Leadership Flashcards
Define leader
Someone who has influence in helping others to achieve their goals
What’s the difference between the 2 different types of leader?
Emergent - appointed from within the group
Prescribed - appointed from outside the group
Qualities of a leader
- Charisma
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Empathy
- Experience
- Inspirational
- Confidence
- Organisational skills
What are the 3 styles of leadership?
Autocratic- leader makes the decisions
Democratic- decisions are made by group consultation
Laissez-faire- leader does very little and leaves the group to it
Are the styles of leaderships person or task orientated?
Autocratic = task-orientated
Democratic = person-orientated
Define Fiedler’s Model of Leadership
He suggested that the autocratic style is best used in 2 opposite situations, either good or bad.
Explain Fiedler’s model of leadership
When the situation is between good and bad, he called it a moderately favourable situation and suggested that a person-orientated style is best.
What’s a most favourable situation?
- leader has respect
- good support within the group
- high ability
- high motivation
- task is clear
- harmony between leader and group
What’s a moderately favourable situation?
- motivation is moderate
- limited support
- reasonable ability
- need for consultation
What’s a least favourable situation?
- hostility
- little respect for leader
- low ability
- no support
- task is unclear
- low motivation
- leader is weak
Define Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of leadership
The more the leader uses a style that matches the requirements of the situation and the needs of the group, then the more satisfaction would be gained from the performance.
What factors influence the situation?
- difficulty of task
- group size
- amount of time available
- danger
- age
- novice or expert
What are the 3 types of behaviour?
Required
Actual
Preferred
Define required behaviour
What the situation demands
Define actual behaviour
What the leader decides to do in relation to leadership style
Define preferred behaviour
What the group wants
