WGU D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics Exam
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Transformational Leadership - Correct answerIntellectual stimulation is
characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Laissez-faire - Correct answerA leader who allows staff to determine how they will
achieve goals and perform job functions has which leadership style
Situational Leadership - Correct answerThe basic principle underlying situational
leadership is that the leader adapts her leadership behavior to followers' "maturity,"
based on their willingness and ability to perform a specific task.
autocratic leadership style - Correct answercentralizing authority, making decisions
alone, and expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions
authoritative leadership style - Correct answerThat gives direct, clear, details
instructions as to what, when, and how work is to be done
Discipline - Correct answerProtecting instructional time from interruptions
Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions
Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - Correct answerIntellectual
stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Optimizer - Correct answerIn solving a problem searches for optimal solution
order leadership style - Correct answer
formal network of communication - Correct answerIf the principal holds a faculty
meeting and shares information regarding the new reading program, the formal
communication network is being used
Informal network of communication - Correct answerinformal network, often referred
to as "the grapevine," does have some negative features, of which the most noted are
distortion and rumors (unsubstantiated information).
downward communication - Correct answerInformation that flows from higher to
lower levels in the organization's hierarchy.
upward communication - Correct answerInformation that flows from lower to higher
levels in the organization's hierarchy. perhaps the form of communication that is most
prone to filtering
, horizantal communication - Correct answerWhen individuals communicate with
other individuals of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is
occurring
Vertical Communication - Correct answerThe term vertical is not used here to refer
to the direction of the communication; rather, it describes a pattern that focuses on
combining upward and downward communication, making leaders more visible through
face-to-face contact.
diagonal communication - Correct answerCommunication that cuts across vertical
and horizontal channels.
wheel network - Correct answera communication network in which a gatekeeper
regulates the flow of information from all other members
cognitive dissonance theory - Correct answerthe theory that we act to reduce the
discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent.
For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can
reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes
Communication Accommodation Theory - Correct answerThe view that individuals
adjust their verbal communication to facilitate understanding.
Communication Accommodation Theory - Correct answertheory that all people
adapt their behavior to others to some extent
Barriers that interfere with effective communication - Correct answerinformation
overload, status difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal
relationships
formal networks - Correct answerthe transmission of messages established and
approved by the organizational hierarchy
informal networks - Correct answercommunications that flow along social and
relational lines
downward communication - Correct answercommunication that flows from higher to
lower levels in an organization
Chain Network Structure - Correct answerA communication network in which
information is passed from member to member, from one end of the chain to the other
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