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Leadership Flashcards

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10 qualities of effective leaders are:

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Good communication skills

Effective decision making

Enthusiasm

Knowledge of the activity

Empathy

Clear goals

Charisma

Motivation

Good organisational skills

Confidence

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Leadership is the…

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Behavioural process influencing individuals and groups towards set goals

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3 leadership theories:

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Great Man theory

Social learning theory

Interactionist theory

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Great man theory (TRAIT THEORY)

Suggests that leaders…

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Inherit specific personality traits which enable them to be good leaders

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Social learning theory suggests:

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You learn to be a good leader from others

Explains that interaction with the environment has to happen to develop and produce good leaders and leadership

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Interactionist theory combines both the

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Great man theory and the social learning theory to explain that good leader is a combination of the traits that you are BORN with as well as you learning to develop on the environmental interaction to become a good leader

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Leaders are appointed in 2 ways

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Prescribed

Emergent

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Prescribed leaders tend to be:

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Chosen or selected by others of a high authority

Have best ideas and drive

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Emergent leaders simply

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Emerge from the group and take
Charge

Tend to keep the harmony of group

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Prescribed leaders are thought to be good for..

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Bringing in new ideas, but they can be somewhat disruptive to group harmony

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Emerged leaders are thought to..

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Maintain group harmony but struggle to bring fresh ideas to the table

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4 factors that leadership depends on are:

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Leader’s qualities
The style of leadership that the leader adopts
The type of situation involved
The follower’s qualities

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3 main styles of leadership:

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Autocratic style

Democratic style

Laissez-faire style

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Not suggested that just one style is always used. A good leader should be able to:

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Assess the situation and required outcome and tailor their leadership style and behaviour towards the group in the most appropriate way

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Details of autocratic style :

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Leader dictates actions
Little input from group in decision making
Not concerned with interpersonal relationships within group
Task-orientated
Group works hard when leader present

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Autocratic best used when:

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Task needs to be quickly completed
Complex or dangerous task
Big group size
Participants are older but less experienced 
Males normally respond best
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Details of democratic:

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Leader encourages the group to discuss ideas and become involved  in decision making process
Leader makes final decision
Oversees completion of task
More relaxed and informative
Group left = continue to work together
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Democratic is best used when:

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Younger or individual performers
Female performers
More elite performers
Smaller groups

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Details of laissez-faire:

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Leader leaves group to own devices
Allows group to make own decisions
Offering only a little bit of help/guidance
Passive/observing approach
Task may not be completed/longer to complete
Group could become frustrated with one another and give up easily

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Laissez-faire best used when:

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More experienced performers which have a good knowledge and understanding of task
Smaller groups

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Fielder’s contingency model suggests that:

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Leaders should decide whether to be task or person orientated in their leadership style

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(FCM) task orientated leaders focus on the

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Performance of the team

Autocratic approach

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(FCM) a person orientated leader develops

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Interpersonal relationships
Keeps open lines of communication and maintains a positive social interaction
Democratic approach
(AKA RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATED)

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(FCM) Leaders can change orientation depending on the situation as they need to adapt their style to meet the demands of

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The situations

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(FCM) favourable situations =

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An ideal situation

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The favourableness of a situation is based on:

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The relationship between the leader and group

The leader’s position of power and authority

The task structure

Resources available

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(FCM)Whether the situation is favourable or unfavourable should determine the

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Type of leadership style used

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(FCM) a favourable situation which consists of a leader highly respected by the group
A group of high ability and high motivation levels should use a leadership of

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Task-orientated

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(FCM) a moderately favourable situation with a leader reasonably respected by the group of reasonable ability and reasonable motivation levels should use

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Person-orientated type of leadership

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(FCM)Unfavourable situation when the leaders position is weak with a group of low ability and low motivation should use

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Task orientated leadership

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Chelladurai’s multidimensional model (1980) the characteristics/antecedents must be

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Considered before leadership style is chosen

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3 characteristics of the multidimensional model:

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Situational
Leader
Member

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(Multidimensional model) situational characteristics are:

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Activity/sport
Strength of opposition
Environmental conditions 
Number in groups
Time constraints
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(Multidimensional model)

Leader characteristics are:

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Experience of leader
Personality of leader
Preference of style

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(Multidimensional model)

Member characteristics are:

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What the group look like
Group's personalities
Age
Gender
Motivation level
Competence level
Experience
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(Multidimensional model)

Situational characteristics leads to

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Required behaviour

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(Multidimensional model) required behaviour is

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What is actually needed for this purpose (depending on situation and task)

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(Multidimensional model) leader characteristics leads to

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Actual behaviour

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(Multidimensional model) actual behaviour

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What does that leader actually choose to use in terms of leadership style

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(Multidimensional model)Member characteristics leads to

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Preferred behaviour

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(Multidimensional model) preferred behaviour is

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What do the group members prefer that leader to behave like - their preferred style of leadership depending on their skill and goal

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(Multidimensional model) if the 3 behaviours (required/actual/preferred) agree or are more closely related then

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Greater chance of high group satisfaction/performance

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