Leadership Flashcards
What are some qualities of an effective leader?
- Communication skills
- Effective decision making
- Enthusiasm
- Expert knowledge
- Organisation
- Ability to motivate
- Empathy/understanding
What is autocratic leadership and what situations would you need to use it in?
- Task orientated
- Dictator style
- Very direct in their approach
- limited time
- complex/dangerous task
- large number of people/performers
- clear/specific goal
- decisions need to be made quickly
What is democratic leadership and what situations would you need to use it in?
- Person orientated
- Sympathetic to group - decisions made after seeking their opinion
- lots of time available
- easy task
- small number of people
- unclear/challenging goals that require opinions
What is Laissez fair leadership and what situations would you need to use it in?
- Provides little support or input into decisions/tasks
- Lets team members do as they wish
- time available
- experienced performers
- autonomous learners
- high levels of motivation
- no danger
What are the two ways in which a leader can be determined?
Prescribed leader - appointed by external authority to lead the group
Emergent leader - appointed/approved by group
What is Fiedler’s contingency model?
- Leaders should decide whether to be task or person orientated in their leadership style
- That decision should depend upon the favourableness of the situation
Describe the conditions of each favourableness of a situation and state the type of leadership most suited
Most favourable (task orientated) - Clear discipline, highly respected, high ability, high motivation, clear/specific goals
Moderately favourable (person orientated) - Friendly relationship with group, limited resources, limited support, moderate motivation
Least favourable (task orientated) - Poor relationship, large group, authority questioned, low ability, poor motivation, complex task
