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ACCA · Question 17 · Business & Technology
Section A
During a severe flood, the leader of "RescueOps" must ensure a stranded victim is saved immediately, while also ensuring the rescue boat crew works together seamlessly, and checking that a newly recruited diver is coping with the physical stress of the operation.
Which leadership model explicitly describes balancing these three specific needs?
Section A
During a severe flood, the leader of "RescueOps" must ensure a stranded victim is saved immediately, while also ensuring the rescue boat crew works together seamlessly, and checking that a newly recruited diver is coping with the physical stress of the operation.
Which leadership model explicitly describes balancing these three specific needs?
Answer options:
A.
Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid
B.
Adair's Action-Centred Leadership
C.
Fiedler's Contingency Model
D.
Tuckman's Team Stages
How to approach this question
Identify the three elements: Task (save victim), Team (crew working together), Individual (diver coping). This triad is the core of Adair's model.
Full Answer
B.Adair's Action-Centred Leadership✓ Correct
John Adair's Action-Centred Leadership model is represented by three overlapping circles: Achieving the Task, Building and Maintaining the Team, and Developing the Individual. Effective leaders must balance all three.
Common mistakes
Choosing Blake and Mouton because it also deals with tasks and people, but it lacks the distinct 'Team vs Individual' split.
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