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WGU D016 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS AND ETHICS EXAM 2025
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WGU D016 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS ANDETHICS EXAM 2025
Transformational Leadership - Answer Intellectual stimulation is characterized by
enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Laissez-faire - Answer A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve
goals and perform job functions has which leadership style
Situational Leadership - Answer 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 - Answer centralizing authority, making decisions alone,
and expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions
authoritative leadership style - Answer That gives direct, clear, details instructions as
to what, when, and how work is to be done
Discipline - Answer Protecting instructional time from interruptions
Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions
Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - Answer Intellectual
stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new
ways"
Optimizer - Answer In solving a problem searches for optimal solution
order leadership style - Answer
, formal network of communication - Answer 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 - Answer 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 - Answer Information that flows from higher to lower levels
in the organization's hierarchy.
upward communication - Answer 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 - Answer When individuals communicate with other
individuals of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is
occurring
Vertical Communication - Answer 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 - Answer Communication that cuts across vertical and
horizontal channels.
wheel network - Answer a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates
the flow of information from all other members
cognitive dissonance theory - Answer 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
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