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EDAD 8030 EXAM 1
Theories of Leadership, Motivation, Etc.
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06/15/2010

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Term
McClelland's 3 Needs
Definition

Achievement:  personal responsisbility
feedback
moderate risk

 

Power:  Influene
competetive

 

Affiliation:  acceptance and friendship
cooperative

Term
Goal Setting Theory
Definition

Match the goal -

high enough (challenge)

low enough (achievable

 

Specific goals increase performance and difficult goals when accepted result in higher performance than easy goals

Term
Herzberg 2 Factor
Definition

Hygiene factors that keep people from being unhappy:

Supervision, company policay, working conditions, salary, peer relationships, security

 

Motivators:

Achievement, recognition, work itself, responsisbility, advancement, growth

Term
Motivation
Definition
a willingness to do something based on action's ability to satisfy a need.
Term
Power
Definition
The potential abilty to influence behavior, to change the course of events, to oversome resistance, to get people to do things they would not otherwise do.
Term
Types of Power
Definition

Legitimate:  Formal Management Position

Referent:  Charisma "I want to be like you"

Expert:  Specialized Knowledge

Coercive:  Punish

Reward - Bestow rewards

Term
Path Goal Theory - House
Definition

Focuces on factors effecting ability for Leader's Behavior to achieve outcomes

 

Factors include Envinronmental Contingincy Factors and Subordinate contingency factors

Term
Difference Between Power and Authority
Definition

Power:  we are responsible for our actions and we share resonsibility for the actions of those we influence

Authority:  Willingness of subordinates to comply, suspension of subordinates criteria for making a decision, power relationship legitimized by norms of the group.

Term
Authority Grid
Definition
A Dichotomous Chart showing the relationships between formal authority and informal authority.
Term
Ways to Study Leadership
Definition

Traits

Behavior

Contingency

Situational

(Power)?

Term
Iowa Studies (Behavior)
Definition

Authoritarian - full authority

 

Democratic - group involvement

 

Laissez Faire - no direction

Term
Transformational Leader
Definition
Unite followers - change beliefs to promote higher levels of performance.  Commitment to organization, members form unified vision
Term
Transactional Leader
Definition
Give things to followers in exchange for what leaders want
Term
Theory x Leadership Theory
Definition
Authoritarian, repressive, tight control
Term
Theory X Motivational Theory
Definition
People dislike work, little ambition
Term
Theory Y Leadership Theory
Definition
Liberating, developmental, enabling, empowering, giving, responsibility
Term
Thoery Y Motivational Theory
Definition

People are good and smart, underutilized, want responsibility

(participitive)

Term
Trait Theory Strengths and Weaknesses
Definition

Not good for Training Leaders, but good for leaders training themselves

 

Strengths:  focus on leaders, 100 yrs practice, personal awareness and development

Weaknesses:  Overly simple, not useful for training, no one "set" universally

Term
Trait Theories
Definition

Machiavelli - end justifies means

"Great Man" theory

Right Stuff (height, etc.)

Stogdill - no one set of leadership traits across professions

Kirkpatrick and Locke "Traits Matter"

Big 5

Term
Stogdill traits
Definition

Intelligence

Allertness

Insight

Responsibility

Persistence

Initiative

Self Confidence

Sociability

Term
Kirkpatrick and Locke Traits
Definition
Drive, Motivation, Integrity, Confidence, cognitive ability, task knowledge
Term
Big Five
Definition
Extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience
Term
Leadership
Definition
Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
Term
Organizational Realms - Mitchell and Spady
Definition

The conflict between Administrative and Teacher (They)

 

Administrative - enviornmental, facilitative, group achievement

Teacher:  transformative, individual achievement

Term
Ohio State (Behavior Theory)
Definition

A dichotomous grid showing outcomes between low to high manager's consideration (trust, respect, friendship, warmth) and low to high manager's initiating structure (organizational patterns, communication, scheduling procedures)

 

Effected outcomes include performance, grievance and turnover

Term
Time Management
Definition
  1. People First
  2. Eliminate inneffective office practices
  3. practice "management by wandering around"
  4. Know what to look for when MBWA
  5. Let others help you save time
  6. do demo lessons
  7. seek feedback
Term
Senge's Fifth Discipline
Definition

Systems (whole and parts relationships)

 

Personal Mastery (keeping tension between vision and reality

 

Mental Models - can limit and effect our conclusions

 

Shared Vision - future created together

 

Team (teacher) Learning - align not agree, encourage reflection.

Term
Effective Staff Development
Definition

Relevant - clear classroom fit

Attractive - incentives, application

Duration - practice, evaluation

 

make them hunger for it.

Term
Theory
Definition
A set of interrelated constructs that provide a systematic view of phenomena explaining the relations among variables and predicting probable outcomes
Term
Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid
Definition

A coordinate graph that plots leadership styles on two axis - concern for people, concern for production - quadrants include: Country Club (high people, low prod.)

Team Management (High Pe High Pro)

Authority Obedience (Low PE, High Pro) and Impoverished (low, low)

also Organizational (Wo)man - in the middle, doing just enough, getting by.

Term
Hersey and Blanchard Situational Leadership
Definition

A bell curve requiring more relationship behavior depending on level of follower readiness in task behavior.

roles include

Delegating (able and willing follower)

Supporting/Participating (able and unwilling)

Coaching/Selling (Unable and Willing

and Structuring/Telling (Unable and Unwilling)

Term
Maslow
Definition

Self-Actualization

Esteem, Status

Social Affection

Safety, Security

Physiological Needs

(lower need must met before moving up)

Term
ERG
Definition

Overlaps with Maslow, but believes people can satisfy needs in more than one area at a time;

Growth

Relatedness

Existence

(goes from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation)

Term
Contingency Theory
Definition
Goals are achieved by matching situation to leader or leader's style
Term
Participative Leadership
Definition
Also called Shared Leadership - mentioned in Theory Y, House Path-Goal and Hersey Blanchard Situational Leadership
Term
Equifinality
Definition

1.  There is no one right way.

2.  Everything is a judgement call.

3.  Do your homework.

Term
Job Maturity
Definition

(Hersey/Blanchard)

willing and able

Term
Vision
Definition

(Senge)

Personal (the tension between vision and reality)

Shared - the future we create together

Term
Emotional Intelligence
Definition

1.  Self-Awareness

2.  Self Responsibility (regulation and motivation)

3.  Social Competence (empathy and social skill)

Term
Fundamental Attribution Error
Definition

We assume others are internally controlled (somebody else's fault)

 

"she didn't get her work done because she's lazy"

Term
Self-Serving Bias
Definition

We exaggerate our external controls

(I didn't get my work done because of computer problems, traffic, etc.)

"I'm okay"

Term
Emotional Intelligence
Definition

Manifested in attitudes:

Observe our emotional state, decide if it is an appropriate response for the circumstances and people involved.

"Savvy-ness"

I am the LAKE, I control the RIPPLES

 

Term
Cognitive Dissonance
Definition

Occurs when there are inconsistencies between 2 or more of a person's attitudes or between a person's attitudes and behavior.

 

Reduce by:

stopping behavior

decided not importnat

changing attitude

seeking out sonsonant elements to outweigh disonant ones

Term
Felt/Displayed Emotions
Definition

Felt:  actual feelings

 

Displayed:  required by organization for job.

 

(Emotional Labor)

Term
Emotional Labor
Definition

expressing organizational desired emotions during interpersonal transactions.

 

"Welcome to Costco, I love you."

 

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