The author has been assigned the task of chief executive officer (CEO) to a financially stable organization which could perform better. ... The author will discuss how she would lead the organization by discussing the leadership theories she would use, adapt these theories to the employees and working environment and finally, discuss what effects the author's leadership skills and style have on how effective she can be as a leader in this work environment. ... As a leader the author will inspire and motivate the employees to see the bigger picture and allow for growth through changes in t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the contrary, the authors believed that old leaders could learn new tricks. ... To solve this problem, the author believed that setting ground rules are the leader's job. ... The author did a great job by pointing out the scientific origin of the leadership. ... On the other hand, the readers need more examples to illustrate the points that the authors pointed out in the book. ... "Great leadership works through the emotions."" ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author acknowledged that organizations often focus more on the technology of communications than the personnel communicating within the organization (French, 2002). ... Finally, I like to attempt to answer the author's question "How can organizations change things and make managers an integral part of the communications process?" ... I agree with the points made by the author pertaining to planning, training, compensation, and recognition. ... Training as the author mentions is a great tool to keep one's managers" skills sharp, but most managers need to acquire those skills fir...

• Word Count: 856
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Robert Greenleaf contends the great leader is seen as a servant first, and that simple fact is the key to the leader's greatness [ CITATION Gre91 l 1033 ]. Another author that studies how a journey to servant leadership is a competitive advantage in business cites Mark 10:43-44 (NIV) "whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all" [CITATION Bil11 l 1033 ]. ... Another author offers that the following consistent characteristics and traits become a way of life for a servant leader: giving praise and feedback, gr...

• Word Count: 2001
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Specifically it will discuss what leadership is, and what makes a great leader. ... Great leaders also maintain a value system that supports change and growth, and supports others. ... Other great leaders illustrate the aspect of change and followers. ... Author Howard continues, "The leader that prefers Type-C (Feelings) leadership style makes decisions about how he/she feels about the people, tasks, and environment, often ignoring research and facts that are contrary to his/her decisions" (Howard). ... The author notes, "The leader who prefers to use Type- D leadership style (Control/Pow...

• Word Count: 1574
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author points out that many companies undergo forecasting activities that fail to add value to the overall forecast. ... The author goes on to describe a superior form of forecasting, the future value added approach. ... The article didn't go into great detail about things, but gave enough background information so that the reader had a general idea of how large Avon is and the problem it was facing. ... Through researching and training their employees in their new policies in inventory, transportation, and sales the Avon had great success in the advancement of their operations. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

MY ten important things Introduction There were a number of concepts discussed throughout the course of Principles of HRM that resonated with the author. ... Internally, mining companies have been seen as very poor at Human Resource Management (HRM), however the author believes that this is slowly changing. ... The ten points that were deemed the most important by the author are discussed in detail in this essay. ... Leadership without good management - harder than you might think Some books advocate that for a company to turn around, all it needs to do is find itself a great leader. ...

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When people talk about leadership occurring as an event it means they usually view leadership as continuous-an ongoing characteristic of a great person and a set of enduring habits, values, or standards (Blank 13). ... Next, the author spoke on how leaders operate outside the boundaries of organizationally defined procedures. ... Unfortunately, the only chapter to address the 9 natural laws of leadership is the first one...after that, the author moves into the quantum leadership theory for the remaining part of the book. The book is filled with great information but most of the information...

• Word Count: 1552
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Decision Making at Harley Davidson According to an interview with Rich Teerlink and Lee Ozley, authors of the book "More than a Motorcycle", the leadership skill that is used by the company in the old traditional ways would be the "command and conquer". This conventional type of leadership in decision-making has helped the company rise towards the impending crisis in the years that both the authors were organizational consultants of the company. ... Company Planning A vast portion that is of great importance to Harley Davidson Motor Company would be Growth, Continuous Impro...

• Word Count: 1886
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If, as our text book states, "A 25-year study by the Gallup Organization of 80,000 leaders found that the greatest leaders in the world don't share a common set of characteristics " (p. 174), then how can we determine if a pastor has what it takes to be both a great preacher and a great leader? ... Authors Kimsey et al (2006) argue that conflict prevention depends on "knowledge about the emergent nature of organizational conflict and how conflict gets transformed in the process of organizational interaction " (p. 487). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The discussion is based on a number of viewpoints from different authors who will be clearly indicated and acknowledged. ... Usually, a great deal of research and development goes into producing innovations which have no guarantee of profitability. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract The author's purpose is to demonstrate how Hoshin planning can be used as a solid Quality strategic management tool in directing focus towards the best process improvement projects for businesses. ... A great tool for this is the Affinity Diagram, which allows for a thorough dissection of the question, in fairly short amount of time. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Zaleznik discusses how often the conception of leadership is attached to mystical beliefs in which only great people are worthy of the drama of power and politics. ... Zaleznik discusses, author of The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James's two basic personality types, "once born" and "twice born....

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL Pinto (1994) described project manager is truly the heart and soul of a project. Project managers are expected to successfully bring their projects to fruition (achieved pre-determined quality) while keeping a tight rein on budgets (costs) and schedules (time). In order to fulfill the requirement of time, cost and quality, a project manager needs to acquire a set of skills to help him to manage the project and solve variety of problems during the implementation of project. These skills can be divided into two categories, which are hard s...

• Word Count: 13037
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Abstract This dissertation is attempting to delve into the prevailing attitudes and employee engagement with Topaz South Dublin service stations. The importance of employee engagement is highlighted in relation to the concept of Human Capital Management. The data collection was based on a survey which was carried out by the CIPD (2006) on employee engagement in the UK. The research seeks to understand aspects of working life at the Topaz service stations within the South Dublin catchment area. Aspects such as meaningfulness of tasks within the role, aspects of feelings towards the role, indivi...

• Word Count: 9462
• Approx Pages: 38
• Grade Level: Undergraduate