Week 4 Notes Flashcards
What Does Leadership Mean?
influencing the community to
1) follow the leader’s vision
2) face its problems
________ __________ is the ability to clarify values and make progress on the problems those values define.
Adaptive Capacity
What is the difference between an adaptive problem and a technical problem?
adaptive problem- no adequate response has been developed
technical problem- we already know how to respond to
Is this an adaptive problem or technical problem:
increase penalty for drunk driving or take medication for low blood pressure
technical problem
Is this an adaptive problem or technical problem:
changing lifestyle to eat healthy or encourage nurses to challenge physicians
adaptive problem
_________ work diminishes the gap between the values people stand for and the reality they face.
Adaptive
Adaptive work diminishes the gap between the _______ people stand for and the _______ they face.
values
reality
What is the hardest and most valuable task of leadership?
Advancing goals and designing strategy that promote adaptive work
________ _________ is an important part of adaptive work.
Reality testing
What’s reality testing?
It’s weighing one interpretation of a problem and its sources of evidence against others
What are the 5 social functions of dominance?
1) Direction of activity
2) Protecting the group from predators
3) Orienting members to their status and place
4) Controlling conflict
5) Maintaining norms
True or False: Dominance equals leadership
False; Dominance does not equal leadership
___________ is asserting dominance
Displacement
What is the response of an informal group under stress?
- Establishes a hierarchy of roles
- Informally selects and authorizes an authority
- Looks to the authority for certain services
___________ is gained by coercion or habitual deference
________ is voluntary and conscious
Dominance
Authority
Dominance is gained by _______ or _______ ________
Authority is _________ and _________
coercion
habitual deference
voluntary
conscious
True or False: Dominance and Authority can overlap
True
Authority, is ________ ______ to perform a _______
conferred power
service
________, can be given and can be taken away
Authority
Authority, is conferred as part of an __________
exchange
Authority, can be given to someone else if the ________ is not kept
bargain
_______ is possession of control, authority, or influence over others
Power
Power is possession of _______, ________, or _________ over others
control
authority
influence
What are the different types of power?
1) Coercive
2) Reward
3) Legitimate
4) Expert
5) Referent
6) Information
Is this authority or power:
right to do something
authority
Is this authority or power:
derived from organization position
authority
Is this authority or power:
always flows downward, can be delegated
authority
Is this authority or power:
legitimate
authority
Is this authority or power:
narrow term
authority
Is this authority or power:
ability to do something
power
Is this authority or power:
derived from many sources
power
Is this authority or power:
flows in all directions
power
Is this authority or power:
may be illegitimate
power
Is this authority or power:
broad concept
power
