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Leadership Unit Voca
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | A person or thing that holds a dominant or superior position within its field, and is able to exercise a high degree of control or influence over others. See also leadership. |
| Leadership | The individuals who are the leaders in an organization, regarded collectively. |
| Power | Ability to cause or prevent an action, make things happen; the discretion to act or not act. Opposite of disability, it differs from a right in that it has no accompanying duties. |
| Position Power | Authority and influence bestowed by a position or office on whoever is filling or occupying it. |
| Reward Power | The extent to which an entity can control the dispensing of rewards or benefits. |
| Expert Power | Ability to influence other parties based on expertise and knowledge. Expert power in an organization is the ability to influence the behavior of others in the organization based solely on past experience and expertise in a specific area. |
| Identity Power | ability to influence others based on their identity with the person |
| Leadership Style | the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people to accomplish a task |
| Initiative | An individual's action that begins a process, often done without direct managerial influence. For example, an employee might take the initiative to come up with a new product or service that the company could offer. |
| Human Relations | A department in an organization responsible for the management of hiring qualified personnel for the purpose of filling vacant positions. Activities involved with the department include advertising and posting, recruiting, staffing, interviewing, hiring, |
| Integrity | Strict adherence to a moral code, reflected in transparent honesty and complete harmony in what one thinks, says, and does. |
| Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | Involves a team guided by a leader where all individuals are involved in the decision-making process to determine what needs to be done and how it should be done. The group's leader has the authority to make the final decision of the group. |
| Leadership | The individuals who are the leaders in an organization, regarded collectively. |
| Delegate - | - entrust a task or responsibility to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself |
| Self-managed teams | A self-organized, semiautonomous small group of employees whose members determine, plan, and manage their day-to-day activities and duties under reduced or no supervision. Also called self directed team or self-managed natural work team |
| Open Leader | having the confidence and humility to give up the need to be in control while inspiring commitment from people to accomplish goals |
| Situational Leader | Popular model of leadership created by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard, with belief that effective leadership requires flexibility in leadership styles depending on the situation. |