Leadership and management Flashcards
1
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Leadership
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- anticipating change
- coping with change
- adopting a visionary stance
2
Q
Characteristics of leaders
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- intuitive
- solitary
- proactive
- emphatic
- attracted to situations of high risk and rewards
3
Q
Management
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- planning
- controlling
- putting appropraite structures and systems in place
4
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Characteristics of managers
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- facilitate the change
- fairly passive
- people centred operators intent on keeping the show on the road
5
Q
Executive management
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- more leadership
- long-term planning
- strategic/global objectives
- wide sphere of influence and objectives
- package of benefits
6
Q
Executive director
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- responsible for the admin of the business
- manage affairs of the company
7
Q
Non-executive director
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- part time
- act as an advisory capacity
8
Q
CEO
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ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organisation
9
Q
Board of directors
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- maintain high level oversight of operations
- in public companies, shareholders choose the individuals to promote their interests through the governance of the organisation
- in limited companies, the board is chosen by the owner
10
Q
Chairman
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- leader of the board
- presides over meetings
11
Q
Middle management
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- less leadership
- moderate sphere of influence
- more immediate planning
- tactical objectives
- limited package of benefits
12
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Supervisory management
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- limited leadership
- relatively small sphere of influence and responsibility
- short term planning
- interacts daily with the workforce
- probably no benefit package
