...volatile over the past few years. In the olden days when Zambians very well understood who they were, as a dignified and well cultured people of good moral standing, it was unheard of, for individuals in the same community to publicly demean one another in the way many politicians in the ruling Government and certain sectors of the opposition talk about each other today. There is no doubt that society would reprimand any citizens for not respecting each other or for publicly bringing down their dignity to disrepute. UPND believes that Politicians are supposed to be individuals of integrity and responsible leaders of our country, yet actions of some politicians in the ruling government appear like people who do not want to serve the interests of the Zambians but their own interests. It shouldn't be a mystery to anyone why things don't get done in Zambia when we see how the ruling Government and some opposition leaders talk to one another other. The question is why have our politicians that are in Government become so malicious toward those in the opposition over the years? • Is it that they do not have true leadership attributes, • Or is it that they are just power hungry, • Or is it that our culture has lost its identity, that our leaders do not exhibit good morals • Or is it that they may have just done away with their dignity, • Or is it that possibly our African politics have been marred and corroded with the western type of politics. Some politicians...
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...Leadership of Nelson Mandela In the twenty first century leaders are required to build a greater impression in which people believe in strategy, trust in management decisions, and trust in their work. Once people believe in management choice, there will be enthusiasm inside an organization. Such an environment helps the organization growing and flourish. Great leaders create a surrounding of corporation inside and outside the organization. The world puts much hope in political leaders but unfortunately only a few live up to the main beliefs and values of leadership. This assay will be analyzing one of South Africa’s most recognized and dedicated leaders of all time, who dedicated his entire life fighting for freedom of his beloved nation and compare it to my own life and leadership traits. Personally I consider myself to be a leader whom many people (family, friends and peers) look up to at times. I was raised to take great pride in my actions and be as knowledgeable as possible before taking action. I thank both my parents for teaching me many things in my life time that I have been able to use to become a good man and leader to those who look up to me. My father Eleazar who I got my name from is from Venezuela, just the fact that my father passed his name on to me just s his father did to him says a lot about how much family means to him. I’ve always admired how much he cared about his family. I try to relay that passion in my own life, caring deeply for my family, my sister...
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...Research Paper Template Your name: Loyd Martin Your Capella email address: lmartin51@capellauniversity.edu The course number: BUS3004 Instructor name: Professor Philip Sherwood Date submitted: December 16, 2012 Title of your paper: Benefits of creating a team at work. Introduction “Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” - Alexander the Great (BrainyQuote.com, 2012). This statement, made by one of the greatest leaders and military minds the world has ever known, applies to every aspect of business and life. Whether it’s a company, a sports team, or a military unit everyone in each of these groups depends on another person to succeed. In order to truly understand teamwork, team building, and what it means to be on a team, “team” must be defined. Team, by plain definition, is a group of people joined for a common goal, normally with talents or skills that complement each other to help them achieve their full potential (Armstrong, 2008, p.60-66). Teamwork consists of the following aspects: the characteristics of a team, leadership’s role in team building, and the benefits of a team approach in the business world. If a management team approaches and properly connects a team together, it will foster a better working environment for the employees, which will create a better atmosphere for the customer. Characteristics of a Team “The basic structure of a team includes a goal, a leader, a group, assessment, feedback and adjustment. Team development...
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...Effective Leadership Practices Project – Leona Helmsley Introduction The leader I selected is Leona Helmsley. The success of the Helmsley name and ultimate development of their family fortune has often been attributed to Helmsley’s leadership and influence. Though her reputation as a highly successful hotelier and real estate mogul precedes her she was also a very complex woman and, frankly, not very well liked. I chose Mrs. Helmsley because her because I was intrigued by her ability to maintain her complexity while continuing to garner success. The Helmsley Definition of Leadership I didn’t find any direct quotes from Mrs. Helmsley about her definition of leadership, but based upon what various reports have stated regarding how she treated her employees I gathered that Mrs. Helmsley ascribed to the Autocratic leadership style. Dr. Don Warrick (1981) from the University of Colorado describes the Autocratic Leader as one who has a, High emphasis on performance and a low emphasis on people. (They) Assume that people are lazy, irresponsible, and untrustworthy and that planning, organizing, controlling, and decision-making should be accomplished by the leader with minimal employee involvement. (They) Rely on authority, control, power, manipulation and hard work to get the job done. (pg. 158) One account given said she was a “nit-picking perfectionist who would throw a fit if an ashtray was missing, or a doorknob wasn’t polished or some item was missing in a bathroom...
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...Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford Motor Company Elizabeth Haskins Strayer University Instructor: Dr. Yohannes Abate Leadership and Organizational Behavior – BUS 520010VA016 August 7, 2011 Abstract This case focuses on the challenges Alan Mulally (Mulally); CEO of Ford Motor Company faces to implement a new beginning for Ford. Upon Mulally’s arrival, Ford was on the verge of a financial collapse, reporting a $12.6 billion dollar loss in 2006 and a $2.7 billion dollar loss in 2007. Bill Ford hired Mulally to lead the company as he felt that only an outsider could take the extreme steps needed to save the company from financial failure. In a strategic move to ensure Ford maintained its independence and sensing a recession as well as not to be forced to accept a government loan , Mulally borrowed $23 billion against Ford’s assets. This was a strategic move in the hopes that Ford would maintain its independence. This case study will highlight the challenges faced by Mulally, his management and leadership style and what changes were implemented into the organizations culture to ensure its success and place in the car industry. Introduction Mulally moved to Ford in September 2006. When starting at Ford, he had not engineered, designed or built any cars. He came from the defense industry. Previously, he had been employed with Boeing since 1969. At Boeing, he held a number of engineering and program management positions, making contributions to the Boeing 727...
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...Organization (Thomas Nelson, 2005) Summarised by George Wells This summary was written as a weekly email to the staff in George’s Department. The “Some things to think about” sections are by George and were geared for the staff in their context. In this book, Maxwell deals with an important topic: not everyone is called to be the top leader in an organisation, and so we need to learn to lead from "the middle". The idea of 360-Degree Leadership is that we should be able to "lead up", influencing our leaders, "lead across", influencing our peers, and "lead down", influencing those lower down the organisational hierarchy. As usual, Maxwell gets his points across with a series of fairly brief, pithy chapters dealing with various practical issues. He introduces the first section, which deals with myths about leadership, by reflecting on the sorts of people we instinctively think of when we think of "a leader": William Wallace, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, etc. He points out that this is misleading as "99% of all leadership occurs not from the top but from the middle of an organization". Taking this further, all of us can lead effectively, even if we're not the Vice Chancellor or the CEO. He notes that many people are good in one direction (e.g. they have influence with their boss, but alienate the people who report to them, or are great with their team, but do no get along with their peers), and some people are very productive, but lack influence with anyone...
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...persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any,” (Wallace Stegner, All the Little Things). This quote provides an excellent example of how the characters in the book The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, act after escaping to a remote island after a brutal plane crash. Many of the “littluns”, although they are irresponsible, cannot conclude that order needs to exist on the island. Throughout this book, readers can tell that the hardest thing to enforce on this island are rules. What more can one expect from “littluns”? The group, at first, is led by one of the oldest kids on the island, Ralph, who is immediately challenged by Jack, the prestige choir kid who should be chief because “[He’s] chapter chorister and head boy. [He] can sing C sharp." (1.228-30). Before the...
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...Scholarship, Practice and Leadership Lisa Hoffman University Of Phoenix Scholarship, Practice and Leadership People have an ability to manage his or her span of information regarding his or her own health and the health of those they care for. With the increasing complexity of health information and health care settings, most people need additional information, skills, and supportive relationships. Societal expectations of health care professionals are rapidly changing and increasing. Society has high expectations of health professionals, expecting them to provide leadership roles in the community. In addition to societies’ expectations of leadership, universities expect faculty to demonstrate leadership in a scholarly manner. Scholarship is a fundamental expectation for anyone in an academic role. Scholarly leadership proceeds through the academic ranks of a university demonstrating evidence of effectiveness of teaching, research, professional activities, and community contributions. Boyer (1990) defines scholarship as “those actives that systematically advance the teaching and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that is significant to the profession is creative; can be documented; can be replicated or elaborated and can be peer-reviewed through various methods” (p. 129). Colleges and universities across the nation are striving to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing educational...
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...Assessing Your Leadership Style to Achieve Organizational Objectives EILEEN NEWMAN RUBIN Research has shown that there are more than 30 differently named leadership styles, ranging from micro-management to hands-off, each with its own proponents. Six, however, stand out as most com- monly found in business: authoritarian, democratic, transformational, laissez-faire, servant, and situa- tional. A review of the experiences of six leaders who embody these styles reveals that each mode of operating has its pros and cons; there is no sin- gle best approach. Being aware of one’s leadership style and that of others makes it possible to lever- age strengths and compensate for weaknesses and to properly match individuals to a particular role or task—for the good of the entire organization. ©C 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Whether they are involved in politics, corporate America, or a nonprofit endeavor, the style in which managers and other professionals exert their lead- ership can determine the outcome of their efforts. As the American businessman and political fig- ure Erskine Bowles said, “Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts” (Kruse, 2012). But what is the best leadership style to use? There is no simple answer to this seemingly simple ques- tion. One’s leadership style depends on several fac- tors, including the personality of the leader, the or- ganizational culture (and the many subcultures that may exist within it), the personalities of the people...
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...lack of automation, and a bad reputation. Steven Bradshaw was assigned to turn the department around Discussion of the Decisions Two of Bradshaw’s major concerns were the department was not profitable and did not meet BOK’s standards. The first step he took to turn the department around was a change of leadership. Bradshaw hired Paula Ellis as the new leader. Ellis worked under Bradshaw in the past and was very well qualified for the position. The leadership of a department is extremely important and in this case Paula was a great decision. She has experience working with banks and in the community. Together, Ellis and Bradshaw helped create a good “tone at the top”. There were four key points the team wanted enact. They include establishing a new direction, building an effective group, automating the review process, and creating a culture of collaboration with business units. These were the building block Bradshaw and Ellis used to begin changing the department. Ellis met with executives and business line leaders so she could understand how they viewed the CRA Department. This was a crucial first step because it helped her begin to build relationships with other important people...
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... ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Submitted by Joachim Carvelle to PROFESSOR DELONTE October 23, 2011 BUS 508 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP The spectrum of entrepreneurial approaches reflects a combination of profit-oriented and social responsibility-oriented perspectives. At one end is the approach where the profit motive eclipses social responsibility, for example Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc. At the other end is the approach that, although profit oriented, accords significant priority to social responsibility, for example, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies. Steve Jobs, whose persona was indelibly imprinted on Apple opined that “[o]ur belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”(Jobs, n.d.) That statement reflected an unswerving commitment to the profit motive where consumerism was a means to an end. The following discussion presents Steve Jobs as an example of a business leader who is strongly profit-oriented, and Richard Branson as one whose primary goal is to make a positive impact on society. The leadership style, and major business principles of Steve Jobs Leadership Style Steve Jobs’ leadership poses an extraordinary challenge for description, judging by the basic categories of leadership as delineated in most business curricula. His leadership is best summed up by the Leadership Editor of Forbes magazine in the article Steve Jobs Broke Every Leadership Rule. Don't Try It...
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...My name is Dominique McLeod and I reside in Atlanta, Georgia. I am one of four children, the child of two loving parents, God-fearing, a genuine person, and most importantly striving to be the leader I am destined to be. Attending college has never been just an option; it was a must. That is why I am making every effort to make that come true. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” This quote by American Scholar Warren Bennis, plainly states the goal of a true leader. A true leader has a goal, a vision as Bennis put it. The task set before that leader is to make the vision come true (a reality) by any means necessary. There are certain qualities needed to make sure the vision is successfully turned into a reality. Hard work, dedication, and perseverance are the three main qualities among many that act as a catalyst to the leader’s vision. When these qualities are put into action, the impossible becomes the possible and as Warren Bennis put it, the vision becomes a reality. One obstacle, that in my life I classified as the impossible, was attending the first charter school of Gwinnett County, The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, & Technology. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) is a charter school that was established in 2007. It focuses on the higher end of the academic spectrum in providing exceptional students with challenging curriculum and extensive leadership responsibilities in order to prepare the students...
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...a response to the feedback you received on the Scholarship, Practice, and Leadership Essay by completing the matrix below. Use Microsoft® Word® formatting features to add rows to the template, as needed. Complete the template, save the document, and post your assignment according to the syllabus instructions. Learner’s Name: |Faculty Feedback |Faculty feedback in my own words |My detailed and specific action plan to integrate faculty feedback in my revised essay | |(Include comment numbers, as appropriate) | |(Include APA manual page numbers, as appropriate) | | | Title page should have five requirements |According to APA 6th edition page no: 23 the title page should have a title and it should be self | |Comments: Title page has five requirement: |which includes the |explanatory when standing alone. | |Title of Assignment |Title of the assignment |The recommended letter length for a title is no more than 12 words. Title page includes authors | |Student’s name |Student’s full name |name and the institutional affiliation of the author when the research was conducted...
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...Manager and leader in an organization By student’s Name: Discipline: Instructor’s Name: Institution’s Name: Date of submission: Introduction Despite the fact that great management is expected to aid associations meet current duties, great leadership is additionally expected to steer the association towards its future. Befuddling leadership and management and regarding the words as though they were synonymous have a long and distinguished history in the studies of authority. The practice has proved to be contagious in the standard literature of leadership. It appears pervasive in every single scholastic control where an individual can discover the leadership literature. As it has always been displayed in the examination of the meanings of leadership since the early 1930s, leadership researchers imparted the qualities from the modern worldview into their comprehension of authority and likened leadership with great management. Numerous researchers and experts went considerably further to contrast leadership and management. Simply defining it, leading is building up bearing and impacting others to take after that course. In any case, there are numerous varieties and distinctive regions of accentuation to this extremely straightforward definition. Specialists affirm that, whether you're an official or a passage-level laborer in the association you are in, it's basic for you to have solid abilities in leadership. Numerous individuals today are looking to comprehend, and...
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...the situation,resentment among team members escalated, why is because others were notcompetent enough to do the work (Mokate 2007).The members of the team should be tolled of their expected roles to play within thegroup or teamwork and team skills seems to be a stagnating point to solving issues andprogressing. Teamwork skills include the following as stipulated by Scarnati (2001:5)“lack of listening skills, lack of respect, sharing, helping and participation. As teams growlarger, the skills and methods that people require grow as more ideas are expressedfreely but the problem is other teams cannot keep up with the rapid growth of teams andoften experience the following problems: • Absence of trust – it develops from the teams unwillingness to be vulnerablewithin the group and team members are often not genuinely open with oneanother about mistakes and weaknesses and making it impossible to build afoundation for trust. • Fear of Conflict – teams that lack trust are incapable of engaging in unfilteredpassionate debate of ideas and instead the only solution is resort to veileddiscussions and guarded comments.The causes of teamwork failure is group size cause large groups less productivityand coordination losses is mostly to take place within that organization, meaninginefficiency that result from the group member’s inability to combine their resource in a maximally productive way. Social loafing is the other ingredient of factors inhibiting teamwork success, thus, relaxation that...
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