MGMT 592 Flashcards
Week 4: Midterm Review
Is leadership a science or an art?
Page 5: Leadership Is Both a Science and an Art
Is leadership rational or emotional?
Page 6: Leadership Is Both Rational and Emotional
What is the difference between managers and leaders?
Pages 8-9: Among them: Leaders do the right things, whereas managers do things right.
Are leaders born or made?
Pages 13-14: Myth: Leaders Are Born, Not Made
What role does experience play in leadership development?
Chapters 1-3: Leaders develop the ability to learn from experience.
Why people fail to learn from experience?
Pages 46-67: Experience is not just a matter of what events happen to you; it also depends on how you perceive those events.
What were the Milgram experiments and their impact?
Page 124: One intriguing way to understand power, influence, and influence tactics is to read a synopsis of Stanley Milgram’s classic work on obedience.
How to explain the “I was just following orders” paradigm?
Pages 131-133: Reasonable, normal people, when put in a situation where authority tell them to behave in a nefarious manner, for the most part do just that.
How does obedience relate to power in leadership?
Pages 124-134: People’s obedience are influenced by diverse circumstances.
What are the four basic potential ethical dilemmas faced by leaders (or anyone?)
Pages 164-165: Rushworth Kidder identified four ethical dilemmas that are common to our experience and that serve as models or paradigms.
What are three principles that characterize types of ethical thinking?
Page 165: Kidder offers three principles for resolving ethical dilemmas.
What are the main motivational theories in leadership?
Chapter 9: Five Motivational Approaches
What is the difference between a team and a group?
Pages 392-394: Differences exist between group work and teamwork.
What are the developmental stages of groups?
Pages 397-399: “Just as children go through different stages of development, so do groups.”
What are some factors from the team leadership model?
Pages 415-429: Team Leadership Model or TLM
