Leadership

Question 1

What is leadership?

Answer 1

The behavioural process influencing individuals and groups towards set goals (barrow 1977)

Question 2

Whatr are some of the qualites of leadership?

Answer 2

Determined- has a drive to suceed
communicator- able to express themselves clearly
perceptual- able to identify potential problems and put in place strategies to address them
empatheitc- able to put themseles in the positons of others and undderstand how they feel
consistent
ambitious
good persona
clear goals- working towards the goals
excellent technical knowledge
charisma and presence

Question 3

What are the 2 types of leaders?

Answer 3

Emergent and perscribed

Question 4

What is an emergent leader?

Answer 4

A player or performer becomes a manager within the group
prescribed from within the group
is often he caretaker
experienced performer becomes a a coach

Question 5

What is a perscribed leader?

Answer 5

A leader from outside the group; a manager
teacher prescribes player from outside who becomes leader
non-native coach of a national team

Question 6

What are the positives of having an emergent leader?

Answer 6

They have good knowledge of the other team memevbr

Question 7

What are the 3 styles of leadership?

Answer 7

Autocratic, democratic, laissez, faire

Question 8

What is the autocratic leadership?

Answer 8

Foucssed on the tsk
leader makes all the decisions
goal/task and outcome orientated
does not delagte
responsibility
get the job done
engage in little consultation

Question 9

when is autocratic good?

Answer 9

Good for male leaders
male participants 
large groups
clear message
leader seems confident 
imposes conformity- important in dangerous sitations
good for beginners- throwing a javelin 
time is short 
danger notion

Question 10

What is a democaratic leader?

Answer 10

person orientated about relationships rather than job
building relationships
effective
shared decisions- members swell as leader share deciisons
consultation- members have their say

Question 11

When is a democratic performer best used?

Answer 11

the leader is female
the group is female
females prefer democracy
group is friendly towards on another 
good relationships
develops ownerships
works if there is time
good for wider opinions and ideas
good for experienced performers
good for members who prefer democracy
good for older members

Question 12

What is a laissez faire leader?

Answer 12

lets things happen
dont take action
allows actions to develop stands aside

Question 13

When is a laissez faire best for leading?

Answer 13

used specfically useful in team building
useful for oaa- outside adventure activities
discovery activities

Question 14

What Is the multi stage dimensional model?

Answer 14

Assess how congruent a performance is and group satisfaction/performance

Question 15

What are the characteristics?

Answer 15

Situational
member charsctersitics
leader characteristics

Question 16

What are the situation characteristics- favourable?

Answer 16

the nature, size of the group, the danger of the environment an recent results which brings about a required behaviour. Leadership has to react in a stye that is relevant to the situation

Question 17

What are the leaders characteristics?

Answer 17

preferred style of the leader, may have success in the past from autocratic from own experience. have to show adaptability if prefer democracy but needed autocracy

Question 18

What are the members characteristics?

Answer 18

the nature of the members, what are their experiences whoa re they; age, gender, experience
will have a preference to how they behave to preferred

Question 19

What are the types of behaviour on the mode?

Answer 19

Preferred heavuour
required
actual

Question 20

What is the actual behaviour?

Answer 20

what the leader has chosen to apply the situation to

but strongly influenced by the leader; what their experiences are

Question 21

What is the preferred behaviour?

Answer 21

what the members want may be autocracy or democracy. elite athletes prefer autocratic maybe, other circumstances; prefer democratic

Question 22

What is the required behaviour?

Answer 22

what the behaviour should be from the situation that they’re in, if its dangerous, what the situation demands autocrayc/democracy

Question 23

What do the behaviours and characteristics correspond to?

Answer 23

group performance

group satisfaction

Question 24

What is the group satisfaction?

Answer 24

The extent to which the performers felt by the group whilst performing

Question 25

What is the group performance?

Answer 25

the extent to which the group performed successfully or not

Question 26

What creates a full congruence?

Answer 26

High group performance

high group saisfaction= full congruence

Question 27

What should always over ride one characteristic in the model?

Answer 27

the required should always over ride the preferred

Question 28

What did chellandurai recognise as the five dimensions of leadership?

Answer 28

leaders need to be adaptable
situation charactersitis- javelin - required
leader characteristics - actual
members characteristic- preferred

Question 29

what are the factors that infuence the situation?

Answer 29

The strength of the leader
the relationships
clear tasks

Question 30

What do novices prefer:

Answer 30

rewarding behaviour

Question 31

What do experts prefer?

Answer 31

Democrati and social support

Question 32

What do team members prefer?

Answer 32

Training and instruction behaviour,

Question 33

What

Question 34

what are the characteristics of an effective leader/

Answer 34

clear goal
good personana
ambitious
empathetic
compassionate 
good technical knowledge

Question 35

what is a prescribed leader?

Answer 35

A leader who has been appointed from outside f the group

non-native manager is appointed as a coach

Question 36

what is the trait theory?

Answer 36

biological
stable trait
its male
social learning is irrelavent
great man theory- traditional belief
sons inherit from fathers
born characteristics 
enduring
social learning is irrevelant

Question 37

What is the social learning theory?

Answer 37

copying
mimoracy
vicarious experiences
leadership is learnt from others
access to high status to role models is importnant
copy high status models- strong achieving models
model on successful leadership
male charismatic solve model on that behaviour
embassies social environment and socialisaiton- the su of all experiences
learned better and more likely if reinforced- law of effect- reinforced and

Question 38

what is the interactionist approach?

Answer 38

the traits and the environment interact
people might be born with leadership characteristics=- empathy and leadership skills, the situation brings them out
interaction hollander present of the behaviours. the situation requiring
passive and more active in different situations
someone would show biological/innate leadership within them who situation demands it
but someone maybe leadership in sport no where else
best current thinking

Question 39

what is accord?

Answer 39

or known as a consanant where all the groups characteristics correspond are are in aggrememnt which gets group satisfaction
autocracy dangerous situation
performers prefer autocracu
coach had success of autocrayc
correspond to group satisfaction

Question 40

what is discord?

Answer 40

Disonnance, the situation may required democracy, performers may prefer democracy but coach refers autocracy and actual
get a reduction in performance

Question 41

what are the disadvnatges of lasaiz faire?

Answer 41

provides a lack of direction- lacks leadership skills
members end up with lack of guidance
people may give up
lack of direction reduce

Question 42

what are the disadvnates of social learning?

Answer 42

Ignores traits