Leadership Theories & Styles
Describe a democratic leader
- encourages freedom for members to make decisions
-involves members in decision making
- maintains responsibility for group function
List a factor affecting tournament style decision making
Number of teams, space available, time
Give an example of a conflict management strategy
accomodation, win-win, adjudication, assertive 'I' messages, adjudication, active listening
List the 5 C's
Charismatic Communicator, Culture Builder, Credibility, Compelling Vision, Contagious enthusiasm
Based off these situational factors: Structured task, with a high degree of stress and a large group
Which type of leader would excel??
Task oriented leader
What does a bye mean ?
1. There is an uneven number of players/teams
2. One player or team doesn't have to play a game and they advance to the next round.
Give 3 examples of the causes of conflict
avoidance of responsibility, overlap in job responsibility, prejudice, personal ambition
What is the most difficult of the 5 c to carry out consistently?
credibility
Which theory of leadership involves two distinct leadership dimensions
Behavioural theory of leadership
What are the three types of tournaments?
Which conflict management strategy does this best describe? ' A process in which a neutral third party listens to all sides of a dispute and then makes a judgement based on information available'
Adjudication
At what stage of group development does infighting and resistance occur?
Storming
what leadership style would work for a novice group of people?
autocratic
List the three kinds of elimination tournaments
a) single elimination
b) consolation
c) double elimination
What is intragroup conflict?
Internal conflict or having to make a tough decision all on your own.
What is the difference between a group and a team?
A team consists of people who work together to achieve a common end goal, they have shared responsibility and positive synergy.
Describe trait theory of leadership
Great leaders are born not made
Possessing certain personality traits makes it more likely for people to become leaders.
Challenge tournaments involve what four specific tournament types?
1.Ladder
2.Spider web
3. pyramid
4. target
Give four examples of specific communication barriers
Defensiveness, selective attention, poor listening skills, physical environmental barriers, Gender differences, filtering, body language
List three factors affecting group development
1. group norms
2. group size
3.leaders behaviour
4. group cohesiveness
5.group composition