D016 Leadership Foundations and Ethics Questions with Complete Solutions, Questions with Answers

Transformational Leadership - cORRECT sOLUTION Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways" Laissez-faire - cORRECT sOLUTION A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals and perform job functions has which leadership style Situational Leadership - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION centralizing authority, making decisions alone, and expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions authoritative leadership style - cORRECT sOLUTION That gives direct, clear, details instructions as to what, when, and how work is to be done Discipline - cORRECT sOLUTION Protecting instructional time from interruptions Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - cORRECT sOLUTION Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways" Optimizer - cORRECT sOLUTION In solving a problem searches for optimal solution order leadership style - cORRECT sOLUTION formal network of communication - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION Information that flows from higher to lower levels in the organization's hierarchy. upward communication - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION When individuals communicate with other individuals of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is occurring Vertical Communication - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION Communication that cuts across vertical and horizontal channels. wheel network - cORRECT sOLUTION a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates the flow of information from all other members cognitive dissonance theory - cORRECT sOLUTION 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 - cORRECT sOLUTION The view that individuals adjust their verbal communication to facilitate understanding. Communication Accommodation Theory - cORRECT sOLUTION theory that all people adapt their behavior to others to some extent Barriers that interfere with effective communication - cORRECT sOLUTION information overload, status difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal relationships formal networks - cORRECT sOLUTION the transmission of messages established and approved by the organizational hierarchy informal networks - cORRECT sOLUTION communications that flow along social and relational lines downward communication - cORRECT sOLUTION communication that flows from higher to lower levels in an organization Chain Network Structure - cORRECT sOLUTION A communication network in which information is passed from member to member, from one end of the chain to the other connectors - cORRECT sOLUTION Connectors are individuals on the faculty who see possibility, know a large number of people from different sectors, and have mastered the skill of bringing them together.