Essays 271 - 300
Leadership in business is not really a topic until the twentieth century, before this it was a case of managing business; as such ...
school and through friendships. The student has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry in the past and likely knows many peo...
He is at once authoritarian and participatory. His orders to everyone were to reduce costs and increase revenue and he is open to ...
et al, 2004). As the authors point out, an essential component of transformational leadership is to acknowledge and consider diff...
distrust, as such the style (Kotter, 1999) is one that does not seek to use an autocratic style and allows the employees to be hea...
This 8 page paper is written in 2 parts,. The first part looks at a Turkish business; Çolakoglu A.S, a yarn manufacturer, and exam...
person they want to be (Drucker in Hesselbein et al, 1997). Charles Handy, another recognised management Guru cites the short-sigh...
to be so remote as to be unapproachable (Manchester 5). He is described as wrapping "himself in a cloak of dignified aloofness" (M...
require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...
Sacrificial leadership: Jesus sacrificed Himself for all of mankind (Chandra, 2004). Servant leadership is most often associated...
ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...
world (Woopidoo, 2005). Branson began Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, Virgin Mobile in 1999, released a book entitled, "Losing My...
indicates the need fro a form of leadership from outside the project, emerging an influence and demonstrating support and commitme...
some control over their own work lives. Models that promote empowerment, involvement, responsibility, accountability and autonom...
theory (ChangingMinds.org, Trait, 2007). Trait theory still insisted that people were born with certain traits that "are particul...
This 9 page paper looks at the differences between managers and leaders, defining the role of managers and leaders and looking at ...
and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...
Reward and reinforcement occurs when a reward follows an "occurrence of a specific behavior" such that the behavior is acknowledge...
defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...
a goal, a direction, an objective, a vision, a dream, a path, a reach" (p.7). How do the individuals just noted demonstrate a visi...
research in the field of school leadership. This vast field of study addresses the same issues that are addressed in the business-...
leadership the determination of what is ethical leadership and how it can be practiced and identified will be placed into a more m...
more than one-fourth of companies have not engaged in succession planning (OHara, 2005). Furthermore, global experience must be co...
but only in "parts." The authors relate the story of a favorite illustration of inventor Buckminster Fuller who would hold up his...
leaders must be able to understand what is changing in the market and in the global economy (American Library Association, 2007). ...
person must be well-adjusted, self-confident, enthusiastic, ambitious, is willing to take risks after careful analysis, is honest ...
be incorporated into our actions. The Book of Acts shows that the Apostles and the disciples followed through on this type of le...
In eight pages this paper considers former CIA director William Casey's unsuccessful leadership compared with Southwest Airlines' ...
In twelve pages an historical overview of Powell's career with emphasis upon his leadership of the House Committee on Education an...
difficult and most people find it difficult to be open to the changes in their personal and work lives. The student could then de...