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NUR 256 TEST 1: MODULES A, B, C & D NEWEST EXAM WITH
MULTIPLE CHOICE OF QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ AND 100% GUARANTEE PASS (BRAND NEW!!!!!!!!!)


Management
The process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the
deployment and manipulation of resources.
-Guide, direct, and motivate others
-Intervene when goals are threatened
-Emphasize control
-Assigned that position; have legitimate authority
Management functions
1. planning
2. organizing
3. staffing
4. leading
5. controlling
Leadership
Being in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo.
-Empower others; maximize workforce effectiveness
-Needed to implement the planned change that is part of system improvement
-Obtain power through influence
-Wider variety of roles than managers
-Willing followers
Good leaders
-Envision the future
-Communicate their visions
-Motivate followers
-Lead the way
-Influence others to accomplish goals

,-Inspire confidence
-Take risks
-Empower followers
-Master change
Good managers
-Coordinate resources
-Optimize resource use
-Meet organizational goals and objectives
-Follow rules
-Plan, organize, control and direct
-Use reward and punishment effectively to achieve organizational goals
great man theory
some people are born to lead, others are born to be led
-great leaders will arise when the situation calls for it
trait theory
a leadership theory that holds that effective leaders possess a similar set of
traits or characteristics
Authoritarian Leadership
"Iron fist"
-Strong control is maintained over workgroup
-Others are motivated by coercion
-Others are directed with commands
-Communication flows downward
-Decision making does not involve others
-Emphasis is on the difference in status ("i" and "you")
-Criticism is punitive

[Can be a good leader in a crisis situation or with a new hire with no formal
education]
Democratic Leadership

, "reasonable"
-Less control is maintained
-Economic and ego awards are used to motivate
-Others are directed through suggestions and guidance
-Communication flows up and down
-Decision making involves others
-Emphasis on "we" rather than I and you
-Criticism is constructive
Laissez-faire Leadership
"chill"
-takes hands-off approach
-Is permissive, with little or no control
-Motivates by support when requested by the group or individuals
-Provides little or no direction
-Uses upward and downward communication between members of the group
-Disperses decision making throughout the group
-Places emphasis on the group
-Does not criticize

[Good with professional employees/ highly motivated staff/committees]
Transactional Leadership
-Focuses on management tasks
-Is directive and results oriented
-Uses trade-offs to meet goals
-Does not identify shared values
-Examines causes
-Uses contingency reward

>Focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo and using rewards
to motivate followers.
Transformational Leadership

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