Essays 241 - 270
sort of person who can truly identify with the values the organization wishes to promote, and so on (Brown & Mitchell, 2010). Th...
become outdated by the time the text reached print, but on the basis of principles that, according to the author, are "universal a...
leadership and attempt to present a more nuanced approach to the skills or qualities associated with leaders in the personal sense...
and its basic conceit, around which the paper will be based. The primary theme of Goodwins work is that the presidency of Abraham ...
equally useful lessons about leadership. With that in mind, this paper will explore the leadership actions of one of recent histor...
the value of leadership might strive to emphasize this capacity of emotional intelligence among all organizational leaders. This...
is Lou Platt, who was promoted to a position of leadership in 1992, after serving with the company for some 26 years (OToole, 2000...
around the ten-dollar mark, but books that are significantly lower are often perceived as being of a reduced value and people may ...
paper, one might well suppose they were an independent business consultant contacted by the leaders of Conglomo Corporation, an in...
leaders (Emery & Barker, 2007). Contact personnel were from the banking and food store organizations. The third article by Brede...
some boards of directors are not focusing just on total returns but rather, are thinking about metrics such as executive-developme...
for this element. Low to moderate maturity employees have low motivation and require more direction and more personal attention. M...
leadership training, including training that focuses on motivational elements, communication skills, and the development of leader...
sees the gestalt, the large picture, who has natural insight into what will happen and acts to meet those future challenges before...
attributes these men and women have to lead a corporation (or other agency). In one chapter, Chapter 5, the authors analyze a stud...
personal capacity. The most important role of a leader is to impact the people he leads and creating a link between the actions o...
has changed considerably over the years as has the political identity of this country and how it is perceived both by its citizens...
Classical leaders tended to view the end as the ultimate goal, rather than focusing on the means to the end (Crawford and Brungard...
provides a tool for analyzing external conditions and evaluating the industry in which the organization operates. The Porter mode...
expected to perform the task in their machine like manner. The tasks were broken down into the smallest components which would acq...
Leadership and Management In the past a leader and a manager were seen as one and the same thing, with the advent of scientific ma...
or some sort of business "disguise." Rather it is a state of being in which the ultimate conclusion is the melding of multiple ag...
leadership, managers let subordinates know what is expected of them, and what they can hope to receive if they meet specific objec...
extend the list to five. Those functions are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. In the past, managers ha...
system that had failed (Keppler Associates, nd). Had the men become over-anxious, they would use more oxygen, thereby shortening t...
with equipment and teaching and directing from a distance, decision making and general management will be more effective. In term...
to be the same for leaders across contexts or cultures and second, some believe leadership skills cannot be taught or trained (Mar...
This paper examines the corporate leadership climb of Jack Welch and the management techniques his autobiography provides with com...
be accomplished - such as within a department that has to keep pace with the rest of the organization - even individual managers c...
Some history is significant here. It should be noted that after Lenins death in 1924, Stalin tried to establish socialism but cla...