Leadership & Team Management Flashcards
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Carron's conceptual model of cohesion divides team cohesion into which two main dimensions?
Answer: Task cohesion and social cohesion
Carron distinguished task cohesion (working toward goals) from social cohesion (liking one another).
A personal training studio owner holds a weekly meeting where staff identify problems and propose solutions themselves. This most directly supports:
Answer: Employee empowerment
Empowerment gives employees authority and ownership over decisions affecting their work.
Which conflict-resolution approach seeks a solution that fully satisfies both parties' concerns?
Answer: Collaborating
In the Thomas-Kilmann model, collaborating is high in both assertiveness and cooperativeness, producing win-win outcomes.
In Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership model, a new athlete with high motivation but low skill is best led with which style?
Answer: Directing (telling)
Low-competence, high-commitment followers need high direction and close guidance.
A team captain who leads mainly by consistently working hardest in practice is demonstrating:
Answer: Lead-by-example (task) leadership
Leading by example models desired behaviors and effort for teammates.
Which SMART goal component is missing from: 'Our team will improve its free-throw percentage'?
Answer: Measurable target and time frame
The goal lacks a numeric target and a deadline, so it is neither measurable nor time-bound.
Groupthink on a coaching staff is most likely to occur when:
Answer: The group is highly cohesive and isolated with a directive leader
Janis identified high cohesion, insulation, and directive leadership as key antecedents of groupthink.
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