LDR 201 - Midterm Questions and
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Q: Leadership
Ans: A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to
achieve common goals
Q: Assigned Leadership
Ans: -Defacto leadership that comes with the job title
-Leadership based on occupying a position within an organization
-Team leaders, plant managers, departments heads, directors
Q: Emergent Leadership
,Ans: -A leadership role that emerges organically based on how others see
you
-An individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group
or organization regardless of the individual's title
1. Emerges over time through communication behaviors
2. Affected by personality and gender
3. Social identity
Q: Great Man Theory (pre-1900 to 1929)
,Ans: 1. Leaders are exceptional men with innate qualities that make them
destined to lead
2. Leaders are born to lead (not made)
3. Leadership is "the ability to impress the will of the leader on those led, and
induce obedience, respect, loyalty, and cooperation
4. Leadership = control, domination, and concentration of power
Q: Trait Theory (1930s)
Ans: 1. Domination out, influence in
2. Certain gifted people are born with the right traits that make others want to
follow them. Those people become leaders
Q: Group Theory (1940-1950)
, Ans: 1. Coercion out, persuasion in
2. Leadership is an act or behavior undertaken by a leader while directing
group activities
a. These behaviors persuade followers to comply without the need for
manipulation and threat
3. Shared goals becomes a popular theme with group effectiveness becoming
a benchmark for judging leader success
Q: Behavioral Theory (1960s)
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Q: Leadership
Ans: A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to
achieve common goals
Q: Assigned Leadership
Ans: -Defacto leadership that comes with the job title
-Leadership based on occupying a position within an organization
-Team leaders, plant managers, departments heads, directors
Q: Emergent Leadership
,Ans: -A leadership role that emerges organically based on how others see
you
-An individual perceived by others as the most influential member of a group
or organization regardless of the individual's title
1. Emerges over time through communication behaviors
2. Affected by personality and gender
3. Social identity
Q: Great Man Theory (pre-1900 to 1929)
,Ans: 1. Leaders are exceptional men with innate qualities that make them
destined to lead
2. Leaders are born to lead (not made)
3. Leadership is "the ability to impress the will of the leader on those led, and
induce obedience, respect, loyalty, and cooperation
4. Leadership = control, domination, and concentration of power
Q: Trait Theory (1930s)
Ans: 1. Domination out, influence in
2. Certain gifted people are born with the right traits that make others want to
follow them. Those people become leaders
Q: Group Theory (1940-1950)
, Ans: 1. Coercion out, persuasion in
2. Leadership is an act or behavior undertaken by a leader while directing
group activities
a. These behaviors persuade followers to comply without the need for
manipulation and threat
3. Shared goals becomes a popular theme with group effectiveness becoming
a benchmark for judging leader success
Q: Behavioral Theory (1960s)
