Week 1 Notes Flashcards
What are the seven different group roles?
1) the expert
2) the facilitator
3) the enforcer
4) the devil’s advocate
5) the mediator
6) the follower
7) the blocker
Which role in a group is this:
brings personal expertise to the group
the expert
Which role in a group is this:
acts as a guide for the group
the facilitator
Which role in a group is this:
reminds the group of rules and time limits
the enforcer
Which role in a group is this:
challenges group decisions
the devil’s advocate
Which role in a group is this:
mediates differences among members
the mediator
Which role in a group is this:
goes along with the other members
the follower
Which role in a group is this:
actively disrupts the group’s progress
the blocker
What is an urban legend?
apocryphal stories involving rather fantastic contemporary incidents which have a tantalizing bit of plausibility to them
What does FOAF stand for?
Friend of a Friend
What are the different historical leadership styles?
1) Pre-Heroic
2) Heroic
3) Anti-Hero
4) Unheroic
5) False Heroic
What was the Pre-Heroic leadership style like?
- Hunting and gathering.
- Band level.
- Elders handled all conflicts.
What are examples of the Heroic leadership style like?
Alexander the Great, 356-323 B.C.
- Risk life alongside troops.
- Aggressive, exemplary, risk taker.
- Skill at arms, bold of speech, partier.
Amina the Nigerian Queen, 1560-1610
What are examples of the Anti-Hero leadership style like?
Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852.
- Gentleman.
- Prepared to fight, but without theatrics.
- Not as close to troops (snipers-technology).
Catherine the Great Empress of Russia. 1729-1796
What are examples of the Unheroic leadership style like?
Ulysses S. Grant.
- No better than his men.
- Ideal democratic leader.
- Takes advantage of opportunities.
Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel, 1898-1978
