In the case of business management there are many advantages and disadvantages when it comes to a centralized or decentralized system of authority for any organization. ... With accountability on a select number of leaders it is easier to trace effective, and not so effective, decisions back to who is responsible for them and reducing the time it takes to come to important decisions. ... According to Kristin Clarke in "Inside the Informal Organization", informal organization is emotional; it's what goes on in the hallways and behind closed doors including elements such as worker...

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Persistence This could be outlined as how long does an individual take to achieve their goal, keep coming back until they achieve their goal and working non-stop until they achieve their target. ... It allowed him to come to a clear conclusion that there are five main needs within this hierarchy. ... However, as for not for profit organisations such as "UNICEF" are different from profit based organisations such as TGI Friday as it could be said that both of these organisations have similarities when it comes to how their employees are managed. ... At TGI Friday the employees are man...

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Although the illustrations of management practice can be traced back several thousand years, the development of management as a field of knowledge is recent. ... The human relations views that truly effective control comes from within the individual worker rather than from harsh, authoritarian control. ... The move to the learning organization goes hand-in-hand with the current transition to a technology-driven workplace. ...

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Branson can therefore be regarded a transformational leader as he inspires followers to go beyond their own self-interests, he has a deep and extra ordinary effect on followers (Grant, 2005) he is very motivational, influential, intellectually stimulating, considerate (Robbins and Judge 2009). ... Virgin Trains vision involves the empowerment of staff to take responsibility and ownership of their performance, a typical components of transformational style leadership whereby staffs are motivated and stimulated to perform and managers are now better skilled to support the front-line teams to cha...

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