic requirement for an effective implementation
conceptual skills
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Considers employees as human beings of “intrinsic importance and with individual and personal needs” to satisfy.
Employee Oriented
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Emphasizes rewards (monetary, advisory committee)
Positive Leadership
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Advantages: it generates a lot of ideas. increased support for decisions reduction of the chance that the people will be unexpectedly undermined.
Participative Leaders
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Places emphasis on production and the technical aspects of the job and the employees are viewed as the means of getting the work done
Task-Oriented
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BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP STYLES
According to the ways leaders approach people to motivate them. According to the way the leader uses power. According to the leader's orientation towards task and people.
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Other than motivating, human skills include:
coaching communicating morale building training and development help and supportiveness delegating
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Engineer managers are expected to maintain ________.
effective work forces
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A person who occupies a higher position has ________ over persons in lower positions.
Legitimate Power
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Are able to influence others because of the power they possess
Leaders
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Ways leaders approach people
Positive Leadership Negative Leadership
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These skills refer to “the ability to think in an abstract terms, to see how parts fit together to form the whole.”
conceptual skills
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refers to the process
LEADERSHIP
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Skills needed by a leader to enable him to understand and make decisions about work processes, activity, and technology.
Technical skills
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Within an organization structure, ______ are clearly defined according to ranks from top to bottom
positions
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A management function which “involves influencing others to engage in the work behaviors necessary to reach organizational goals.”
LEADING
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A person or leader with great skills in their field of expertise possesses __________.
Expert power