Essays 361 - 390
in finding leaders are exemplified in Mr. Weldons history with the company. He joined Johnson & Johnson in 1971 as a sales repres...
been concerned about the same thing for some time and several weeks before began keeping a time log categorized according to proje...
to success. This is an aspect that authors Rooke and Torbert (2005) introduced some years ago, is the concept of "action logic," i...
deciding what to do about it (Taylor, 2009, p. 44). Mulally has made some risky moves, such as increasing the companys debt in o...
The writer chooses four modern business leaders and contrasts their different approaches to leadership to demonstrate the variety ...
undesirable, the style works. Jobs is a great leader because he combines the basic functions of management and does them well with...
behavioral theory, anyone has the potential to become an effective leader if he or she is willing to examine what behaviors are co...
be regarded as the bible of modern leadership theory, The Human Side of Enterprise. The central theme of this work involves the u...
subject of Gavin OConnors 2004 film, Miracle. As portrayed by Kurt Russell, Brooks is presented as a no-nonsense disciplinarian w...
organisational changes fail at a rate of 29% (Maurer, 1997). Reengineering is higher at 30% and of most concern is the figure for ...
and develop leaders or enhance the skills and influence of leaders, whereas for other it may explain why an how leaders are effect...
if true, whatever the way teamwork is implemented and as such it is the way the teams are put together and structured that are the...
3. The Law of Process - Leadership develops daily, not in a day (Maxwell, 1998). 4. The Law of Navigation - Anyone can steer the...
basis of his concept pf learning is that we are gradually taught or learn not to learn. Senge quotes Deming when looking organisat...
In seven pages the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is evaluated in terms of its improvement of leadership abilities and increased self...
framework was based ion research of 150 Chief Executives or Directors already working within the NHS (NHS, 2002). This is a framew...
accomplishing the task or objective rather than on people (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004). They make the policies and rules ...
In seven pages this paper presents a summary and review of this text with commentary on the leadership model presented with a comp...
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...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
Classical leaders tended to view the end as the ultimate goal, rather than focusing on the means to the end (Crawford and Brungard...
see increase their productivity and value adding contributions. The leader has to understand expectancy theory in terms of leaders...
In six pages and 3 parts this paper discusses the leadership of Yugoslavia's Tito, then discusses Martin Luther King, Arafat, with...
extend the list to five. Those functions are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. In the past, managers ha...
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...
to be the same for leaders across contexts or cultures and second, some believe leadership skills cannot be taught or trained (Mar...
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...