NCM 119 - 1: NURSING LEADERSHIP &
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Leadership - ANSWER The act of influencing and motivating a group of people to act in the same
direction towards achieving a common goal.
Management - ANSWER The process of leading and directing an organization to meet its goal through
the use of appropriate resources.
Leadership - ANSWER Do not have delegated authority but obtain their power through other means,
such as influence.
Management - ANSWER Legitimate source of power to the delegated authority.
Leadership - ANSWER Focus on group process, information gathering, feedback, & empowering others
- Strong control is maintained over the work group
- Others are motivated by coercion
- Communication flows downward
- Decision-making does nto involve others
- Emphasis is on difference in status ("I" & "you")
- Criticism is punitive
Laissez-faire - ANSWER Leadership style where:
- It is permissive, w/ little or no control
- Motivates by support when requested by the group
- Provides little or no direction
- Uses upward and downward communication between members of the group
- Disperses decision-making throughout the group
- Places emphasis on the group
- Does not criticize
Contigency approach - ANSWER Fiedler (1967) suggests that not one leadership style is ideal for every
situation.
Contigency approach - ANSWER Interelationships between the group's leader and its member were most
influenced by the manager's ability to be a good leader.
Fiedler - ANSWER Who developed the Contingency Theory of Leadership?
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