NUR 256 Test 1: Modules A-D UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the
deployment and manipulation of resources.
-Guide, direct, and motivate others
Management
-Intervene when goals are threatened
-Emphasize control
-Assigned that position; have legitimate authority
1. planning
2. organizing
Management functions 3. staffing
4. leading
5. controlling
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
Leadership
-Obtain power through influence
-Wider variety of roles than managers
-Willing followers
-Envision the future
-Communicate their visions
-Motivate followers
-Lead the way
Good leaders -Influence others to accomplish goals
-Inspire confidence
-Take risks
-Empower followers
-Master change
, -Coordinate resources
-Optimize resource use
-Meet organizational goals and objectives
Good managers
-Follow rules
-Plan, organize, control and direct
-Use reward and punishment effectively to achieve organizational goals
some people are born to lead, others are born to be led
great man theory
-great leaders will arise when the situation calls for it
a leadership theory that holds that effective leaders possess a similar set of traits or
trait theory
characteristics
"Iron fist"
-Strong control is maintained over workgroup
-Others are motivated by coercion
-Others are directed with commands
-Communication flows downward
Authoritarian Leadership -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]
"reasonable"
-Less control is maintained
-Economic and ego awards are used to motivate
-Others are directed through suggestions and guidance
Democratic Leadership
-Communication flows up and down
-Decision making involves others
-Emphasis on "we" rather than I and you
-Criticism is constructive
"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
Laissez-faire Leadership -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]
-Focuses on management tasks
-Is directive and results oriented
-Uses trade-offs to meet goals
-Does not identify shared values
Transactional Leadership -Examines causes
-Uses contingency reward
>Focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo and using rewards to
motivate followers.
Answers
The process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the
deployment and manipulation of resources.
-Guide, direct, and motivate others
Management
-Intervene when goals are threatened
-Emphasize control
-Assigned that position; have legitimate authority
1. planning
2. organizing
Management functions 3. staffing
4. leading
5. controlling
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
Leadership
-Obtain power through influence
-Wider variety of roles than managers
-Willing followers
-Envision the future
-Communicate their visions
-Motivate followers
-Lead the way
Good leaders -Influence others to accomplish goals
-Inspire confidence
-Take risks
-Empower followers
-Master change
, -Coordinate resources
-Optimize resource use
-Meet organizational goals and objectives
Good managers
-Follow rules
-Plan, organize, control and direct
-Use reward and punishment effectively to achieve organizational goals
some people are born to lead, others are born to be led
great man theory
-great leaders will arise when the situation calls for it
a leadership theory that holds that effective leaders possess a similar set of traits or
trait theory
characteristics
"Iron fist"
-Strong control is maintained over workgroup
-Others are motivated by coercion
-Others are directed with commands
-Communication flows downward
Authoritarian Leadership -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]
"reasonable"
-Less control is maintained
-Economic and ego awards are used to motivate
-Others are directed through suggestions and guidance
Democratic Leadership
-Communication flows up and down
-Decision making involves others
-Emphasis on "we" rather than I and you
-Criticism is constructive
"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
Laissez-faire Leadership -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]
-Focuses on management tasks
-Is directive and results oriented
-Uses trade-offs to meet goals
-Does not identify shared values
Transactional Leadership -Examines causes
-Uses contingency reward
>Focus on immediate problems, maintaining the status quo and using rewards to
motivate followers.
