Nursing Leadership Exam #2 Chapter 13

Politics requires:

- Clear decision-making - Assertiveness - Accountability - Proactive

Empowerment occurs when:

- Leaders communicate their vision - Employees are given the opportunity to make the most of their talents - Learning, creativity, and exploration are encouraged

Bridging the Authority-Power Gap, The Followers:

- Must perceive the manager is doing a good job - Believe the org. has their best interests in mind - Don't feel controlled by authority

Bridging the Authority-Power Gap, the Managers must:

- be seen as credible - be seen as honest and telling the truth

Keeping Power Requires Four Things

1. Maintaining a small authority-power gap 2. Empowering subordinates whenever possible 3. Using authority in such a manner that subordinates view what happens in the organization as necessary 4. Using political strategies to maintain power and authority when necessary

Powerlessness

Although the adage that power corrupts might be true for some, it may be more correct to say that, __________ not power, corrupts.

Queen Bee Syndrome

Female-dominated professions

What is a negative effect of a wide authority-power gap?

Organizational chaos may develop

What has the capacity or potential to get others to do something one wants them to do that they would not ordinarily do otherwise?

Power

Although power is a universally available resource that does not have a finite quality, it can be lost as well as gained which is called?

Powerlessness

Politics is

The art of using legitimate power wisely

Power

The authority and ability to get things accomplished

The queen bee is

a woman who has struggled to become successful, but once successful, she refuses to help other women reach the same success

Authority-Power Gap suggests the right to command does NOT

ensure that employees will follow orders

Empowerment plants seeds of

leadership, collegiality, self-respect, and professionalism.

What should the leader take part in when bridging the Authority-Power Gap?

make a genuine effort to know and care about each subordinate as a unique individual

Power gives

one the potential to change the attitudes and behaviors of individual people and groups

Managers must understand the

politics of their organization to be powerful

Authority-Power Gap is

the gap between a position of authority and subordinate response

Power has

the potential of an individual or group to influence the behavior of others

The more power subordinates perceive a manager to have,

the smaller the gap between the right to expect certain things and the resulting fulfillment of those expectations by others

The manager needs to provide enough information about organizational and unit goals to subordinates so

they understand how their efforts and those of their manager are contributing to goal attainment

When Bridging the Authority-Power Gap Overt displays of authority should be

used as a last resort