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ACCA · Question 19 · Syllabus D: Leadership and management
Section A
GlobalRescue is a disaster relief NGO. During an earthquake response, the team leader focuses entirely on allocating rescue equipment and mapping out search grids, completely ignoring the severe emotional exhaustion of the rescue workers and failing to foster any team cohesion. According to John Adair's Action-Centred Leadership model, which area is the leader over-emphasizing?
Section A
GlobalRescue is a disaster relief NGO. During an earthquake response, the team leader focuses entirely on allocating rescue equipment and mapping out search grids, completely ignoring the severe emotional exhaustion of the rescue workers and failing to foster any team cohesion. According to John Adair's Action-Centred Leadership model, which area is the leader over-emphasizing?
Answer options:
A.
Building and maintaining the team
B.
Developing the individual
C.
Achieving the task
D.
Managing the external environment
How to approach this question
Recall Adair's three overlapping circles: Task, Team, Individual. Mapping grids and allocating equipment are Task activities. Ignoring exhaustion (Individual) and cohesion (Team) shows an over-emphasis on the Task.
Full Answer
C.Achieving the task✓ Correct
John Adair's Action-Centred Leadership model consists of three overlapping circles: Achieving the task, Building and maintaining the team, and Developing the individual. Effective leadership requires balancing all three. By focusing solely on grids and equipment, the leader is over-emphasizing the Task at the expense of the Team and Individual.
Common mistakes
Confusing the model with Blake and Mouton's grid. Adair specifically uses the Task/Team/Individual triad.
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