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require freedom. It would not be until much later, during the latter part of the eighteenth century, that the world would see imme...

It was following this decision and an approach by IBM that the firm acquired IBMs PC division for $1,74 billion (Schuman, 2010)....

Discusses various leadership styles, and determines if there is a "right" style of leadership. There are 6 sources listed in the b...

personal values, personality, and on other beliefs. A leaders philosophy of leadership will be observed in his leadership style an...

the principles of good business. Success in business depends largely upon the ability to quickly and efficiently adapt to these ch...

draw a lesson from any situation, internalize that lesson, and then improve ones approach to leadership on the basis of those less...

organizations and people through a series of changes is vital if that change is going to be successful. Public security officials ...

Understanding the motivational contingencies of team leadership. Small Group Research, 41(5), 621-651. This is an important arti...

an interesting text on leadership in that it attempts to achieve a synthesis of classical leadership ideals with modern contempora...

(Team Technology, 2010). This premise would hold true in either sector. One example is the leadership of teams; when the team is j...

Positive interdependence is a keystone of effective teams. Positive interdependence means that members of the team believe their s...

specific area being considered, e.g., organizations, business, economy, culture, political or other areas, has flourished and grow...

and involvement in decision making. This is a very common sense type approach. It makes sense that a highly motivated and highly...

managers, it actually has its roots in the Bible. Jesus is the quintessential example of a servant leader and He taught His apostl...

do so. This overloads the head of an organization, in this case Kalinsky. Blackmore & Sachs (2003) state that this older m...

of people". This is a view with agrees with Drucker, who does not believe that leaders can be defined merely by personality, but t...

by a strong set of values resolves issues before we even really think about them. A person cannot really be a good leader withou...

because it tries to find a resolution that is acceptable to all parties (Bizman and Yinon, 2004). Part of the leadership plan wou...

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...

and people were referred to as sheep: "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless,...

One of the theories from the mid-1990s that is still getting a lot of press is Golemans introduction of emotional intelligence as ...

The writer chooses four modern business leaders and contrasts their different approaches to leadership to demonstrate the variety ...

organisational changes fail at a rate of 29% (Maurer, 1997). Reengineering is higher at 30% and of most concern is the figure for ...

subject of Gavin OConnors 2004 film, Miracle. As portrayed by Kurt Russell, Brooks is presented as a no-nonsense disciplinarian w...

be regarded as the bible of modern leadership theory, The Human Side of Enterprise. The central theme of this work involves the u...

DePree adopted a model of leadership that pictures the leader as both inspiring and serving (Budman, 2002). Such a framework for l...

a transformational leadership model being fostered. This is the model this student wants to adopt, however, she needs more knowled...

are they afraid of difficult situations. They learn from these. Effective leaders are first to adopt innovations. Leaders step bac...

differences as a central element in maintaining the necessity for particular action. Machiavellis perspectives on morality expres...