WGU C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People

C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People 4.8 (4 reviews) Students also studied Terms in this set (49) Western Governors UniversityC 202 Save WGU C202 Objective Assessment St...70 terms deowens1977Preview WGU C202 Final Quiz Ch 1-14 71 terms April_Purcell7 Preview C200 - Leadership Theories

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ethangriswold Preview FS Man 33 terms mik What are the 7 theories of leadership?Trait Leadership Theory Behavioral leadership Theory Transactional Leadership Theory Transformational Leadership Theory Servant Leadership Theory Situational Leadership Theory Participative Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on inherent leadership qualities and characteristics that determine a leader's performance and effectiveness?Trait Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on actions and behaviors that determine a leader's performance and effectiveness?Behavioral Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on the transaction between leaders and followers that determines a leader's performance and effectiveness?Transactional Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on changes in followers and organizations that determine a leader's performance and effectiveness?Transformational Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on service in the development of followers and organizations to determine the leader's performance and effectiveness?Servant Leadership Theory

What leadership theory focuses on the leader's ability to adapt to various situations which determine the leader's performance and effectiveness?Situational Leadership Theory What leadership theory focuses on the interactive and collaborative strategies for engagement that determine a leader's performance and effectiveness?Participative Leadership Theory What are the characteristics for Trait Leadership Theory? Certain traits are required for leaders: energy, age, status, mobility, education, intelligence What are some of the arguments against the Trait Leadership Theory?Difficult to validate characteristics and effectiveness No trait would guarantee leadership success What are the three overarching leadership theories and their focus?Trait theories- based in hereditary traits Behavioral- focus on behavioral styles of leadership Contingency- varying leadership styles based on variety of situations This leadership theory is task focused, has clear incentive/reward + punishment, and clear definition of goals and expectations Transactional Leadership Theory This leadership theory is people focused, helps followers and internalizes organizational goals, has powerful morale, motivational and team building skills.Transformational Leadership Theory This leadership theory adapts leader style to situation, ability to assess followers level of maturity and readiness for responsibility, highly flexible and able to understand the needs and abilities of others.Situational Leadership Theory This leadership theory sets others up for success by identifying and serving their needs first, strongly relies on shared authority of understanding, focus on growth and well-being with a belief that successful outcomes will follow.Servant Leadership Theory This leadership theory emphasizes the interactive and democratic styles, seeks input in decision-making and shares all available knowledge with others, easily shares authority and relies on consensus.Participative Leadership Theory What are the four pillars of corporate responsibility? Leadership Ethics Trust Personal Responsibility What are the four facts about managerial workActivities are characterized by brevity, variety, and discontinuity Involves performing a number of regular duties (ceremonies, negotiations) Strongly favor verbal media and phone calls over meetings Most of their knowledge is locked in their brains-no one knows it

What are the 7 ways of leading (action logics)? Opportunist Diplomat Expert Achiever Individualist Strategist Alchemist What are the characteristics and strengths of the Opportunist?Win any way possible, self-oriented, manipulative Good in emergencies and sales opportunities What are the characteristics of the Diplomat?Avoids conflict, wants to belong, obeys group norms Helps bring people together What are the characteristics of the Expert?Rules by logic and expertise. Seeks rational efficiency.Good as an individual contributor What are the characteristics of the Achiever?Meets strategic goals. Works through teams, juggles managerial duties Well suited to managerial roles, action and goal oriented What are the characteristics of the Individualist? Interweaves competing personal and company action logics, resolve gaps between strategy and performance Effective in venture and consulting roles What are the characteristics of the Strategist?Generates organizational and personal transformations Effective as a transformational leader What are the two least effective styles for organizational leadership?Opportunist and Diplomat What are the most effective styles for organizational leadership?Strategist and Alchemist What are the four categories of the 11 leadership practices?Leader-centered practices Shared responsibility practices Employee capacity-building practices Employee behavioral practices What are the leader-centered practices?Organizational visioning Motivational communication Modeling desired behavior What are the shared responsibility practices?Encouraging employee input and feedback Soliciting creative employee solutions Shared decision-making What are the employee capacity-building practices? Relationship-building Confidence-building practices Coaching practices

What are the employee behavioral practices?Performance expectations Performance rewards What is the focus of Hofstede's framework?Country-level culture studies (does it matter, how much) What are the two reception points for an individual's learning system?Knowledge and experience What does the single learning-loop consist of? Consists of both knowledge and experience that is interpreted through reflection (contemplation) which enhances self-awareness on the part of the learner.What does the whole brain leadership model mean? A means for mental processing of leadership concepts as they relate to specific supervisory and managerial job functions.What does the whole brain leadership model require? Fusion of knowledge (cognition) with experience (visceral representation) through a reflective (contemplation) process intended to enhance leadership self- awareness (evolution).Define Frederick Winslow Taylor's Scientific Management Employers could get the most out of their workers if they broke labor projects into their various parts and trained laborers to specialize in each particular station of production.Improve production to maximum efficiency What is the Great Man Theory?Proposes that certain men are born to lead and when crises arise these men step up to take their natural place.What is the Trait Theory?Only men with the in-born characteristics for leadership will be successful leaders. 10 best traits and skills of effective leaders are listed (ability to influence, self-confidence, persistence, etc.)

What are Kurt Lewin's 3 Leadership Styles?Autocratic: leader made all decisions

Democratic leader: members of organization are included in decision-making

Liaises Faire leader: leader players minimal role in decision-making

What is the Leader-Member Exchange Theory? Focuses on quality of relationships and interactions between leaders and followers What are the four quadrants of the Situational Leadership Theory?Directing Coaching Supporting Delegating What is the Path-Goal Theory?Subordinates will be motivated if they think they are capable of the work, if they will get a reward, and if the reward is worthwhile (expectancy theory) What are the four concepts of Transformational Leadership?

Idealized Influence: leader is role model

Inspirational Motivation: Leader inspires through high expectations

Intellectual Stimulation: followers stimulated to think outside the box, creative and innovative

Individualized Consideration: leader supports by meeting employee needs and

desires