WGU D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics |2024 UPDATE |REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/ACCURATE SOLUTIONS |GET IT 100% CORRECT!! ALREADY GRADED A+

WGU D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics |2024 UPDATE |REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/ACCURATE SOLUTIONS |GET IT 100% CORRECT!! ALREADY GRADED A+ Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (97) Learn 1 / 7 Study with Learn The basic principle underlying situational leadership is that the leader adapts her leadership behavior to followers' "maturity," based on their willingness and ability to perform a specific task. Transformational Leadership Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways" Laissez-faire A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals and perform job functions has which leadership style Choose matching term 1 Situational Leadership 2 4 C's of leadership/5 C's 3 3 modes of online tools (communication) 4 autocratic leadership style Don't know? 12/13/24, 4:44 PM WGU D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics |2024 UPDATE |REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/ACCURA… Situational Leadership The basic principle underlying situational leadership is that the leader adapts her leadership behavior to followers' "maturity," based on their willingness and ability to perform a specific task. autocratic leadership style centralizing authority, making decisions alone, and expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions authoritative leadership style That gives direct, clear, details instructions as to what, when, and how work is to be done Discipline Protecting instructional time from interruptions Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways" Optimizer In solving a problem searches for optimal solution order leadership style formal network of communication If the principal holds a faculty meeting and shares information regarding the new reading program, the formal communication network is being used Informal network of communication informal network, often referred to as "the grapevine," does have some negative features, of which the most noted are distortion and rumors (unsubstantiated information). downward communication Information that flows from higher to lower levels in the organization's hierarchy. upward communication Information that flows from lower to higher levels in the organization's hierarchy. perhaps the form of communication that is most prone to filtering horizantal communication When individuals communicate with other individuals of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is occurring Vertical Communication The term vertical is not used here to refer to the direction of the communication; rather, it describes a pattern that focuses on combining upward and downward communication, making leaders more visible through face-to-face contact. diagonal communication Communication that cuts across vertical and horizontal channels. 12/13/24, 4:44 PM WGU D016 Leadership Foundations and ethics |2024 UPDATE |REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS/ACCURA… wheel network a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates the flow of information from all other members cognitive dissonance theory the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes Communication Accommodation Theory The view that individuals adjust their verbal communication to facilitate understanding. Communication Accommodation Theory theory that all people adapt their behavior to others to some extent Barriers that interfere with effective communication information overload, status difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal relationships formal networks the transmission of messages established and approved by the organizational hierarchy informal networks communications that flow along social and relational lines