Week 4 Notes

Question 1

What Does Leadership Mean?

Answer 1

influencing the community to

1) follow the leader’s vision
2) face its problems

Question 2

________ __________ is the ability to clarify values and make progress on the problems those values define.

Answer 2

Adaptive Capacity

Question 3

What is the difference between an adaptive problem and a technical problem?

Answer 3

adaptive problem- no adequate response has been developed

technical problem- we already know how to respond to

Question 4

Is this an adaptive problem or technical problem:

increase penalty for drunk driving or take medication for low blood pressure

Answer 4

technical problem

Question 5

Is this an adaptive problem or technical problem:

changing lifestyle to eat healthy or encourage nurses to challenge physicians

Answer 5

adaptive problem

Question 6

_________ work diminishes the gap between the values people stand for and the reality they face.

Answer 6

Adaptive

Question 7

Adaptive work diminishes the gap between the _______ people stand for and the _______ they face.

Answer 7

values

reality

Question 8

What is the hardest and most valuable task of leadership?

Answer 8

Advancing goals and designing strategy that promote adaptive work

Question 9

________ _________ is an important part of adaptive work.

Answer 9

Reality testing

Question 10

What’s reality testing?

Answer 10

It’s weighing one interpretation of a problem and its sources of evidence against others

Question 11

What are the 5 social functions of dominance?

Answer 11

1) Direction of activity
2) Protecting the group from predators
3) Orienting members to their status and place
4) Controlling conflict
5) Maintaining norms

Question 12

True or False: Dominance equals leadership

Answer 12

False; Dominance does not equal leadership

Question 13

___________ is asserting dominance

Answer 13

Displacement

Question 14

What is the response of an informal group under stress?

Answer 14

• Establishes a hierarchy of roles
• Informally selects and authorizes an authority
• Looks to the authority for certain services

Question 15

___________ is gained by coercion or habitual deference

________ is voluntary and conscious

Answer 15

Dominance

Authority

Question 16

Dominance is gained by _______ or _______ ________

Authority is _________ and _________

Answer 16

coercion
habitual deference
voluntary
conscious

Question 17

True or False: Dominance and Authority can overlap

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Authority, is ________ ______ to perform a _______

Answer 18

conferred power

service

Question 19

________, can be given and can be taken away

Answer 19

Authority

Question 20

Authority, is conferred as part of an __________

Answer 20

exchange

Question 21

Authority, can be given to someone else if the ________ is not kept

Answer 21

bargain

Question 22

_______ is possession of control, authority, or influence over others

Answer 22

Power

Question 23

Power is possession of _______, ________, or _________ over others

Answer 23

control
authority
influence

Question 24

What are the different types of power?

Answer 24

1) Coercive
2) Reward
3) Legitimate
4) Expert
5) Referent
6) Information

Question 25

Is this authority or power:

right to do something

Answer 25

authority

Question 26

Is this authority or power:

derived from organization position

Answer 26

authority

Question 27

Is this authority or power:

always flows downward, can be delegated

Answer 27

authority

Question 28

Is this authority or power:

legitimate

Answer 28

authority

Question 29

Is this authority or power:

narrow term

Answer 29

authority

Question 30

Is this authority or power:

ability to do something

Answer 30

power

Question 31

Is this authority or power:

derived from many sources

Answer 31

power

Question 32

Is this authority or power:

flows in all directions

Answer 32

power

Question 33

Is this authority or power:

may be illegitimate

Answer 33

power

Question 34

Is this authority or power:

broad concept

Answer 34

power