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BA 201
Chapter 9
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Business
Undergraduate 2
12/08/2010

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Leadership
Definition
the processes and behaviors used by someone, such as a manager, to motivate, inspire, and influence the behaviors of others
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Trait Approach to Leadership
Definition
approach focused on identifying the essential traits that distinguished leaders
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Behavioral Approach Leadership
Definition
approach focused on determining what behaviors are employed by leaders
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Task-Focused Leader Behavior
Definition
leader behavior focusing on how tasks should be performed in order to meet certain goals and to achieve certain performance standards
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Employee-Focused Leader Behavior
Definition
leader behavior focusing on satisfaction, motivation, and well-being of employees
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Situational Approach to Leadership
Definition
approach that assumes that appropriate leader behavior varies from one situation to another
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Transformational Leadership
Definition
set of abilities that allows a leader to recognize the need for change, to create a vision to guide that change, and to execute the change effectively
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Transactional Leadership
Definition
comparable to management, leadership that involves routine, regimented activities
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Charismatic Leadership
Definition
type of influence based on a leader's personal charisma
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Leadership Substitutes
Definition
individual, task, and organizational characteristics that tend to outweigh the need for a leader to initiate or direct employee performance
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Leadership Neutralizers
Definition
factors that may render leader behaviors ineffective
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Strategic Leadership
Definition
leader's ability to understand the complexities of both the organization and its environment and to lead change in the organization so as to enhance its competitiveness
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Ethical Leadership
Definition
leader behaviors that reflect high ethical standards
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Virtual Leadership
Definition
leadership in settings where leaders and followers interact electronically rather than in face-to-face settings
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Decision Making
Definition
choosing one alternative from among several options
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Coalition
Definition
informal alliance of individuals or groups formed to achieve a common goal
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Intuition
Definition
innate belief about something, often without conscious consideration
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Escalation of Commitment
Definition
condition in which a decision maker becomes so committed to a course of action that he or she stays with it even when it appears to have been wrong
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Risk Propensity
Definition
extent to which a decision maker is willing to gamble when making a decision
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