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Leadership Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leader | a person or thing that holds a dominant or superior position |
| Leadership | the individuals who are the leaders in an organization |
| Power | ability to cause or prevent an action |
| Position Power | authority and influence given by a position |
| Reward Position | extent an entity can control dispensing of rewards |
| Expert Power | ability to influence others parties based on knowledge |
| Identity Power | ability to influence others based on their identity with the person |
| Leadership Style | the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, motivating people to accomplish a task |
| Initiative | an individual's actions that begin a process |
| Human Relations | a discipline with resource management |
| Integrity | strict following of a moral code |
| Autocratic Leadership | one person controls all the decisions and takes very little inputs from other group members |
| Democratic Leadership | a team guided by a leader, all involved in decision-making |
| Free-rein Leadership | leadership style where subordinates are not directly supervised |
| Delegate | entrust a task or responsibility to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself |
| Self-managed Teams | a self-organized, small group of employees |
| 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 | belief that effective leadership require flexibility depending on the situation |