5 Leadership and Group Coordination Free Online FlashCards

What is leadership?

Leadership is the process of influencing and enabling people to work toward shared goals.

What functions help a leader guide a group's work?

Leadership functions include clarifying goals, coordinating work, securing resources, encouraging participation, managing conflict, and reviewing performance. The right approach depends on the task.

How does power differ from formal authority?

Power is the capacity to influence others. It can support leadership, but it is not the same as leadership or formal authority.

What are French and Raven's five bases of social power?

The five bases are legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, and referent power.

What shapes a group's coordination needs?

Coordination aligns actions, information, timing, and resources. Its demands depend partly on task interdependence: how much members rely on one another to complete their work.

When is mutual adjustment useful?

Mutual adjustment coordinates work through direct communication and informal adaptation, making it useful when work is uncertain or changing.

How does direct supervision coordinate work?

Direct supervision coordinates interrelated work when a person gives instructions and monitors it.

What do standardized processes specify?

Standardized processes use procedures to specify how routine work should be performed.

How do standardized outputs guide coordination?

Standardized outputs specify expected results or performance standards while leaving methods more open.

How do standardized skills support coordination?

Standardized skills use training and professional standards to help members anticipate one another's work.

What distinguishes a team from a group of separate contributors?

A team is a group whose members are interdependent in carrying out shared work and accountable for a collective result.

What conditions help teams perform effectively?

Enabling conditions include clear team boundaries and stable membership, compelling direction, suitable structure, supportive organizational context, and competent coaching. They increase the likelihood of effectiveness but do not guarantee it.