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Management Exam 1
Question | Answer |
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What are the five bases of power? | Referent, Expert, Legitimate, Reward & Coercive |
What is referent power? | Based on followers' identification and liking for the leader. A teacher who is adored by students has referent power. |
What is expert power? | Based on followers' perceptions of the leader's competence. A tour guide who is knowledgeable about a foreign country has expert power. |
What is legitimate power? | Associated with having status or formal job authority. A judge who administers sentences in the courtroom exhibits legitimate power. |
What is reward power? | Derived from having the capacity to provide rewards to others. A supervisor who gives rewards to employees who work hard is using reward power. |
What is coercive power? | Derived from having the capacity to penalize or punish others. A coach who sits players on the bench for being late to practice is using coercive power. |
What are the types and bases of power? | There is position power and personal power. Position power includes: legitimate, reward and coercive. Personal power includes: referent and expert. |
Difference between management & leadership | Management produces order and consistency, leadership produces change and movement |
What are the foundations of leadership? | Sociology, affect, psychology |
What are two evolutionary theories of leadership? | Byproduct dominance and leadership as strategy of social coordination |
What is theory of byproduct dominance? | Competes for scare resources, whoever occupies the top of the hierarchy will become the leader. Advantages: parsimonious (frugal with resources). Disadvantages: some leaders are "dominant" & "controlling" |
What is theory of leadership as strategy of social coordination? | Based on "evolutionary game theory", based on gains of the leader and follower, equilibrium occurs when each individual has no gains to move into a different setting. Advantages: less chaos, more coordination & overall higher performance |
Components of leadership? | Process, influence (you are a good leader when you can influence followers, not order them around), occurs in a group context |
What are the different leadership types? | Trait v Process and Assigned v Emergent |
What is the difference between the trait and process leadership types? | Trait possess the traits of a leader vs. process who just practice the behaviors of a leader |
What is the difference between the assigned and emergent types of leadership? | Assigned has legitimate power vs. emergent who evolved into position (non-formal) |
What are the different views of leadership? | Trait-based, skill-based, and behavior-based. |
Issues in leadership? | Gender discrimination, generational differences, etc. |