Assignment 1: Leading, Managing,
Following
The Case
Sara is a new nurse on a med-surg unit at Desert Springs Hospital. She was hired to work
day shift, but there has been a recent exodus of nurses from the night shift. Sara's nurse
manager, Kate, let Sara know by email that she would need to move to nights effective next
pay period until the night nurses were replaced with new staffs. She emphasized that this
was only because of the night shift shortage and that Sara would return to days as soon as
possible. Kate also informed Sara she will need to orient the traveler Kate hired to Sara's
day shifts before Sara moves to nights. Kate encouraged Sara to discuss any concerns with
her before the next pay period.
Sara has three small children and is a single mother. She feels she cannot accommodate
Kate's directive to move to nights. She is also unhappy about having to orient the travel
nurse to her day shift position. She decides to resign her post rather than accommodate
Kate's demands.
What type of leadership approach is Kate using?
Autocratic
What are different responses that Sara could have chosen that would have better
manifested effective followership traits?
A) Suggest to Kate that a different nurse who did not have children at home be reassigned to
nights
B) Orient the new traveler nurse to her day shift care responsibilities
C) Accept the new assignment
D) Take Kate up on her invitation to discuss any concerns
E) Request a transfer to a different department where she could continue working days
B) Orient the new traveler nurse to her day shift care responsibilities
C) Accept the new assignment
D) Take Kate up on her invitation to discuss any concerns
Which of Gardner's Tasks of Leading did Kate NOT manifest?
A) Envisioning Goals
, B) Developing Trust
C) Achieving Unity
D) Managing
E) Affirming Values
F) Motivating
A)Envisioning Goals
B) Developing Trust
C) Achieving Unity
E) Affirming Values
F) Motivating
Match the Leadership Theory with it's descriptor
Effective leaders behave differently than ineffective leaders. They are concerned with
employee morale, needs, and feels while still addressing task completion and productivity.
Emotional intelligence is considered a hallmark of this theory.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
C) Situational and Contingency Theory
D) Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
Match the Leadership Theory with its descriptor
Leaders recognize the interrelationship of people and ideas, seeing that information flows to
them in order to foster innovative solutions to work problems. This theory calls on the
removal of organizational barriers in order to solve problems.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
C) Situational and Contingency Theory
D) Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
Match the Leadership Theory with its descriptor
Leaders can be effective in one situation and not another. The theory takes into account the
subtle and complex ways in which leaders' behaviors, followers' needs and values, and
situational parameters interact.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
Following
The Case
Sara is a new nurse on a med-surg unit at Desert Springs Hospital. She was hired to work
day shift, but there has been a recent exodus of nurses from the night shift. Sara's nurse
manager, Kate, let Sara know by email that she would need to move to nights effective next
pay period until the night nurses were replaced with new staffs. She emphasized that this
was only because of the night shift shortage and that Sara would return to days as soon as
possible. Kate also informed Sara she will need to orient the traveler Kate hired to Sara's
day shifts before Sara moves to nights. Kate encouraged Sara to discuss any concerns with
her before the next pay period.
Sara has three small children and is a single mother. She feels she cannot accommodate
Kate's directive to move to nights. She is also unhappy about having to orient the travel
nurse to her day shift position. She decides to resign her post rather than accommodate
Kate's demands.
What type of leadership approach is Kate using?
Autocratic
What are different responses that Sara could have chosen that would have better
manifested effective followership traits?
A) Suggest to Kate that a different nurse who did not have children at home be reassigned to
nights
B) Orient the new traveler nurse to her day shift care responsibilities
C) Accept the new assignment
D) Take Kate up on her invitation to discuss any concerns
E) Request a transfer to a different department where she could continue working days
B) Orient the new traveler nurse to her day shift care responsibilities
C) Accept the new assignment
D) Take Kate up on her invitation to discuss any concerns
Which of Gardner's Tasks of Leading did Kate NOT manifest?
A) Envisioning Goals
, B) Developing Trust
C) Achieving Unity
D) Managing
E) Affirming Values
F) Motivating
A)Envisioning Goals
B) Developing Trust
C) Achieving Unity
E) Affirming Values
F) Motivating
Match the Leadership Theory with it's descriptor
Effective leaders behave differently than ineffective leaders. They are concerned with
employee morale, needs, and feels while still addressing task completion and productivity.
Emotional intelligence is considered a hallmark of this theory.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
C) Situational and Contingency Theory
D) Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
Match the Leadership Theory with its descriptor
Leaders recognize the interrelationship of people and ideas, seeing that information flows to
them in order to foster innovative solutions to work problems. This theory calls on the
removal of organizational barriers in order to solve problems.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
C) Situational and Contingency Theory
D) Charismatic and Transformational Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
E) Complexity Leadership Theory
Match the Leadership Theory with its descriptor
Leaders can be effective in one situation and not another. The theory takes into account the
subtle and complex ways in which leaders' behaviors, followers' needs and values, and
situational parameters interact.
A) Great Man / Trait Theory
B) Behavioral Leadership Theory
