Climate & Norms
This term refers to the shared perceptions of the way things are in an organization.
What is Organizational Climate?
This "key concept" occurs when group output is greater than the sum of individual efforts.
What is Synergy?
Standards of excellence are defined as these two types of performance expectations.
What are Explicit and Implicit expectations?
Cohesiveness is described as the "cement that holds a group together," also known by this French term.
What is Esprit de corps?
These are the "Three R's" leaders use to influence performance.
What are Require results, Review results, and Reward results?
These are shared rules of behavior that act as a "roadmap" for navigating conduct.
Structure is often compared to this type of "blueprint" for a group.
What is an Architectural blueprint?
This component of excellence dictates the amount of initiative and effort expected from members.
What is the Level of initiative/effort expected?
High cohesiveness is associated with a stronger ability to influence members toward this.
What is Goal-directed behavior?
This type of authority is based on a leader’s personal characteristics, such as being easy to trust and motivating.
What is Charismatic Authority?
A constructive climate promotes these two things for group members.
What are Satisfaction and achieving their personal best?
To provide structure, leaders must identify each member's unique _______.
What are Contributions (or Strengths)?
This component of excellence involves the importance of meeting these time-based targets.
What are Deadlines?
This model describes schools as bureaucratic, hierarchical workplaces where authority rests with provincial governments.
What is the Factory Model?
This specific "R" involves giving constructive feedback on behaviors and what needs improvement.
What is Review Results?
These four things are all related to climate.
What are rituals, values, procedures, and underlying assumptions?
Without structure and clarity, group work can easily become this.
What is Chaotic?
This component of excellence addresses how members should behave toward one another.
What is how members treat one another?
This is a positive outcome of cohesive groups and strong relationships among teachers.
What is Reduced burnout (or Greater collective efficacy/productivity)?
This type of authority is based on a positional role, such as being a principal.
What is Traditional Authority?
This specific document is an example of an item that sets the tone and establishes shared expectations from day one.
What is a University Syllabus?
This is a positive outcome of providing structure for students.
What is Clarity and confidence (or Reduced stress)?
These are the final two components of the "Six Components of Excellence."
What are Goals that must be achieved and Consequences for meeting or not meeting goals?
Leaders build cohesiveness by encouraging this, rather than directing everything themselves.
What is Member-to-member interaction?
This authority type is based on structural control over evaluations, schedules, and resources.
What is Legal Authority?