D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics
Transformational Leadership - ANS Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Laissez-faire - ANS A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals and perform job ...
Transformational Leadership - ANS Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling
"followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Laissez-faire - ANS A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals and
perform job functions has which leadership style
Situational Leadership - ANS The 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 - ANS centralizing authority, making decisions alone, and expecting
followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions
authoritative leadership style - ANS That gives direct, clear, details instructions as to what,
when, and how work is to be done
Discipline - ANS Protecting instructional time from interruptions
Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions
Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - ANS Intellectual stimulation is
characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Optimizer - ANS In solving a problem searches for optimal solution
order leadership style - ANS
formal network of communication - ANS If 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 - ANS informal 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 - ANS Information that flows from higher to lower levels in the
organization's hierarchy.
upward communication - ANS Information 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 - ANS When individuals communicate with other individuals of the
same status in the organization, horizontal communication is occurring
Vertical Communication - ANS The 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 - ANS Communication that cuts across vertical and horizontal
channels.
wheel network - ANS a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates the flow of
information from all other members
cognitive dissonance theory - ANS the 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 - ANS The view that individuals adjust their verbal
communication to facilitate understanding.
Communication Accommodation Theory - ANS theory that all people adapt their behavior to
others to some extent
Barriers that interfere with effective communication - ANS information overload, status
difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal relationships
formal networks - ANS the transmission of messages established and approved by the
organizational hierarchy
informal networks - ANS communications that flow along social and relational lines
downward communication - ANS communication that flows from higher to lower levels in an
organization
Chain Network Structure - ANS A communication network in which information is passed from
member to member, from one end of the chain to the other
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