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Leadership has been called these six(6) things.
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1. A trait
2. A behavior 3. A skill 4. A talent 5. A characteristic 6. An art |
In regards to leadership, the company officer must be able to recognize these two things during emergency and nonemergency functions.
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1. What effective leadership is
2. How to apply it |
Control of personnel is essential to ensure that these three things occur.
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1. Injuries are kept to a minimum
2. Accountability is assured throughout the operation 3. Operational goals are attained |
In nonemergency operations and during daily work activities, leadership is essential for doing these three things.
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1. Using resources efficiently
2. Ensuring a safe and healthy environment 3. Preventing interpersonal disputes that can weaken a unit's effectiveness |
_____ is most closely related to the act of directing, overseeing, or controlling the activities of other individuals, a basic function of the Level I fire officer as a first-line supervisor.
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Supervision
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_____ is applied to the control of a project, program, situation, or organization, a function often associated with the Level II fire officer.
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Managing
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This is not easily taught or learned. It is based on personality traits or characteristics that must be developed by the individual.
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Leading
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Act of directing, overseeing, or controlling the activities and behavior of employees who are assigned to a particular supervisor.
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Supervising
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Act of controlling, monitoring, or directing a project, program, situation, or organization through the use of authority, discipline, or persuasion.
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Managing
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Act of controlling, directing, conducting, guiding, and administering through the use of personal behavioral traits or personality characteristics that motivate employees to the successful completion of an organization's goals.
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Leading
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Some organizational theorists, psychologists, and behavioral scientists believe that managers can effectively supervise and lead but that leaders and supervisors cannot always manage. True or false?
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FALSE
"...believe that LEADERS can effectively supervise and manage but that managers and supervisors cannot always lead." |
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw the rise of the industrial age and the development of _____.
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The behavioral sciences
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Part of the development of the behavioral sciences included studies into these two things.
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1. Organizational management
2. Leadership |
Some of the resulting theories on leadership have been based on these six(6) aspects.
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1. Traits
2. Behavior 3. Quality management 4. Situations 5. Principles 6. Levels |
The disadvantage of the trait approach to leadership is what?
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No single trait was found to be consistently present in all examples
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