Quizlet Flashcards
Fire officer duties divided into 3 roles
Supervisor
Commander
Trainer
3 activities that are necessary to ensure a good working relationship with your supervisor (battalion chief)
- Keep your supervisor informed
- Make appropriate decisions at your level of responsibility
- Consult with your supervisor before taking major disciplinary actions or making policy changes
Management
Management looks at short time frame, a few months into the next fiscal year. Leaders are looking at longer time frames
Managers accomplish activities and master routines, leaders influence others and create vision for change
Managers are people who do things right, leaders are people who do the right thing
Developed by Robert Katz. An emphasis on skills or capabilities of a leader. Focuses on the leader, identifies a set of skills that can be developed
Skills approach
-Technical
-Human
-Conceptual
Religious leader like
Transformational leadership
The focal point of CRM in conflict resolution is to focus on
What is right, not who is right
Each team member should perform a self assessment of their ability to function as part of a team. These 4 critical areas are
- Physical conditions
- Mental conditions
- Attitude
- Understanding human behavior
Democratic leadership style is found in which management model
Team
The fire officer needs to keep the chief informed of 3 areas
- Progress toward performance goals and objectives
- Matters that may cause controversy. (In the fire house and beyond)
- Attitudes and morale of crew
Northouse summarized ____ years of research into 5 major leadership traits
60 years
- Intelligence
- Self discipline
- Determination
- Integrity
- Sociability
CRM assumes that every decision made and every action taken in the workplace are driven by
People’s value
Attitude
Beliefs
Human resource management focuses on the task of managing people using
- Physical
- Financial
- Time assets
There are 7 steps in effective delegation
- Define your desired result
- Select the appropriate firefighter
- Determine the level of delegation
- Clarify expectations and set parameters
- Give authority to match the level of responsibility
- Provide background information
- Arrange feedback during the process
3 indicators that training is needed would be
- A near miss
- A fire ground problem
- An observation performance deficiency
Conflict resolution model
- Listen and take notes: obtain as much as possible. Utilizing ACTIVE LISTENING techniques
- Paraphrase and receive feedback:
(Makes FF feel heard and the FO has a good understanding of the issue - Investigate
-ID and explain issues
-provide a complete/impartial summary event
-conclusion is recommended action plan - Take action
- Follow up with complaint
What techniques can be used that allows the firefighters to improve their problem solving skills as they relate to the code regulations
Present fact based situations
What can be used to improve ethical choices
Clear organizational rules
What is an essential component of sexual harassment
Abuse of power
What are ethical choices based upon
Value system
What is the FIRST step in the CRM task allocation phase
Knowing your own limits and the teams capacity
Which type of management style is best suited for an effective fire officer
Team
What is the most valuable outcome of the servant leadership style
Trust
What can be used to promote mutual confidence & respect between a leader and subordinates
Delegating authority
What did John kotter study when he first looked at leadership
Big city Mayors