Essays 331 - 360
Classical leaders tended to view the end as the ultimate goal, rather than focusing on the means to the end (Crawford and Brungard...
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...
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...
a loose canon, and the others are not sure they want her around during the IPO process. Meanwhile, marketing director Char...
In five pages this report examines ethical leadership and the responsibilities that define such leadership. Four sources are cite...
the same growth and development experiences they give men (Pinder, 2005; Stelter, 2002). There is an ongoing debate that suggests...
This should and will be changed later but right now, they have a deadline set. The COO will need to begin by letting the three man...
more or less inherited their leadership roles. Fledging governments such as those of the United States did put some store on elect...
in learning and developing leadership skills. in this stage, students must be given very explicit lessons and directions to learn ...
teams and why it is essential, there is nothing better than teaching through example. The book does not end there. In fact, the an...
a key role, and fits in with the idea put forward by Zaleznik (1977) where leaders will have followers and Kotter (1990) argues th...
He is at once authoritarian and participatory. His orders to everyone were to reduce costs and increase revenue and he is open to ...
school and through friendships. The student has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry in the past and likely knows many peo...
no longer met the demands of the business environment" (Lawler and Worley, 2006; p. 1). They had failed to change at a time when ...
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...
expected to perform the task in their machine like manner. The tasks were broken down into the smallest components which would acq...
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...
to be the same for leaders across contexts or cultures and second, some believe leadership skills cannot be taught or trained (Mar...
This paper is written in three parts, each looking at a concept that can be applied to leadership. The first section looks at how...
There is a lot to learn from the mistakes Toyota made when their cars suddenly accelerated. In terms of ethical leadership they di...
Leadership in business is not really a topic until the twentieth century, before this it was a case of managing business; as such ...
variety of different parties while promoting "their recombination in a loosely synthesized mix" (Skowronek, 1997, p. 449). Dwight ...
ahead and enjoy the practices of the past (or those of recent government bailout recipients), but not to flaunt them too flamboyan...
own sake; vision provides a reason for undertaking time-consuming and often difficult change initiatives. Change Resistance...
profession. The current nursing shortage-Why retention is important Basically, this shortage results from "massive disrupts in t...
as being led into making decisions by events and circumstances rather than meeting them head-on. An example of this might be the ...