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Leadership definitions (Connect) Use your knowledge of management terminology to answer the following questions

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Leadership definitions (Connect)

Use your knowledge of management terminology to answer the following questions.

As a general concept,leadership  

 involves influencing others to take the actions required to achieve a goal.

 

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Leadership is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals.

Amanager  

 does things right.

 

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A manager does things right.

Aleader  

 focuses more on inspiring and motivating, not problem solving.

 

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A leader focuses more on inspiring and motivating, not problem solving.

Also known as concern for production, trait  

 refers to manager behaviors that are job-focused and primarily affect employee performance.

 

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Initiating structure is the degree to which a leader structures the roles of followers by setting goals, giving directions, setting deadlines, and assigning tasks.

Also known as concern for people,consideration  

 refers to manager behaviors that are supportive and primarily affect employee satisfaction.

 

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Consideration is the extent to which a leader is friendly, approachable, and supportive and shows concern for employees.

According to Fiedler,leadership style  

 is high when there are good leader–member relations, a highly structured task, and strong position power.

 

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Situational favorableness is the degree to which a particular situation either permits or denies a leader the chance to influence the behavior of group members.

Whenposition power  

 is high, managers have the ability to reward and punish their employees, increasing managerial control over the situation.

 

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Position power is the degree to which leaders are able to hire, fire, reward, and punish workers.

Thepath–goal theory  

 says that leaders have to clarify organizational goals, take care of problems that prevent employees from reaching goals, and find rewards that will motivate employees to reach goals.

 

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The path-goal theory is a leadership theory that states that leaders can increase subordinate satisfaction and performance by clarifying and clearing the paths to goals and by increasing the number and kinds of rewards available for goal attainment.

When usingsupportive leadership  

 , managers set high goals and have high expectations for their employees.

 

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Achievement-oriented leadership is a leadership style in which the leader sets challenging goals, has high expectations of employees, and displays confidence that employees will assume responsibility and put forth extraordinary effort.

If a manager wants to know whether or not to include employees when making a specific decision, thenormative decision theory  

 , or the Vroom-Yetton-Jago model, is a good tool to use.

 

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The normative decision making theory suggests how leaders can determine an appropriate amount of employee participation when making decisions.

Two kinds oftransactional leadership  

 are charismatic leadership and transformational leadership.

 

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Visionary leadership creates a positive image of the future that motivates organizational members and provides direction for future planning and goal setting.

Caught up in their own concerns,unethical charismatics  

 are insensitive and unresponsive to their followers’ needs and aspirations.

 

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Unethical charismatics are leaders who control and manipulate followers, do what is best for themselves instead of their organizations, want to hear only positive feedback, share only information that is beneficial to themselves, and have moral standards that put their interests before everyone else’s.