Leadership

Question 1

what are the characteristics of a good leader?

Answer 1

organised 
determined 
confident 
inspirational 
knowledgeable
good decision maker 
visionary 
good communicator

Question 2

what is the definition of a leader?

Answer 2

behaviour process of influencing individuals or group towards a goal

Question 3

according to carron what are the 3 types of leader?

Answer 3

prescribed

emergent

Question 4

what is a prescribed leader?

Answer 4

appointed from an external source to the team e.g. voted or appointed by chairperson

Question 5

what is a emergent leader?

Answer 5

comes from the group and is selected

Question 6

what is a social architect?

Answer 6

emerging as a leader to influence team

Question 7

what does trait theory suggest about leadership?

Answer 7

born

great man theory- male born

Question 8

what does social learning theory suggest about leadership?

Answer 8

behaviour is learnt via environment

player watches captain controlling team and will copy in similar situations

Question 9

what does internationalist theories suggest?

Answer 9

combines trait and social learning

takes into account different situations need different leadership styles/ characteristics of group/ outcome

Question 10

according to internationalists what are the different leadership styles?

Answer 10

autocratic
democratic
laissez-faire

Question 11

what is the autocratic leadership style?

Answer 11

dictatorial , make most decisions , little interest in individual (task orientated)

Question 12

what is democratic leadership style ?

Answer 12

values views of members, decisions shared , interested in individuals (person orientated)

Question 13

what is laissez-faire leadership style ?

Answer 13

few decisions made , very little feedback given , members do as they wish

Question 14

what is fieder contingency model categories of leader?

Answer 14

task orientated- lead due to their understanding, knowledge and experience main focus is getting job done
person- orientated- well motivated, strong interpersonal skills , be aware of how to get best out of individuals rather than just task

Question 15

what is known as a favourable situation?

Answer 15

good student teacher relationship 
leader highly respected by group 
group of high ability 
highly motivated group 
good support network 
task is simple or unambigious

Question 16

what is known as unfavourable situation?

Answer 16

poor relationship with group 
leader is weak 
group of low ability 
low motivated/ poor discipline 
weak support network 
task is complex with no clear structure

Question 17

what is known as a moderately favourable situation?

Answer 17

friendly relationship 
group prefer to consult with leader 
reasonable ability 
moderate motivation 
some support offered 
task has no definite task-orientated outcome

Question 18

what does the effectiveness of each situation depend on?

Answer 18

relationship between group and leader
the leaders position
the task structure
the favourableness of a situation

Question 19

what does chelladuras suggest?

Answer 19

a multi dimension model

sees leadership and adaption of approach/style as a process

Question 20

what are the 3 steps of the model?

Answer 20

1- characteristics of session
2-type of leader
3-leads to consequence

Question 21

what are the characteristics of a session that need to be considered ?

Answer 21

situation- task difficulty, opposition , group size, activity, time
leader- personality, experience, skill, preferred style
group-ability, motivation, age , gender

Question 22

what type of leader characteristics need to be considered?

Answer 22

required behaviour- task and situation, dependant
actual- leaders action in a situation e.g. clear effective instruction
preferred behaviour- what the group want depending on their skill and goals

Question 23

what are the consequences ?

Answer 23

quality of performance

levels of satisfaction