Chapter 1 & 2 (leadership) Crossword
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1) Person influenced by a leader2) Influence, Organizational Objectives, People, Change, Leaders-Followers3) Focuses on the relationship between the individual leader and the collective group of followers4) Has a formal title and designated authority.5) Innovative initiators of organizational change and unit improvements. Develops new or improved products and services. 7) Passes information to others via oral or written means.8) Gathers information and analyzes it to discover problems and opportunities. Includes: reading memos, reports, and publications; talking to others, attending meetings, observing competitors.9) The personal process of being exposed to leadership in the course of one's life; the greater the amount and the greater the diversity of exposure to leadership, the greater the leadership experience.12) Focuses on how top management influences organizational performance14) Represents organization in legal, social, ceremonial, or symbolic activities. Includes: signing documents, entertaining clients, speaking engagements, and presiding at meetings and ceremonies.15) A person who influences (manager or non-manager)16) Autocratic, made all the decisions, maintained tight control over employees.17) Leadership, followership, communications, multifactor (transformational), and conflict management styles18) Interacts with people outside the organizational unit. Includes: networking, developing relationships, gaining information and favors, serving on committees, attending professional meetings, and keeping in touch with other people and organizations. 21) Values, ethics, principles, attitudes towards others.22) Traits, motives, personality, characteristics, behaviors23) Follower Readiness, Leader-Member Relations, Task Structure, Position Power, Organizational Level26) Provides information to people outside the organizational unit. Meets with upper management to discuss unit's performance, meets with budget officer to discuss the unit's budget, answers letters, reports information to the goverment28) A person who influences (manager or non-manager) |
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6) To provide an academically rigorous course in organizational leadership that contributes to a cadet's understanding of his or her philosophy of leadership and code of ethics, as well as enhanced knowledge of how to identify moral and ethical issues inherent in a task to be completed by a group, design a plan of action that takes these issues into account and conforms to the cadet's philosophy of leadership, motivate the group to complete the task, and evaluation the group's progress and make any necessary moral, ethical, or structural revisions to the plan. 10) Planning, organizing, leading, controlling11) An interaction between leaders, followers, and the situational context.13) Involves scheduling, requesting authorization, and performing budgeting activities. Decides what is done now, later, or not at all; sets priorities and time management; allocates raises, overtime, and bonuses; scheduling employee, equipment, and material use. 19) How the leader contributes to group effectiveness.20) Comprehensive leadership style24) Focuses on the individual leader and the relationship with individual followers.25) Attempt to identify the distinctive physical and psychological traits of individuals that account for leadership effectiveness. Examples: high energy level, appearance, aggressiveness, persuasiveness, Dominance, and self-reliance27) How you lead is directly influenced by who you are, what you believe, and the context of the situation at the individual, group, and organizational levels.29) Participative, focus on leadership, share management functions with employees, have good relationships with followers, and realize that people are the most important asset.30) Takes corrective action during crisis or conflict situations that require reaction to unexpected events; given priority by leaders. Situations include: union strike, equipment breakdown, needed material not arriving on time, tight schedules.31) Stems from a stable balance between leadership knowledge, experience, and reflection.32) Reciprocal Influence that leaders and follower shave on each other.33) Attempt to explain the appropriate leadership style based on the leader, followers, and situation. Tries to predict which traits and/or behaviors will result in leadership success given the situational variables. 34) The exercise of introspection to learn about the fundamental nature, purpose, and essence of leadership, and the honest consideration of how to harmonize one's leadership knowledge and experience to maximize the contributions of one's followers to one's organization and chances of organizational success.35) Refers to an understanding of oneself, and understanding of followers, and an understanding of the leadership situational context; the better a leader understands who they are, what they believe, and how they tend to behave, and considers the situation, the greater the knowledge of leadership.36) Represent their organizational units in transactions that have no set boundaries. Includes: setting pay and benefits for new employees or managers; reaching agreement on labor union contract; contracting with customers or suppliers. |
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