The aim of the present paper is to provide an analysis on leadership. According to Bolden (2004), defining leadership may be complex since it deals with various processes. Leadership is a procedure that allows a person to control and coordinate a particular group (Barnett, 2010). Furthermore, leader...
A larger sample with regard to all categories would have aided in the data analysis, particularly when looking for possible interactions between gender and coaching level. ... The analysis showed there were no significant differences between male and female coaches in overall leadership behaviors. ... Again, because the data for the RLSS is ordinal, an ANOVA is not the best analysis tool. ... Once again, a better analysis method could have been chosen based on the nature of the data collected. ...
To survive within the industry, it is clear our strategies need to be redefined through an improvement plan based on a systematic fact analysis and encompassing a broader bandwidth. ... To survive within the industry it is clear our strategies need to be redefined through an improvement plan based on a systematic fact analysis and encompassing a broader bandwidth. ...
Our analysis will explore how and to what extent each of the factors played a role in shaping the political careers of Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, Jayalalithaa and Indira Gandhi. ... Sudha Pai (1997) provides an interesting analysis of this issue. Sudipta Kaviraj (1986) provides an excellent analysis of Indira Gandhi's politics. ... Kaviraj's analysis of the politics of substituting a program with a personality is extremely important for our paper, which happens to be a preponderant cultural practice. His analysis with respect to Indira Gandhi will be extended to the cases of the othe...
Being able to inspire interest, enthusiasm or affection in others is a gift believed to be divinely conferred on people thus charisma has a religious meaning. This meaning was however turned political by Max Weber who portrayed it as an act of having self-confidence and complete self-devoutness in q...
Analysis of Author The author used a play on emotions by making an opening statement that the wrong decisions can lead to "drop in business performance misdirected marketing strategies loss of customer and staff motivation decreased profitability falling shareholder returns- These factors are sure to catch anyone business person's attention. ...
It can occur at just about any age, and it is much more than simply wielding power, as this analysis clearly shows. ... A writer notes, "Type-A (Fact Based) leaders are comfortable with people, tasks, and environments that require facts, logic, theories, scientific applications, analysis, quantitative, mathematical, and technical processes to resolve" (Howard). ...
The researchers used a t-test and a one-way analysis of variance to examine the impact of the different backgrounds of the players on team cohesion and perception of paternalistic leadership style. ... Researchers used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to analyze the result of the MLQ-5X. ...
The results were obtained by taking a "triangulated methodological approach essentially discourse-analytical in focus, with an additional qualitative analysis of the ethnographic data, and aided by corpus linguistic tools to retrieve recurrent phraseology typical of the business emails....
Abstract The notion of leadership denotes the influence managers have on the behaviour and decisions of their juniors which aligns to the overall organizational goals. The success of any organisation greatly depends on the leadership style of its management. An effective leader inspires his subordinates to work towards a common goal in a more productive manner and also help attain greater level of job satisfaction. This study tried to look into the relationship between the managerial leadership skills and overall employee satisfaction. The results demonstrated that an adaptive and flexible lea...
Executive Summary Charlie Eitel has been hired by Fenway Partners, the owner of Simmons bedding company, to turnaround the company. He would like to spend $7.2 million over three years to implement the Great Game of Life (GGOL) which is an experiential program assisting employees to reach their full...
A more thorough analysis of the history and theory behind the different concepts of leadership in general and educational leadership in particular, the moral, ethical and intellectual capacity of the leader may be more significant than the leadership theory he/she practices. ... Allix claims his analysis "exposes a conception that in its essence collapses into a transactional process of emotionally charged ideological exchange, with all the possible physical repercussions that this entails: and which implies a pattern of social relations structured not for education, but for domination." ...
By conducting an analysis on Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited it will assist with determining the extent to which organization structure and leadership influence the flow of communication, workforce productivity, organizational culture and behaviours. ...
The aim of the present paper is to provide an analysis on leadership. According to Bolden (2004), defining leadership may be complex since it deals with various processes. Leadership is a procedure that allows a person to control and coordinate a particular group (Barnett, 2010). Furthermore, leader...
The terms leadership and management are often used interchangeably and frequently miscomprehended. In order to address the question, it is necessary to first unearth and define what leaders and managers do, and also distinguish any similarities and differences between them. Kottler (1990) and Bo...
INTRODUCTION In the last few decades, the number of women entering managerial roles has been steadily increasing in Canada. This purports to the fact that men, who historically held all managerial positions, will increasingly face competition with their female counterparts in the rivalry to obtain leadership roles. As a result, the topics of women, management and leadership style have stimulated great interest among researchers. In particular, literature demonstrates a growing interest on the issue of whether men and women behave differently in leadership roles (Statham, 1987; Pounder & Co...
The first case involves a consulting firm by the name of Conavia. Conavia, which is located in Vancouver, specializes in avionics and primarily functions as a tall mechanistic organization which deals specialization of skills. Stanley Jackson who is the senior Vice President for the Economics of Finance at Conavia performs his duties under the shadow of George Markov, who was the founder. Conavia uses a vertical method of management in which one person is in control of everyone else below. They employ 9 workers who directly report to Vice President Stanley Jackson. ...
Being a great manager is a legitimate skill, and not everybody is well-suited to this type of leadership position. In business, companies can make and lose millions of dollars in the blink of an eye, because the business climate can be volatile. In order to keep a company running and maintaining pri...
This synthesis paper will discuss three different articles that had a common theme of how personality traits and different types of leadership values that will help a person to be successful in the career path, no matter what that path may be, whether a president of the country, president of a compa...
An important element of studying group behaviors is examining different leadership styles. Leadership styles refer to a leader's characteristic behaviors when directing, motivating, and managing groups of people. In order for leadership to be effective there must be communication and understanding between the leader and its followers (Forbes 2013). Although there may be many variations of leadership styles, sociologists have narrowed it down to three prominent leadership types (Maconinis, Gerber 2014 p159). Firstly, Authoritarian leadership focuses on instrumental concerns, takes persona...
The challenge of leadership is to sustain momentum in organisations One of the greatest challenges facing any manager or leader in organisations is to establish and maintain a focus amongst workers, employees or team members on of the needs to continually moving forward and improving the organisation. How a leader establishes and maintains this desire to continuously improve is the source of much debate amongst academics and practitioners. There are many leadership theories and models and much debate as to the best model or leadership style. However, The key ingredients for a succes...
Introduction The situation that I chose to discuss in this assignment is the time when I was transferred to a new sister company to the one that I was working for, because of the poor performance that was being recorded at this company. My main role was to try and bring things in order so that the c...
In addition providing benefits for employees and introducing and casual meetings could further improve employee satisfaction and motivation within the company. 1.0 Problem Identification and Analysis 1.1 Motivation 1.1.1 Less Employee Satisfaction Lack of employee satisfaction is a significant issue depicted in this business. ...
For decades researchers have tried to define the characteristics of leaders and to determine a blueprint for producing effective leaders. Often the success of organizations and companies has been attributed to a particular leader or the leadership style in which they operate. The business industry has been at the forefront in leadership research. With the evolution of health care from a non-profit industry to a big business viewpoint, there has been increasing interest in producing more efficient and cost effective leaders. The purpose of this paper is to discuss research strategies that may i...
