Download Term 1: Leadership and Motivation Definitions and Concepts and more Quizzes Business Management and Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Definition of a leader DEFINITION 1 One who influence others to attain goals The greater the number of followers, the greater the influence TERM 2 What is the "vision" as it relates to an organization? DEFINITION 2 a mental image of a possible and desirable future state of an organization TERM 3 Strategic Leadership DEFINITION 3 Behavior that gives purpose and meaning to organizations, while envisioning and creating a positive future is know as: TERM 4 Legitimate power DEFINITION 4 the right, or authority, to tell others what to do TERM 5 Reward power DEFINITION 5 influences others because s/he controls valued rewards TERM 6 Coercive power DEFINITION 6 has control over punishments; people comply to avoid punishments TERM 7 Referent Power DEFINITION 7 has personal characteristics that appeal to others TERM 8 Task performance DEFINITION 8 Actions taken to ensure that the work group or organization reaches its goals TERM 9 How do autocratic leaders make decisions? DEFINITION 9 makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those decisions to the group TERM 10 What is a "Laissez- faire" leader DEFINITION 10 characterized by the absence of managerial decision making TERM 21 Negative Reinforcement DEFINITION 21 removing or withholding a desirable consequence TERM 22 punishment DEFINITION 22 administering an aversive consequence TERM 23 Extinction DEFINITION 23 Withdrawing or failing to provide a reinforcing consequence TERM 24 Expectancy Theory DEFINITION 24 Theory that proposes that people will behave based on their perceived likelihood that their effort will lead to a certain outcome and on how highly they value that outcome is TERM 25 Valence DEFINITION 25 The value an outcome holds for the person contemplating it TERM 26 Instrumentality DEFINITION 26 The perceived likelihood that performance will be followed by a particular outcome TERM 27 Maslow's Need Hierarchy DEFINITION 27 A conception of human needs organizing needs into a hierarchy of five major types 1. Physiological (food, water, sex, and shelter). 2. Safety or security (protection against threat and deprivation). 3. Social (friendship, affection, belonging, and love). 4. Ego (independence, achievement, freedom, status, recognition, and self esteem). 5. Self-actualization (realizing ones full potential, becoming everything one is capable of being). TERM 28 alderfer ERG Thory DEFINITION 28 a human needs theory postulating that people have three basic sets of needs that can operate simultaneously Existence needs- all material and physiological desires Relatedness needs- involve relationships w/ other people and are satisfied through the process of mutually sharing thoughts and feelings Growth needs- motivate people to productively or creatively change themselves or their environment TERM 29 McClelland Needs DEFINITION 29 components consist of: Achievement affiliation personalized power socialized power TERM 30 Extrinsic DEFINITION 30 rewards given to a person by the boss, the company, or some other person TERM 31 Intrinsic DEFINITION 31 reward a worker derives directly from performing the job itself TERM 32 Job Rotation DEFINITION 32 changing from one routine task to another to alleviate boredom TERM 33 Job Enlargement DEFINITION 33 giving people additional tasks at the same time to alleviate boredom TERM 34 job enrichment DEFINITION 34 changing a task to make it inherently more rewarding, motivating, and satisfying TERM 35 "Hygiene and motivators that are factors affecting people's work motivation and satisfaction is referred to as? DEFINITION 35 Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory
