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What are the 7 theories of leadership? - ANSWERSTrait Leadership Theory
Behavioral leadership Theory
Transactional Leadership Theory
Transformational Leadership Theory
Servant Leadership Theory
Situational Leadership Theory
Participative Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on inherent leadership qualities and characteristics that
determine a leader's performance and effectiveness? - ANSWERSTrait Leadership
Theory
What leadership theory focuses on actions and behaviors that determine a leader's
performance and effectiveness? - ANSWERSBehavioral Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on the transaction between leaders and followers that
determines a leader's performance and effectiveness? - ANSWERSTransactional
Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on changes in followers and organizations that
determine a leader's performance and effectiveness? - ANSWERSTransformational
Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on service in the development of followers and
organizations to determine the leader's performance and effectiveness? -
ANSWERSServant Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on the leader's ability to adapt to various situations
which determine the leader's performance and effectiveness? - ANSWERSSituational
Leadership Theory
What leadership theory focuses on the interactive and collaborative strategies for
engagement that determine a leader's performance and effectiveness? -
ANSWERSParticipative Leadership Theory
What are the characteristics for Trait Leadership Theory? - ANSWERSCertain traits are
required for leaders: energy, age, status, mobility, education, intelligence
, What are some of the arguments against the Trait Leadership Theory? -
ANSWERSDifficult to validate characteristics and effectiveness
No trait would guarantee leadership success
What are the three overarching leadership theories and their focus? - ANSWERSTrait
theories- based in hereditary traits
Behavioral- focus on behavioral styles of leadership
Contingency- varying leadership styles based on variety of situations
This leadership theory is task focused, has clear incentive/reward + punishment, and
clear definition of goals and expectations - ANSWERSTransactional Leadership Theory
This leadership theory is people focused, helps followers and internalizes organizational
goals, has powerful morale, motivational and team building skills. -
ANSWERSTransformational Leadership Theory
This leadership theory adapts leader style to situation, ability to assess followers level of
maturity and readiness for responsibility, highly flexible and able to understand the
needs and abilities of others. - ANSWERSSituational Leadership Theory
This leadership theory sets others up for success by identifying and serving their needs
first, strongly relies on shared authority of understanding, focus on growth and well-
being with a belief that successful outcomes will follow. - ANSWERSServant Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory emphasizes the interactive and democratic styles, seeks input in
decision-making and shares all available knowledge with others, easily shares authority
and relies on consensus. - ANSWERSParticipative Leadership Theory
What are the four pillars of corporate responsibility? - ANSWERSLeadership
Ethics
Trust
Personal Responsibility
What are the four facts about managerial work - ANSWERSActivities are characterized
by brevity, variety, and discontinuity
Involves performing a number of regular duties (ceremonies, negotiations)
Strongly favor verbal media and phone calls over meetings
Most of their knowledge is locked in their brains-no one knows it
What are the 7 ways of leading (action logics)? - ANSWERSOpportunist
Diplomat
Expert
Achiever
Individualist
Strategist