Dispersed leadership - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Leadership - ANSWER The process of influencing people to accomplish goals What influences people - ANSWER character and integrity Framework for most leadership research prior to mid-1940s - ANSWER Great Man & Trait Theories: "Some people are born to lead" and a certain set of personality traits of great leaders could be described Great Man & Trait Theories - ANSWER "Some people are born to lead" and a certain set of personality traits of great leaders could be described Behavioral The...

CCM FINAL Exam 108 Questions with Verified Answers Organizational structure + variables that influence it - CORRECT ANSWER describes the way an institution is organized to carry out its objectives and pursue its projects variables that influence: 1. size 2. business environment 3. internal/external factors forms of organizational structure - CORRECT ANSWER 1. geographic structure 2. functional structure 3. product structure 4. mixed structure 5. matrix structure 6. net...

CHALLENGING ROLES AND IMPACT ON TEACHER AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS CONTENT I. OVERVIEW Page 2 II. BACKGROUND PAPER 5 1. Introduction: Schools are seen as increasingly important 5 2. Approaches to school governance and the changing role of school leaders 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Old Public Administration 6 2.3 New Public Management 8 2.4 Organisational Learning 11 2.5 Inconsistent demands 13 2.6 Summary 14 3. Ways in which school leaders strengthen teacher recruitment...

Adam Smith Father of Economics Responsible for Division of Labor 1776: Tasks are subdivided into individual jobs Employees perform only the tasks relevant to their specialized function Jobs tend to be small, but they can be performed efficiently Proposes that production can be increased by dividing labor on to similar tasks Frederick Winslow Taylor Scientific Management 1911: Developed standard method for performing each job Selected workers with appropriate abilities for ...

Employees A and B work together on the same project team. When the team faces a complex problem, the team leader usually asks B to generate alternative solutions for the team to consider. Experience has shown that B is more likely to take initiative, to set ambitious goals, and to feel that the team can effectively influence its environment. Employee A tends to do well on jobs that are routine, is plagued with self doubt, and feels that the team is largely powerless over its environment. Employ...

APTD Practice Test (Instructional Design) Which instructional mode provides the highest learning retention rate? - Teaching Others (Instructional Design) Allowing learners to take charge of their own learning is an example of which adult learning principle? - Autonomy (Instructional Design) What should the essential components of a leadership development program address? - The specific performance needs of the organization and the manager/leader (Instructional Design) Which is a ...

Blake-Mouton Theory Highest to lowest (R to L, Top to Bottom): 1: Team Leader 2. Country Club 3. Middle of the Road 4. Authoritarian 5. Improverished Leader Hersey-Blanchard's Situational Leadership -No ideal leadership type, but style should match maturity of employees. -Flex to situation or to people involved. Fiedler's Contingency Theory -Certain leaderhip styles more favorable for certain situations. -Don't train/change leaders style-change situations. -leader-mem...

Manager's functions planning organizing controlling leading Planning defining goals and strategies Organizing distributing tasks Controlling monitoring activities and make corrections Leading motivating directing selective most effective form of communication Manager Roles interpersonal decisional Interpersonal figurehead leader liaison Decisional entrepreneur disturbance handler resource allocation negotiation Manager ...

Manager's functions planning organizing controlling leading Planning defining goals and strategies Organizing distributing tasks Controlling monitoring activities and make corrections Leading motivating directing selective most effective form of communication Manager Roles interpersonal decisional Interpersonal figurehead leader liaison Decisional entrepreneur disturbance handler resource allocation negotiation Manager ...

WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Latest Update Graded A+ Define Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) An introspective self-report questionnaire designed to indicate psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. Define Big Five personality traits (aka, The five-factor model (FFM) Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, emotional stability Define OB Organizational behavior is the study of the way people interact within groups. Termi...