...Individual Research Paper on Leadership Table of Contents Introduction 2 Practices of Admired Leaders 3 Survey and Interview Methods 4 Interpretation of Results 5 Interpersonal 5 Deep-Level Diversity and Ethics 6 Analytical 7 Areas for Improvement 7 Personal Philosophy of Leadership 8 Conclusion 8 References 9 Appendices 10 Appendix 1.1 Survey Questions and Results 10 Appendix 1.2 Interview Questions and Answers 11 Introduction As a woman in young adulthood with over ten years of experience in both the work force and student practice, I am able to take a look at my leadership as a journey of evolvement and growth. Through the years I have gained a deeper understanding of my personal strengths, my own set of values, the morals that guide me, and the person that I am. Each of these facets have continued on a forward path of evolution as I survive trials and tribulations, live through personal and professional experiences, and ingest new opportunities. This set of traits that makes up the person I am is reflected in the way I lead others and the perceptions that others have of my leadership skills. In this research paper I have attempted to gain a deeper understanding of my skills in leadership through deep personal reflection as a result of my peers and managers feedback, and the materials learned throughout my organizational leadership course. I also take a look into the traits and practices that I find to be the most beneficial and desirable...
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...Chapter 18 Managers as Leaders Leaders in organizations make things happen. But what makes leaders different from nonleaders? What’s the most appropriate style of leadership? What can you do to be seen as a leader? Those are just a few of the questions we’ll try to answer in this chapter. Focus on the following learning outcomes as you read and study this chapter. LEARNING OUTCOMES 18.1 Define leader and leadership. 18.2 Compare and contrast early theories of leadership. 18.3 Describe the three major contingency theories of leadership. 18.4 Describe contemporary views of leadership. 18.5 Discuss contemporary issues affecting leadership. SPOTLIGHT: Manager at Work What is the difference between being a manager and being a leader? Are these terms synonymous? Management guru Peter F. Drucker once said, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” You might begin the study of Chapter 18 by asking your students for their perspectives on these questions and the quotation from Dr. Drucker. This chapter’s Spotlight: Manager at Work, looks at the legacy of Steve Jobs. In many ways, Jobs epitomizes the leader of a high tech company. How he was extremely charismatic and extremely compelling in getting people to join with him and believe in his vision. But also how he was despotic, tyrannical, abrasive, uncompromising, and a perfectionist. Jobs broke the rules of management and remade them to fit his vision. Students...
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...LDS 404: Leadership and Change Sessions FY 2012-13 Instructor Name Len Chapman Phone Number(s) Office: 800.888.862.9950, X1514 Cell: 916.616.3310 Email len.chapman@myunion.edu Course Description The course focuses on how leaders use and apply change theories to craft and execute strategic management decisions. The course introduces best practices for leading and implementing change that addresses: leader / follower relations, their effect on corporate culture, employee resistance to change, and methods to assure that change will be successful. Learning Outcomes and Competencies University Outcome II – Critical and Creative Thinking: Competency # 4 – Integrate one’s own ideas with those of others to address an issue. Competency # 5 – Apply a creative process to explore an issue using imagination, intuition, and analytical methods. University Outcome IV – Social and Global Perspective: Competency # 2 – Analyze social issues involving individuals, communities, and institutions from different disciplinary perspectives Competency # 3 – Demonstrate an understanding of the world as sets of interactive and interrelated systems. Bachelor of Science in Leadership Major Outcomes Report capacity to discern facets of change as it relates to leadership in the professional environment. Discuss and evaluate effective management and leadership behaviors and their implications in professional practice. Course Competencies Describe the leader’s...
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...steady-pace professional growth. * Detail oriented with an analytical bent of mind and possess positive attitude. * Have been proactive as a student. * An effective communicator with strong analytical, interpersonal and problem solving abilities. ------------------------------------------------- ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION DEGREE | COLLEGE | BOARD OF PASS | YEAR | AGGREGATE | B. Tech (CSE) | V R Siddhartha Engineering College | JNTUK | 2015 | 7.9 (cgpa) | Intermediate | Satya Junior College | Board of intermediate | 2011 | 94 | SSC | Vijaya Sri Sunflower High School | Board of secondary education | 2009 | 90 | ------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL SKILLS * Languages : BASIC C, C++ * Database : MySQL * IDE : Eclipse IDE and NetBeans IDE * Editing Tools : Adobe Photoshop, Cyberlink Power Director ------------------------------------------------- ACADEMIC PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL SEMINAR * Mini Project : Exam Seating Arrangement System Language of implementation: Java, HTML. Operating system: Windows XP/07/08. Description: It is a web based application to create seat matrix for examination. * Term Paper : Automatic Speech Recognition Approaches and Problems involved. ------------------------------------------------- PERSONALITY TRAITS * Highly motivated and eager to learn new things. * Strong motivational and leadership skills. * Ability to produce best result in pressure...
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...Abstract This paper will provide the reader with information on a chosen leader and will determine his/her views of motivation, ethical leadership and performance. During the interview session the following questions were asked: How would you define leadership? As a leader, what do you do when people on your team are not pulling their weight? How would you describe your communication style? Describe a situation in which effective interpersonal communication skills contributed to your success? Describe your personal actions by which you convey to your staff that ethics/ethical behavior is a high priority with you and that you also expect it to be a high priority with your staff. Additionally, it will provide a description of the following:...
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...knowledge that was gained from investigating process. Personal profile I am a student at Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent. My faculty is Business and Financial management. I am a good manager with a one-year experience of working as manager. I have a natural managing and leadership skills, good understanding of people and situations and communication skills. I can work logically and rationally. I am mostly interested in logics and mathematics sphere. I have good analytical and practical skills. Key skills From the above given personal statement the key skills, attributes and personal qualities that I own are firstly analytical and interpersonal skills. Moreover, my key skills include also managerial and leadership skills. These masteries have been written as the important qualities because they other than above are the most practical and achievable ones for me. And also I have more experiences on them. These skills have helped me in many situations both social and formal. On the other hand these are not the only reasons for choosing those key skills. They are also the most applicable to my future profession. Analytical skills I have included an analytical skill as one of the most important skill, because I am very good at solving mathematical problem. Furthermore I am very interested...
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...LEADERSHIP Tamethea C. Willis Simmons College Leadership and Management NU 454 Leadership “Effective leaders bring out the best in people by stimulating them to achieve what they thought was impossible” (Leadership Education and Development INC. [LED], 2007, expression 17). It is often heard that an organizations success is based on the strength and effectiveness of its leaders. As concepts and theory’s of leadership continue to evolve, it is paramount that the proper leader is chosen to be the change agent in today’s workforce. In the context of this paper, I will define leadership; assess my own leadership style and my peer’s perception of my style, distinguish what type of leadership I work best under, and the style of leadership of my current manager. When choosing a leader, there are three aspects that should be considered: people, influence and goals. In the words of Richard L Daft, Jr. Professor of Management at Vanderbilt graduate school of management, “Leadership occurs among people, involves the use of influence, and is used to attain goals…Thus, leadership as defined here is the ability to influence people towards the attainment of goals” (Daft, 2000, p. 502). However, other theorist and researches have not come into agreement on what the definition of a leader should be. Early leadership definitions placed emphasis on the leader’s behavior or traits, while contemporary definitions of leadership places greater focus on one’s...
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...Description: The course focuses on strategic analysis and evaluation, long-range planning and policy implementation. Early lectures outline the basic strategic analysis models and case study analyses relate to both the firm's internal operations and the environment in which it operates. Prerequisites: Completion of the FNN, or INB, or MKT Core courses Aims and Objectives: The Course aims to develop within the student a full understanding of the nature and role of competition and strategy. It aims to introduce students to strategic management concepts and to increase students’ awareness of the role that strategic management plays in organizational life and survival. Its objective is to familiarize students with the theories, analytical tools, terminology and language of strategic management and to develop critical judgment of strategic issues through application of theory to practice. Learning Outcomes: Programme Outcomes: A 1-7 B 1-5 C 1-2 D 1-5 Programme outcomes are...
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...yourself in your career. All different personalities all make up a workforce. In this paper we will be breaking down those personalities and presenting a plan that helps improve their relationship with their work and their team within their career. Individual Assessments Working individually or on a team requires you giving yourself to your work. Depending on your personality it can either help you in your career, or hinder you within your team. On my team I have 7 individuals who work together will very different styles of personalities. Within those personalities there are the thinkers, master-minders, producers, assessor, and the perfecter. When dealing with personalities that include wanting to be right, fear of losing individuality, not like authority, natural curiosity, and someone who likes to have control it can become difficult not only to address those personalities but also to combine them in a team atmosphere. Double space throughout in APA Master-minder The master-minder with the cautious style is more guarded, less indirect, is overly analytical. This can not only help the team by being analytical, but it can also cause conflict if the other personalities see the master-mind as a threat. Since the master-mind does seem to take some calculated risks it does seem that this individual will jump in at times with issues regarding the workplace, but in the same aspect the over analytical factor can make others uncomfortable. Assessor. The Assessor with the cautious...
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...AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH Faculty of Business Administration Department of Management BBA Program UNIFIED COURSE OUTLINE (Mandatory, to be carried by faculty and students for all classes) Term: Summer 2013-2014 I - Course Code and Title: 2108, INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE II - Credit: 3 Credits III - Course Description: Human being is the most complicated formation with a complex behavior which is obviously predictable. Organization is managed by human beings and business is done through and for human beings. This course enlightens the students in understanding why human being behaves the way s/he behaves. This course also allows the students to understand how to monitor control and empower self behavior, and behavior of other human beings and eventually prepare both to be productive. This course deals with the basic concepts in the behavioral science: namely psychology, social psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology that will form the basic for understanding the complex issues of human behavior processes such as language, symbol, perception, memory, emotion, social attitude, morale, motivation, personality development & adjustment, and attitude development and adjustment. IV – Objectives: After successfully completing the requirements for this course, students will be able to: • Learn or understand the concept of human behavior and other related...
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...Abstract The purpose of this discussion and analysis is to examine the aspects of exemplary leadership using the key points addressed by Colquitt, Lepine, and Wesson (2011) in Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace. The focus of the analysis is that of a candidate and a campaign manager on their political endeavors to win an election. Strategies such as legitimate power, ethical leadership, consultative decision-making, and transformational leadership will all be examined to provide further insight into how effective leadership can positively influence job performance and commitment. The result of the findings will prove that the methods and styles used are the most efficient for someone in this type of leadership position. Required Individual Analytical Report Introduction This analytical paper discusses an example of exemplary leadership used in a political setting. The use of legitimate power was the driving force for leadership and helped overcome contingency factors such as substitutability, centrality, and visibility. Rational persuasion was used to drive point’s home and positively influence individuals while ethical leadership gained the trust and respect of supporters. This example of transformational leadership will be analyzed and reflected upon to provide insight into the most effective form of leadership. Context The leadership example used analyzes the strategies and techniques of a campaign manager and local Sheriff...
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...the intricacies of organizational processes. It is designed to help develop the students’ awareness of their behavior and performance in the workplace as affected by their personalities, skills, potentials, job satisfaction, motivation, leadership abilities, among others. It also promotes an understanding of people and organizational dynamics which would enable the students to adapt and adjust better in the workplace. Additional topics like ethics, performance and commitment, and becoming a better employee would impress on students the ways by which they could become valuable assets to the organization. Different activities which include case studies and reaction papers bring to life the theories and concepts, while honing the students’ analytical, critical and decision-making skills. V. Objectives of the Course: At the end of the course, the business student should be able to: A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cognitive discuss the key concepts of the course. describe the different theories learned. explain the structure and design of organizations. expound on organizational processes and dynamics. describe the role of culture, groups and leaders in promoting and sustaining the quality of employee performance. 6. Discuss the implications of personality, individual differences, values, attitudes, teamwork, ethics, trust and commitment, among others, to the motivations and performance of employees. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Affective appreciate the value of maintaining good human relations. imbibe desirable...
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...EMPL 3270: NEGOTIATION – THEORY & PRACTICE RESEARCH ESSAY Q2: According to Fells (2012, p.207) “As a negotiation unfolds, it is easy to attribute any behaviour, particularly behaviour that is different to your own, to culture and so ignore the many similarities”. Consider this statement with reference to contemporary research on cross-cultural negotiation and use examples to illustrate your analysis Introduction: Former President and charismatic leader of the United States John F. Kennedy once stated that, “We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable” (Kennedy, 1961). This timeless quotation epitomizes and typifies in essence what can commonly be regarded as cooperative negotiation. Formally, the term negotiation is commonly defined as two or more parties or groups deliberating amongst each other endeavoring to achieve a decisive result, which is mutually beneficial for both entities. When considering the process of negotiation across contrasting geographic locations or countries, negotiators have to understand the repercussions which heterogeneous cultures have in the final outcome of a potential deliberation. Culture is defined as the ‘unwritten rules of society’ (Hofstede et al, 2010) and most typically refers to those characteristics or values, which are unconsciously embedded in a large group of citizens through the ongoing processes of tradition and various forms of education. Understanding the pertinence of cultural...
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...Career Goals Paper Jennifer Barth PSY/215 6/22/2015 Linda Porcaro Career Goals Paper My career assessment test turned out just the way I thought it would the results was very interesting. From the assessment test the results touched base in many areas for the career I’m interested in such as psychology. My test results are : * conscious of existence , meaning, purpose, potential and destiny of humankind, people, and self. * Motivated by a self-felt, self-accepted calling to cause of good , growth, and gain in the lives of others. Influential communication of ideas is a primary way of achieving those objectives. Perception and thinking tend to be holistic and conceptual ; as myself seeing the big picture. Working with people my results showed how I will interact of a person with other persons. The results explains that I feel both privilege and responsibility to use communication ( including persuasion) to voluntarily provide beneficial information to others. This includes strongly motivated benevolent and literary traits. Self – satisfaction comes almost exclusively from the subjective realization that the information , voluntary given, has been helpful to others. Further it stated that my motivation to learn and understand the other persons needs wishes and listening preferences. Non-persuasive service communication can become persuasive and persistent when expressed in the interest of someone needing such as myself standing up for them. Along working with...
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...Elizabeth Lisosky Different Communication Styles Among Management BUS501: Business Communication Dr. Conry August 30th, 2015 Introduction This paper will explore the communication styles of two different managers from the author's current or most recent workplace. The manager's styles of communications will be compared and contrasted. Technology also plays a role in communication style, which will be further discussed. This paper will determine which manager has the most effective form of communication as well as determine long-term consequences for each manager's communication style. Every manager or leader has a distinct style of communication. The style of communication affects the manager's ability to connect with others. It also affects how the manager is perceived by others and whether those people will trust the manager. The Four Styles of Communication There are four main styles of communication: the support-relater, the analyzer-thinker, the promoter-socializer, and the controller-director (Stirling, 2009). The support-relater is a person who is very easy to work with and strives for good team morale (Communication Styles). The analyzer-thinker is a person who is socially reserver and has a more analytical communication style (Fung, 2014). The promoter-socializer prefers to work with others and build social relationships. They also have a fast-paced, aggressive communication style (Communication Styles). The fourth and final communication style is the...
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