WGU D370 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS TEST
2025
Leadership
1. is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs
to be done and how to do it and meet goals.
How to measure leadership effectiveness?
* questionnaire
* case studies
* autobiographies
* experiments
* social networks
* genetics
Leadership Approach: Situational approach
measures leadership effectiveness in terms of the contextual factors that
influence a leader's behavior
Leadership Approach: Trait Approach
emphasizes attributes of leaders such as personality, motives, values, and skills
Leadership Approach: Behavior Approach
Pays attention to those things that the leaders do on the job
, Leadership Approach: Power Influence approach
describe leadership effectiveness in terms of the quantity and quality of power
that a leader possesses and the way power is exercised
Leadership Approach: Situational Approach
how situational factors (circumstances and environment influence how leaders
act and how their behavior affects subordinate satisfaction (how happy or
satisfied employees are) and how well they carry out their tasks
Leadership Approach: Values Based Approach
Leader's values that appeal to followers
Leadership Processes: Intra-Individual
Individual traits and skills are also used to explain a person's motivation to seek
power and positions of authority
Leadership Processes: Dyadic
focuses on the relationship between a leader and another individual who is
usually a subordinate
2025
Leadership
1. is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs
to be done and how to do it and meet goals.
How to measure leadership effectiveness?
* questionnaire
* case studies
* autobiographies
* experiments
* social networks
* genetics
Leadership Approach: Situational approach
measures leadership effectiveness in terms of the contextual factors that
influence a leader's behavior
Leadership Approach: Trait Approach
emphasizes attributes of leaders such as personality, motives, values, and skills
Leadership Approach: Behavior Approach
Pays attention to those things that the leaders do on the job
, Leadership Approach: Power Influence approach
describe leadership effectiveness in terms of the quantity and quality of power
that a leader possesses and the way power is exercised
Leadership Approach: Situational Approach
how situational factors (circumstances and environment influence how leaders
act and how their behavior affects subordinate satisfaction (how happy or
satisfied employees are) and how well they carry out their tasks
Leadership Approach: Values Based Approach
Leader's values that appeal to followers
Leadership Processes: Intra-Individual
Individual traits and skills are also used to explain a person's motivation to seek
power and positions of authority
Leadership Processes: Dyadic
focuses on the relationship between a leader and another individual who is
usually a subordinate
