Nurse in the Organization - Different Leadership Styles

values

It affects your life and your work. It also affects what you believe in, most important to you, and your attitude towards yourself and others.

motivation

What causes you to do, to select, and to choose?

formal leader

A leader who is appointed and chosen by the administration and given an official or legitimate authority to act.

informal leader

A leader who does not have official sanction to direct the activities of others and is chosen by the group itself.

authority

It is the legitimate right to give commands and to act in the interest of an organization.

power

It is the ability to impose the will of one person/group to bring about certain behaviors in others.

legitimate power

Power given to a person by the organization because of the position in the hierarchy.

college dean

What is an example of a legitimate power?

reward power

Power that is based on the ability to control and administer records to others for compliance with the leader's orders or requests.

applause

What is an example of a reward power?

coercive power

Power with the ability to use punishment on others for non-compliance with management orders or directives.

community work

What is an example of a coercive power?

expert power

Power that is derived from some special ability, skills, or knowledge demonstrated by the individual

icu nurse

What is an example of an expert power?

referral power

Power that is based on a certain attractiveness or appeal of one person to another. It is also based on a person's connection as relationship with another powerful person.

patient care management, operational management, human resource management

What are the responsibilities of a nurse manager regardless of title within the nursing department?

style

It is the way in which something is said or done. It is a particular form of behavior directly associated with an individual.

little freedom

What is the degree of freedom under an authoritarian leader?

moderate freedom

What is the degree of freedom under a democratic leader?

much freedom

What is the degree of freedom under a laissez-faire leader?

high control

What degree of control does an authoritarian leader have?

moderate control

What degree of control does a democratic leader have?

no control

What degree of control does a laissez-faire leader have?

the leader

Under an authoritarian leader, who leads the decision-making?

leader and group together

Under a democratic leader, who leads the decision-making?

by the group or by no one

Under a laissez-faire leader, who leads the decision-making?

high activity

What is the activity of the leader under authoritarian and democratic leadership?

minimal activity

What is the activity of the leader under laissez-faire leadership?

primarily the leader

Who assumes responsibility under an authoritarian leadership?

shared

Who assumes responsibility under a democratic leadership?

abdicated

Who assumes responsibility under a laissez-faire leadership?

high and good quality

What is the output of the group under an authoritarian leadership?

creative and high quality

What is the output of the group under a democratic leadership?

variable and may be of poor quality

What is the output of the group under laissez-faire leadership?

very efficient

What is the efficiency under an authoritarian leadership?

less efficient than authoritarian

What is the efficiency under a democratic leadership?

inefficient

What is the efficiency under laissez-faire leadership?

planning for a Christmas party

What situation calls for democratic leadership?

a parent wishing for his/her child to graduate on time

What situation calls for authoritarian leadership?

going to a beach party

What situation calls for laissez-faire leadership?