Category: Leadership
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Great Man Theory of Leadership
Leadership is an essential factor that determines the level of performance and success in organizations. Leaders influence relationships among employees and between their institutions and various stakeholders. The great man theory is one of the perspectives used to explain why some individuals have abilities to guide others, teams, or organizations toward the achievement of particular…
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Role of Leadership in Managing Patagonia’s Change
Businesses undergo different changes when it comes to their operations and management. Changes in operations and strategies are the very known modes of change emerging from natural occurrences such as climate and weather while some are from economical enforcement. While there are different stakeholders in effecting changes, the key determinants are the leaders of the…
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New Castle Hotels’ Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Table of Contents Introduction Problem Statement Literature Review Theory Z by Abraham Maslow Theory of Renis Likert Causes Solutions Opinion Surveys A just promotion policy Introduction High employee turnover or attrition rate in any organization is a problem area for its management and one of its main aims will be to keep this at the…
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The Concepts of Leadership and Management
Table of Contents Comparison of Leadership and Management Behavioral Theory of Leadership Program at General Electric Theoretical Analysis Conclusion Reference List Appendix A Appendix B The concepts of leadership and management are an essential discussion in business. Each company or organization maintains people who are in charge and the approach they choose to take strongly…
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Leadership: Definitions and Perspectives
Table of Contents Nature of Leadership Contributing Factors Leadership Perspectives Perspectives on Leadership Tangible Outcomes References Nature of Leadership The first two definitions concern the broad nature of leadership. The first one is that all groups have role specialization, and someone has the primary responsibility for the specialized leadership role while others are to follow…
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The Concept of Sustainable Leadership
Table of Contents Introduction A Newly-Discovered Meaning of Sustainability Leadership Bright and Dark Inclinations Systems Thinking Conclusion References Introduction Sustainability seems to be a buzzword everyone uses nowadays. Whenever I scroll my feed on whichever social media, I am reminded of how much of a grip this concept has on society today. Forbes, Wall Street…
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Remote Leadership at Global Business Organization
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many global companies to adopt remote work experiments on a scale never. Although remote working in multinational companies is not a new work model, most business firms indefinitely shuttered their offices, instructing employees to work from home to curb the spread of the virus. At first, many international businesses hoped…
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Satya Nadella’s and Ken Lay’s Leadership Styles
Effective leadership is the most important part of any organization’s success, and analysing strategies used by effective and ineffective leaders can help to understand what qualities contribute to it. Two leaders that will be discussed in this essay are Satya Nadella and Ken Lay. Nadella has been the CEO of Microsoft since 2014, and Lay…
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Bill George’s Authentic Leadership Ideas
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Assistance in the Development of Leadership Capabilities Conclusion Introduction Bill George is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of True North. In an interview, Bill George brings up the topic of authentic leadership, a major subject of his books. George says that leadership is not a style…
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The Leadership Development Plan
Importance of a Leadership Development Plan A leadership development plan must be established to chart a new path to liberate society’s members. A leader is a selfless individual who strives to improve the desires of those under his or her control (Komives, Longerbeam, Owen, Mainella & Osteen, 2006). The vision is kept alive by the…