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What is the main characteristic of tacit knowledge?

  • It can be taught through manuals and training sessions.
  • It is always formal and objective.
  • It can be easily documented and shared.
  • It is based on personal experience and is context-specific. (correct)

Which transformation in the knowledge management process involves converting tacit knowledge into explicit forms?

  • Tacit-to-Tacit
  • Explicit-to-Explicit
  • Explicit-to-Tacit
  • Tacit-to-Explicit (correct)

Which of the following is an example of explicit knowledge?

  • An employee's personal insights from years of experience.
  • A skilled technician's approach to repairs.
  • Tips shared during an informal conversation among coworkers.
  • A company's documented procedures for handling customer complaints. (correct)

What does the knowledge capture process aim to achieve in organizations?

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What is the outcome of the internalization transformation in the knowledge management process?

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In the knowledge management cycle, which transformation integrates existing explicit knowledge to create new knowledge?

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Which of these is a characteristic of explicit knowledge?

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What role does knowledge transfer play in decision-making?

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What is the primary focus of Level Three influence in Clawson's model?

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Which of the following methods is associated with creating a sense of urgency in persuasion?

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What is a potential benefit of conflict in the workplace?

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Which conflict response approach is generally inappropriate for significant issues?

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What technique involves starting with small tasks to encourage larger commitments?

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What type of conflict results in productive outcomes and collaboration?

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Which of the following triggers can lead to workplace conflict?

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Which method can help align an individual's actions with their values during persuasion?

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What outcome is a result of using logical persuasion techniques?

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Which influence tactic involves showing that others have accepted a course of action?

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What is the first level of influence in Clawson's model?

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Which technique involves adjusting the framing of a message to highlight gains or losses?

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What is a common cause of workplace conflict related to interpersonal relationships?

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Why is relying solely on Level One influence often insufficient for true leadership transformation?

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What type of reinforcement involves encouraging desired behaviors by providing a reward?

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Which decision-making process acknowledges real-world constraints and often results in satisfactory choices rather than optimal ones?

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In which type of learning does an individual learn by observing others and their behaviors' outcomes?

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Which type of power in an organization is derived from a formal position or title?

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What kind of goal orientation emphasizes skill acquisition and adaptability?

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Which term describes the process of selecting a satisfactory option rather than the best one?

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Which type of punishment involves introducing negative consequences to discourage undesired behaviors?

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What characteristic is associated with System 2 decision-making?

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Which reinforcement schedule significantly influences how behaviors are learned?

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Which form of power in organizations influences behavior through control over rewards?

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In which organizational decisions is tacit knowledge often utilized?

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What is a common outcome of learning goals in organizations?

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Which type of reinforcement involves removing undesirable outcomes?

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What is a primary focus of LMX theory in leadership?

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Which of the following is NOT a component of psychological safety in the workplace?

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What does the term 'Idealized Influence' refer to in transformational leadership?

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According to psychological safety principles, what is a key outcome when employees feel secure?

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In the context of bias in leadership emergence, what is the 'Think Leader, Think White' bias?

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What did Indra Nooyi's 'performance with purpose' initiative emphasize within LMX theory?

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What is the objective of reframing interactions with perceived 'difficult' individuals?

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Which approach emphasizes adaptability in leadership based on situational needs?

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What is the effect of stereotypes on leadership effectiveness evaluations for women and minorities?

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What does 'Intellectual Stimulation' involve in transformational leadership?

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How do leaders create psychological safety within their teams?

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Which of the following best describes 'Individualized Consideration' in transformational leadership?

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What is a significant outcome of effective leadership within an organization?

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What triggers the need for culture change within an organization?

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Which step is essential for understanding the purpose of organizational culture change?

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What reframing approach is suggested for addressing the issue of a slow elevator?

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How should an organization address resistance to change?

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Which of the following best describes leadership effectiveness?

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Which of the following exemplifies a systems approach in facilitating change?

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Which leadership style involves making decisions without seeking employee input?

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What is a key characteristic of eustress?

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What primarily shapes organizational culture according to the content provided?

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What common issue does diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives face?

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Which factor does NOT play a role in the maintenance of organizational culture?

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Which trait is considered a significant predictor of leader emergence?

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Which element is essential for cultivating an inclusive culture?

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What is a primary characteristic of the consultative decision-making style?

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What describes distress in relation to stress management?

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How does the culture of an organization develop from the bottom up?

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What approach should organizations take to optimize stress management?

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Which of the following body systems can be negatively affected by chronic stress?

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What is the role of founders in shaping organizational culture?

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What is one of the primary goals of inclusive cultures?

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What factor does NOT affect leadership effectiveness?

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Which of the following is true regarding emotional intelligence in leadership?

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How does organizational culture form?

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What impact do internal shocks have on organizational culture?

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What is a significant economic impact of workplace mental health issues?

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Which of the following leadership styles emphasizes consensus in decision-making?

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What does the Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) framework ensure?

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When is it appropriate to use an accommodating approach in conflict resolution?

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What is a significant risk associated with a competing approach to conflict?

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Under what circumstances is compromise an effective strategy?

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What situation necessitates a collaborative approach to conflict resolution?

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Which statement accurately describes the concept of avoiding in conflict management?

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What is a common sign of psychological harassment in the workplace?

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What should be the first step for managers when they observe bullying behavior?

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Which characteristic makes a conflict truly interpersonal?

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What defines workplace bullying according to the content?

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Why might a compromising approach result in weak commitments?

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What negative outcome can frequent accommodating lead to?

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In which scenario would a competing approach be most appropriate?

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When is it most suitable to employ a collaborative conflict resolution strategy?

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What is the significance of the phrase 'mental health is health'?

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Which of the following is NOT a common cause of stress?

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How can practicing positive self-talk influence stress management?

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What benefit can disconnecting from technology provide?

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Which type of meditation focuses on awareness of breath, thoughts, and feelings without judgment?

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In self-talk and cognitive reframing, what is the first step?

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What type of cognitive distortion involves taking unnecessary blame?

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What does the fight/flight/freeze response originate from in the brain?

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What is the goal of stress management strategies?

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Which outcome is a benefit of regular meditation practice?

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Which cognitive distortion involves believing that feelings reflect reality?

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What role does disconnecting from technology play in mental health?

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Which of the following is NOT considered a physiological stress?

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What is one of the main benefits of engaging in hobbies as a stress management strategy?

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Flashcards

Explicit Knowledge

Easily articulated, documented, and shared knowledge like facts, data, and procedures.

Tacit Knowledge

Hidden, intuitive, and hard to express knowledge based on personal experience, like skills and insights.

Knowledge Capture

Converting tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge to maintain value even when employees leave.

Tacit-to-Tacit Knowledge Transfer

Sharing tacit knowledge informally, like through discussions and meetings.

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Tacit-to-Explicit Knowledge Transfer

Converting tacit knowledge into explicit forms like reports and articles.

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Explicit-to-Tacit Knowledge Transfer

Learning and training that creates new tacit knowledge from explicit sources.

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Explicit-to-Explicit Knowledge Transfer

Combining existing explicit knowledge to make new knowledge, often through data analysis.

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Knowledge Management

A cyclical process where different types of knowledge transform and share across stakeholders.

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Positive Reinforcement

Encouraging a behavior by providing a reward.

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Negative Reinforcement

Encouraging a behavior by removing an undesirable outcome.

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Punishment

Discouraging an undesired behavior by introducing negative consequences.

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Extinction

Discouraging an undesired behavior by removing positive outcomes.

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Social Learning Theory

Learning by observing others and their behaviors' outcomes.

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On-the-Job Training

New employees learn by watching experienced colleagues.

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Learning Orientation

Focusing on skill acquisition and growth.

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Performance Orientation

Focus on outcomes and recognition.

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Programmed Decisions

Routine, automatic decisions using established rules.

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Non-Programmed Decisions

Complex, infrequent decisions requiring deliberation.

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Bounded Rationality

Making decisions with limitations in information, time, etc.

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Heuristics

Mental shortcuts for simplified decision-making.

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Legitimate Power

Power derived from formal position or title in a hierarchy.

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Coercive Power

Power gained by threatening punishment or negative consequences.

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Expert Power

Power derived from specialized knowledge and skills.

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Influence

The ability to get others to do what you want, often through persuasion or authority.

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Persuasion

The process of convincing others to agree with you or take action based on your beliefs or values.

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Logical Persuasion

Appealing to reason by using facts, data, and evidence to support your argument.

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Emotional Persuasion

Using stories, imagery, and emotional appeals to connect with people's feelings.

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Authority Persuasion

Establishing credibility through expertise or past achievements to gain trust.

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Scarcity Tactics

Making an opportunity seem limited to encourage immediate action.

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Incremental Commitments

Starting with small tasks and building towards larger ones to gain gradual agreement.

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Social Proof

Showing that others already support your idea to encourage conformity.

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Appeal to Reputation

Aligning requests with someone's values or past actions to increase compliance.

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High Expectations

Expressing confidence in others' abilities to inspire them to rise to the challenge.

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Pave the Way

Starting with a larger request and then moving to the actual, smaller request to make it more acceptable.

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Framing Your Message

Tailoring your message to the audience by highlighting positive benefits or emphasizing the potential consequences of inaction.

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Level One Leadership (L1)

Influencing through visible behaviors, such as commands, incentives, or threats.

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Level Two Leadership (L2)

Influencing through conscious thought, using logical arguments and evidence.

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Level Three Leadership (L3)

Influencing through values, beliefs, and assumptions to inspire genuine alignment.

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Accommodation

Resolving conflict by agreeing with others to keep the peace, even if it means sacrificing your own needs. This can be effective for minor disagreements but may lead to resentment if used consistently.

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Competing

Approaching conflict with a focus on winning rather than compromise. This approach can be useful in critical situations but risks damaging relationships and overlooking collaborative solutions.

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Compromise

Finding a middle ground where both parties give up something. This approach works well when resources are limited but may lead to half-hearted commitments if neither party is fully satisfied.

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Collaboration

The most constructive conflict resolution approach, aiming for a win-win outcome where both parties openly communicate and work together on solutions.

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Psychological Harassment

Bullying behaviors that harm team well-being and productivity. It involves repeated malicious behaviors causing physical or emotional harm, often through subtle or overt actions.

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Signs of Psychological Harassment

Subtle signs include exclusion, invalid criticism, taking credit, setting up others for failure. Overt signs include aggression, public humiliation, spreading rumors, and sabotage.

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Impact of Bullying

Bullying can have negative emotional, physical, and professional consequences for employees, including anxiety, reduced self-esteem, sleep disturbances, decreased productivity, and fear of the workplace.

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Intervention Steps for Managers

Managers should immediately stop bullying behavior, inform the bully of consequences, document the incident, report it to HR, and take appropriate disciplinary action.

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Conflict

Any situation where there's a perceived incompatibility of goals, opinions, or emotions between individuals or groups, leading to opposition or antagonism.

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Traditional View of Conflict

The belief that conflict is a result of poor communication, lack of trust, and a manager's inability to effectively respond to employees' needs. This view suggests conflict can be eliminated by addressing these factors.

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Avoiding Conflict

Choosing not to address the conflict or the people involved. This strategy is suitable for minor issues where emotions are high or when one feels unable to resolve the issue effectively.

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Accommodating Conflict

Focusing on maintaining the relationship than achieving a goal. This approach is appropriate when the issue is not important or when harmony is more important than winning.

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Collaborating Conflict

Working together to find a solution that satisfies all parties involved. This approach requires time, commitment, and strong communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.

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Everyday Leadership

Small, everyday actions that positively affect others. This concept emphasizes that effective leadership doesn't always require grand gestures.

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LMX Theory

Leaders form unique, dynamic relationships with each follower, impacting trust, communication, and job satisfaction.

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Open Communication (LMX)

Leaders actively listen to followers and provide honest feedback.

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Individualized Support (LMX)

Leaders recognize and support each follower's unique strengths and needs.

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Trust and Reliability (LMX)

Leaders build trust with followers by consistently demonstrating reliability.

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Shared Vision and Goals (LMX)

Leaders align followers with shared goals for a united purpose.

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Psychological Safety

Leaders create a safe environment where employees feel free to express ideas without fear of criticism.

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Impact of Psychological Safety

Fosters innovation, reduces stress, and encourages diverse perspectives.

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Time-Driven Model

Leadership style adapts based on the urgency of the situation.

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Life Cycle Model

Leadership style changes based on the development of the follower.

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Transformational Leadership

Inspiring followers to exceed expectations and innovate beyond their current roles.

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Idealized Influence (Four I’s)

Leaders gain followers' admiration and trust, inspiring them to align with the leader's vision.

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Inspirational Motivation (Four I’s)

Leaders foster enthusiasm and a shared vision, energizing followers toward future goals.

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Intellectual Stimulation (Four I’s)

Leaders challenge followers to rethink problems, encouraging creativity and innovation.

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Individualized Consideration (Four I’s)

Leaders help followers realize their potential through coaching and mentoring.

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Leadership Emergence

Individuals being recognized as leaders based on qualities like confidence and social skills.

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Leadership Effectiveness

How well someone performs in a leadership role.

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Reframing Problems

Changing the way you view a problem to find better solutions. Instead of focusing on the problem itself, consider what you can control and how you can make the situation better.

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Leadership

The process of influencing others to achieve a common goal.

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Leader Effectiveness

How well a leader's actions lead to accomplishing goals, sustaining followers' engagement, and building trust.

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Trait Theory of Leadership

The idea that leaders are born with certain personality traits that make them naturally effective.

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Leadership Traits

Personal characteristics that are associated with successful leadership, such as emotional intelligence, flexibility, and creativity.

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Decision-Making Styles

Different approaches that leaders use to process information and make choices, ranging from autocratic to delegative.

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Autocratic Leadership Style

Leaders make decisions alone, without consulting their team.

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Consultative Leadership Style

Leaders involve team members in the decision-making process by seeking their opinions and suggestions.

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Facilitative Leadership Style

Leaders guide team discussions and facilitate consensus on a solution.

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Delegative Leadership Style

Leaders empower their team to make decisions independently.

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Situational Leadership

The idea that the best leadership style depends on the specific situation and factors like employee expertise and task complexity.

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Organizational Culture

The shared values, beliefs, and behaviors that characterize an organization.

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Origin of Organizational Culture

Organizational culture develops as a response to internal and external challenges.

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Factors Influencing Organizational Culture

Factors like founders, industry, and employees all contribute to shaping an organization's culture.

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Maintaining Organizational Culture

Organizations use strategies like recruitment, leadership, and policies to sustain their desired culture.

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Culture Change Triggers

Factors that initiate a shift in an organization's shared norms, values, and behaviors. These can include social trends, technological advancements, global events, or significant incidents.

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Why culture change matters?

Adjusting an organization's culture is vital to align with new goals, meet evolving demands, improve performance, or respond to internal or external pressures.

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What are the steps for successful culture change?

  1. Why: Clearly articulate the reasons for change. 2. What: Define the desired culture in terms of its values and behaviors. 3. How: Adapt organizational elements like policies, procedures, and practices to support the new culture.
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Systems approach to culture change

Treating an organization as interconnected systems where leadership, communication, environment, and processes influence each other.

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Examples of a systems approach to culture change

Real-world applications of the systems approach, such as adjusting policies and procedures to address diversity and inclusion or restructuring processes to improve safety.

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Goal of Inclusive Cultures

To create a workplace that fosters fairness, equal opportunity, belonging, respect, and value for all employees, driving collaboration, innovation, and well-being.

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Challenges to creating inclusive cultures

Resistance to change from employees and superficial efforts that don't address underlying systemic issues like discriminatory policies or leadership attitudes.

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Keys to cultivating inclusive cultures

Applying a systems approach to address multiple elements, like revising hiring and promotion practices, ensuring inclusive leadership, promoting open communication, and providing diversity and inclusion training.

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Dr. Adia Wingfield's approach for Black employees

Focusing on collaboration, encouraging teamwork and mutual respect, and creating safe spaces for open dialogue about race and related challenges.

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Stress

A physical, social, and psychological response to pressure, often triggered by new situations, threats to our sense of self, or situations where we feel little control.

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Why stress matters

Work-related stress is a major health risk for employees, impacting both mental and physical well-being.

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Eustress vs. Distress

Eustress: Positive and constructive stress that enhances performance and growth. Distress: Negative and harmful stress that decreases performance and impacts health.

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Outcomes of Stress

Eustress: Energizing, improves performance, increases fulfillment. Distress: Draining, decreases performance, negatively impacts health.

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Managing Stress

Recognizing and addressing triggers, leveraging healthy stress to foster growth, and finding ways to balance stress levels to prevent burnout.

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The Mental Health Epidemic in Workplaces

Mental health issues significantly affect workplaces, resulting in a significant economic burden and impacting employee well-being.

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Mental Health vs. Physical Health

Historically, health was mainly viewed as physical well-being. Now, "mental health is health" emphasizes the interconnectedness of both.

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Stressors in Young Adults

Young adults (18-24) face unique stressors, with 40% feeling at a "breaking point". By age 40, half experience some form of mental illness.

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Disconnect from Tech

Regularly unplugging from technology reduces anxiety and distractions, and improves sleep quality, relationships, and productivity.

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Meditation for Stress Relief

Meditation trains attention and awareness to achieve calmness and relaxation, reducing stress hormones and improving focus.

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Cognitive Reframing

Changing negative thoughts to change reactions and reduce stress. It involves listening to your self-talk, identifying harmful patterns, evaluating their accuracy, and replacing them with positive alternatives.

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All-or-Nothing Thinking

Viewing experiences as either "good" or "bad", lacking a balanced perspective. This is a common cognitive distortion.

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Overgeneralization

Assuming one event dictates all similar outcomes. It's another type of cognitive distortion.

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Catastrophizing

Imagining worst-case scenarios without basis in reality. This is a common cognitive distortion.

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Stress: A Nonspecific Response

Stress is the body's response to any demand exceeding its resources. It can be physiological (physical), psychological (emotional), or organizational (work-related).

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Cognitive Stress Management Strategies

These strategies influence thinking, emotions, and well-being. They involve identifying negative thoughts, practicing positive self-talk, and focusing on beliefs and attitudes.

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Behavioral Stress Management Strategies

These strategies focus on changing behavior to improve your situation. Examples include relaxation techniques, exercise, and time management.

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Triggers and Cognitive Distortions

Stressors (triggers) often activate our cognitive distortions, which are negative or inaccurate thought patterns that amplify stress.

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Fight, Flight, Freeze

The body's instinctive response to stress, controlled by the limbic system. It triggers either fight, flight (escape), or freeze (immobilization).

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Challenging Automatic Thoughts

Recognize and challenge negative or positive automatic thoughts that arise from unconscious bias, improving your response to situations.

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Study Notes

Learning, Knowledge, and Decision Making

  • Types of Knowledge:
    • Explicit Knowledge: Easily documented, shared facts, data, procedures. Visible.
    • Tacit Knowledge: Hidden, intuitive, based on experience, difficult to express. Submerged.
  • Knowledge Transfer: Crucial for decision-making, often needs transition between explicit & tacit.
  • Knowledge Capture: Organizations must convert tacit to explicit knowledge to retain insights after employees leave.
  • Tacit Knowledge Characteristics: Personal, subjective, context-specific, experiential, involving "know-how," "know-what," "know-why," and "know-who."
  • Tacit Knowledge Examples: Hands-on skills, best practices, challenge handling tips.
  • Explicit Knowledge Characteristics: Formal, context-independent, easily shared, reproducible, and documentable.
  • Explicit Knowledge Examples: Procedures, policies, customer databases, formal feedback.
  • Knowledge Management Process: A spiral cycle transforming one knowledge type to another for stakeholders, involving four transformations: Tacit-to-Tacit, Tacit-to-Explicit, Explicit-to-Tacit, Explicit-to-Explicit.
  • Operant Conditioning: Employees associate behaviors with rewards or punishments, modifying behavior.
  • Reinforcement Types: Positive (reward), Negative (remove undesirable outcome), Punishment (introduce negative consequence), Extinction (remove positive outcome).
  • Reinforcement Schedules: Impact of timing and frequency of consequences on learning.
  • Social Learning Theory: Learning by observing others and their behaviors' outcomes.
  • Observation Examples: On-the-job training, mentorship programs, cross-training.
  • Goal Orientations:
    • Performance Orientation: Focus on outcomes, success, recognition.
    • Learning Orientation: Emphasis on skill acquisition, growth, adaptability.
  • Decision Types:
    • Programmed Decisions: Routine, automatic, often involving tacit knowledge.
    • Non-Programmed Decisions: Complex, infrequent, requiring deliberation.
  • Rationality vs. Bounded Rationality:
    • Rational Decision-Making: Idealized, perfect information, maximizing outcomes.
    • Bounded Rationality: Acknowledges real-world constraints; uses heuristics/shortcuts, leading to "satisficing."

Two Systems of Mind

  • System 1: Automatic, quick, effortless, involuntary (e.g., object distance, understanding simple sentences).
  • System 2: Effortful, demanding attention, agency, choice, complex computations (e.g., focusing, exercising intensely, multiplying).

Power, Influence, and Conflict

  • Types of Power:
    • Legitimate Power: Formal position/hierarchy.
    • Coercive Power: Control through fear of punishment.
    • Reward Power: Influence through rewards/incentives.
    • Expert Power: Specialized knowledge/skills.
    • Referent Power: Charisma, trust, respect.
  • Influence & Persuasion: Essential tools for collaboration, motivation, and positive leadership.
  • Persuasion Methods: Logic, emotion, authority.
  • Influence Tactics: Create scarcity, encourage incremental commitments, offer social proof, appeal to reputation, set high expectations, pave the way, frame the message.
  • Clawson's "Level Three Leadership": Influencing through values, beliefs, and assumptions, moving from visible behavior to deeper levels.
    • Level One (L1): Visible behavior (commands, incentives).
    • Level Two (L2): Conscious thought (arguments, data).
    • Level Three (L3): Values/assumptions/beliefs (visioning, authenticity).
  • Conflict: Natural part of organizational life, differing personalities, values.
  • Conflict Benefits: Highlights problems, improves communication, enhances emotional intelligence, fosters change.
  • Conflict Causes: Poor communication, personality clashes, competing needs, values, unclear roles/expectations.
  • Conflict Response Approaches: Avoidance, accommodation, competing, compromise, collaboration.
  • Workplace Bullying: Repeated, malicious behaviors causing harm. (subtle/overt signs, impact on employees, manager intervention).
  • Functional vs. Dysfunctional Conflict: Distinguishing constructive from destructive conflict.
  • Conflict Management Strategies: Approaches to resolve conflict.

Leadership

  • Leadership Effectiveness and Psychological Safety:
    • Everyday Leadership: Small, positive daily actions influencing others.
    • Leader-Member Exchange (LMX): Unique, dynamic relationships between leaders & followers.
    • Psychological Safety: Encouraging open communication, allowing idea expression without fear.
    • Leadership Approaches: Time-driven, life-cycle models emphasizing adaptability.
  • Transformational Leadership: Inspiring followers to exceed expectations and be innovative, embodying idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration; demonstrated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches.
  • Underrepresentation in Leadership: Men and white individuals dominate in Canada.
  • Leadership Emergence vs Effectiveness: Different notions of leadership identification vs. successful execution.

Organizational Culture

  • Organizational Culture Formation: Originates from responses to internal and external pressures/changes (e.g. financial crisis influencing risk management).
  • Factors Influencing Culture: Founders, leaders, industry demands, employee values, actions.
  • Maintaining Organizational Culture: Attraction-Selection-Attrition (ASA) process, socialization, leadership modeling, performance management systems.
  • Culture Change: A systems approach addressing organizational interdependence; factors like leaders, communication, and process adaptation; resistance to change is common.
  • Inclusive Cultures: Fairness, belonging, respect, driving collaboration, innovation, employee well-being.

Stress and Mental Health

  • Stress: Subjective response to pressure, not solely from the external world.
  • Types of Stress: Eustress (positive), Distress (harmful).
  • Outcome of stress: Eustress energizes positive outcomes, distress damages.
  • Stress and the body: Effects on major bodily systems (musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, reproductive).
  • Balancing stress: Recognizing triggers and leveraging healthy stress for growth.
  • Mental Health Epidemic: Significant workplace impact for employees.
  • Common causes of stress: Work/school demands, lack of control, limited support, dysfunctional relationships, and life change.
  • Managing work/school demands: Prioritization, boundaries, time management.
  • Tips for managing stress: Identifying and managing stressors, disconnecting, self-talk, meditation.
  • Benefits of disconnecting: Reducing stress, improving sleep and relationships, enhancing productivity.
  • Cognitive Distortions: All-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, jumping to conclusions, catastrophizing, should statements, personalization, emotional reasoning, mental filtering.
  • Mental health: interconnected with physical health.
  • Stress management strategies: Cognitive & behavioral strategies focus on changing thoughts/feelings and actions.

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