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Role & Scope Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
What are the 3 different styles of leadership? - answer✔1. Authoritative
2. Democratic
3. Laissez-faire
Authoritative Leadership - answer✔-Make decisions for the group
-Motivate by coercion, with communication occurring down a chain of command.
-Staff work output is usually high
-Great style to have in a crisis.
Democratic Leadership - answer✔-Include group when decisions are made.
-Motivate by supporting achievements made by group members & communicate both up and
down the chain of command.
-Staff's work output is usually good because cooperation is valued.
Laissez-faire Leadership
(a French phrase meaning "leave it alone") - answer✔-Make few decisions, do very little
planning, and rely on their staff's motivation to get jobs accomplished.
-Communication goes both ways
-Work output =low (unless an informal leader emerges from within the group).
-May be effective with professional employees who have personal integrity and accountability
Management
Definition - answer✔-Process of guiding others through a set of derived practices and
procedures.
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-The ability to plan, direct, control, and evaluate others in situations where outcomes are
known or pre-established.
Management - answer✔-Processes usually evidence based & routine.
-Generally hired, appointed or otherwise selected/given the responsibility
-Can also refer to control of one's own individual work &energies.
Leading
Definition - answer✔Engaged decision making connected to the actions used in clinical
situations for which no standardized solution exists.
Leading - answer✔-Nurses make decisions and problem-solve issues at all levels and in all
health care venues.
-Using one's individual traits & personal influence to interact constructively in resolving
problems.
Following
Definition - answer✔-Being part of the group that is being led or managed.
-Each member contributes optimally but acquiesces to a peer who is leading or managing.
Following - answer✔-Effective follower: *Contributes to the good of the team. *Provides
feedback to the manager or leader in order to identify problems and find solutions to them
-Following just as accountable as leading or managing.
Transactional Leader - answer✔-Focus on immediate problems
-Maintaining status quo
-Use rewards to motivate followers.
Transformative Leader - answer✔-Empower followers to assume responsibility for a shared
goal or vision
-Personal development = secondary outcome
Complexity - answer✔-Promotes the idea that the world is full of patterns that interact & adapt
through relationships.
-Patterns can be missed when solely focusing on one spot.
11/7/2024 12:35 PM
Role & Scope Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
What are the 3 different styles of leadership? - answer✔1. Authoritative
2. Democratic
3. Laissez-faire
Authoritative Leadership - answer✔-Make decisions for the group
-Motivate by coercion, with communication occurring down a chain of command.
-Staff work output is usually high
-Great style to have in a crisis.
Democratic Leadership - answer✔-Include group when decisions are made.
-Motivate by supporting achievements made by group members & communicate both up and
down the chain of command.
-Staff's work output is usually good because cooperation is valued.
Laissez-faire Leadership
(a French phrase meaning "leave it alone") - answer✔-Make few decisions, do very little
planning, and rely on their staff's motivation to get jobs accomplished.
-Communication goes both ways
-Work output =low (unless an informal leader emerges from within the group).
-May be effective with professional employees who have personal integrity and accountability
Management
Definition - answer✔-Process of guiding others through a set of derived practices and
procedures.
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-The ability to plan, direct, control, and evaluate others in situations where outcomes are
known or pre-established.
Management - answer✔-Processes usually evidence based & routine.
-Generally hired, appointed or otherwise selected/given the responsibility
-Can also refer to control of one's own individual work &energies.
Leading
Definition - answer✔Engaged decision making connected to the actions used in clinical
situations for which no standardized solution exists.
Leading - answer✔-Nurses make decisions and problem-solve issues at all levels and in all
health care venues.
-Using one's individual traits & personal influence to interact constructively in resolving
problems.
Following
Definition - answer✔-Being part of the group that is being led or managed.
-Each member contributes optimally but acquiesces to a peer who is leading or managing.
Following - answer✔-Effective follower: *Contributes to the good of the team. *Provides
feedback to the manager or leader in order to identify problems and find solutions to them
-Following just as accountable as leading or managing.
Transactional Leader - answer✔-Focus on immediate problems
-Maintaining status quo
-Use rewards to motivate followers.
Transformative Leader - answer✔-Empower followers to assume responsibility for a shared
goal or vision
-Personal development = secondary outcome
Complexity - answer✔-Promotes the idea that the world is full of patterns that interact & adapt
through relationships.
-Patterns can be missed when solely focusing on one spot.
