Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation Flashcards

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Qualities of Leadership

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  • Occurs at all levels of the organization
  • Does not require a charismatic personality
  • Relational process
  • Culturally influenced
  • Develops over life
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Requirements of Leadership

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  • Learned behavior
  • Teachable
  • Requires follower-ship
  • Involves purposeful change that satisfies collective needs and aspirations
  • Includes the components of effectiveness and ethics
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Leadership Theories

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  • before the 1980’s, there were the traditional leadership

- after 1980’s, there are the modern leadership theory

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What are the traditional leadership theories?

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  • Trait Theory
  • Behavioral Theory
  • Contingency Theory
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What are the modern leadership theories?

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Transformational

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Early (Trait) Theories

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  • 1940s and 1950s
  • Identified traits that could distinguish leaders from non-leaders
  • implies that leaders are born and individuals without these traits cannot be leaders
  • criticisms: fails to take into account other factors (situational and environmental)
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Behavioral Theory

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  • 1950s to 1960s
  • Shifting from leaders to leadership
  • Leadership can be taught and developed
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What are the different behavioral theory?

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  • Autocratic
  • Democratic
  • Laissez-Faire
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Autocratic

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Leaders make all decisions with little or no input from employees

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Democratic

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Consult with subordinates and allow for input during decision-making processes

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Laissez-Faire

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Allow employees complete autonomy

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Contingency Theory

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  • Late 1960s
  • There is no best way to lead.
  • Instead, the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) on the several contextual factors
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With respect to the contingency theory, what are the contextual factors that contribute to the optimal course of action?

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  • relationship between leader and subordinate
  • degree of power held by leader
  • structure of task
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Traditional vs. Modern Leadership

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  • Traditional: task oriented, maintain good relations with the leader by exchanging promises of reward for performance
  • Modern: relationship oriented, reflected business environment, includes factors related to crisis, change, and turning around a failing business
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Transformational Leadership

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  • Modern
  • Make subordinates conscious of the importance and value of their task outcomes
  • Provide followers with a vision and motivation to go beyond self-interest for the good of the organization
  • Create an environment that supports exploration, experimentation, risk-taking, and sharing of ideas.
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Hallmarks of Effective Leaders

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  • Modeling
  • Mentoring
  • Motivating
  • Monitoring
  • Multiplying Successes
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Modeling

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Employees will replicate leader behavior

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Mentoring

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Leaders serve as instructors for personal development

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Motivating

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Leaders motivate employees to be responsible for their behavior

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Monitoring

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Leaders ensure efficient operation of the organization

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Multiplying Successes

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Individuals given greater responsibility will more likely work toward improving the organization

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What are the ways to help develop leadership skills in others?

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  • experience
  • delegating tasks
  • evaluate tools
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What are examples of leadership evaluative tools?

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  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  • The Thomas Killman Conflict Mode Instrument
  • The StrengthsFinder Profile
  • DISC Assessment
  • The Strength Deployment Inventory
  • 360-Degree Feedback
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What are ways to develop leadership skills as a student pharmacist?

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  • Observe mentors and preceptors at work and on rotations
  • Discuss your leadership style with those close to you
  • Become active in local, state, and national organizations to build relationships and network
  • Take a leadership evaluation tool
  • Attend pharmacy leadership programs
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define entrepreneurship

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The process by which individuals pursue opportunities without regard to resources they currently control.

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What are the implications of entrepreneurship?

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  • It is a process that can be taught and repeatable

- Implies characteristics of passion and perseverance

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characteristics of entrepreneurs

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  • High level of achievement motivation
  • Internal locus of control
  • Tolerance for ambiguity
  • Decisive
  • Good at external relationship building
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steps in the entrepreneurial process

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  1. Identify an opportunity (Idea generation)
  2. Develop the concept (Research)
  3. Determine the Required Resources (People and Product)
  4. Acquire the Necessary Resources ($)
  5. Implement and Manage (Monitor, reinvestment, expansion)
  6. Harvest the Venture (Incorporate new concepts/products, license rights, family succession, sell)
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steps to sell an idea

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  • What is the benefit?
  • How is the opportunity mew and different?
  • What is the reason to believe?
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measures to protect intellectual property

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  • Copyright Protection
  • Trademarks
  • Patents
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define intellectual property (IP)

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A work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights.

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Copyright Protection

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  • Easiest and least costly to acquire ($30)

- Least amount of protection - Only protects original work (not ideas, processes, or methods)

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Trademarks

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  • Moderately expensive ($750)
  • Protects names, brands, logos, and other marketing devices
  • “Trademark” for “Marketing”
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Patents

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  • Most expensive and time consuming (Thousands $$$, 2 years)
  • Protects idea, method, and design of products and businesses
  • Patent expiration: 17 years from grant date; 20 years from first filing date
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Timing

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First-Mover Advantage – rewards gained by early entry into a market

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Competition

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Competitive convergence – most companies focus on matching and beating rivals, and as a result their strategies tend to converge along the same basic dimensions

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Literary, musical, graphic, or sculptural works can be protected by what?

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Copyright Protection

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Motion pictures and other audio-visual works can be protected by what?

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Copyright Protection

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Derivative of protected works, such as a sequel (Star Wars) can be protected by what?

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Copyright Protection

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Original compilation of facts, such as a field guide can be protected by what?

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Copyright Protection

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Name – Coco Chanel can be protected by what?

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Trademark Protection

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Symbols – McDonald’s golden arch can be protected by what?

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Trademark Protection

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Catchphrases – Just Do It. can be protected by what?

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Trademark Protection

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Figure or Mascot – Geico gecko can be protected by what?

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Trademark Protection

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Lyrics can be protected by what?

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Trademark Protection