...Organizational Commitment and Communication Paper: The American Red Cross The American Red Cross The American Red Cross was established in 1881 to be an organization in a humanitarian way to help people with emergency services, disaster relief, and education inside the United States and Internationally. The organization’s mission is to help prevent and relieve suffering for all the people. The organization holds a vision that incorporates compassion, collaboration, creativeness, creditability, and commitment. The organization’s culture is made up of ordinary individuals who have the same desire to accomplish extraordinary things. Through the right channels of communication and deep desire of commitment, The American Red Cross has succeeded for many years to bring hope, relief, and safety to people in need. In order for a company or organization to be successful, it must have a person to lead everyone in the same direction. Leadership is defined as the ability to influence a group toward an achievement of a vision or set of goals. There are many types of leadership styles that a company or organization can select from to help direct the group in the same direction. Depending on which style is chosen, will depict how it affects the group and its communication. One type of style is the Transactional Leadership. This style is more thought of as a management style; however it has its advantages and disadvantages. Transactional Leadership is a controlling and dominating way of leading...
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...organization? Red Cross is a significant and respected role model, which gains more clients and customers each year. Red Cross uses its employees and volunteers to help the public be prepared to respond to disasters and personal emergencies. The Red Cross provides training in lifesaving skills such as CPR and first aid, collects, and distributes half the nation's blood supply, and helps victims of more than 67,000 disasters. The skills the Red Cross uses helps to make learning about the community's needs, which make them more productive. - A general sense of goodwill, friendliness, and positivity is fostered within the community. Red Cross is careful not to anything that will cost the community money or burden it in any other way. They really get to more about the community with the help they provide, which makes working with the community's more understanding. Red Cross bases their community values on their Influencing behavior in the community through these: “The values that the Movement has formally stated to be of importance for promotion are : the protection of life, health and human dignity • respect for the human being • non-discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religious beliefs, disability, class or political opinions • mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace among people • service by volunteers” Fiedler contingency model proposes more that the group cannot perform with the match between a leader style and the situation...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Raven N. Owens Dr. Katrina Anthony BUS 508 October 17, 2011 Introduction: The focus of this paper is to analyze the entrepreneurial approaches of profit oriented businesses and social oriented businesses. This paper will focus on the American Red Cross whose goals are more socially oriented and Amazon.com whose goals are more profit oriented. American Red Cross: Clarissa Harlowe Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. A true pioneer, Clara risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers during the Civil War. Her understanding of the needs of people in distress and the ways that she could provide for them guided her through this journey. The American Red Cross charter states that is a non-profit, charitable, tax exempt organization. It’s seven fundamental principals are: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. The mission is the provide relief to victims of disasters and to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The American Red Cross has responded to thousands of natural disasters. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, the American Red Cross was one of the organizations that responded quickly with food, water, and clothing for the thousands of people at the Louisiana Superdome. Without these types of organizations to help when disasters happen, the economy would be in serious trouble. The American Red Cross offers aid...
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...Running Head: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Assignment 1 Entrepreneurial Leadership Joan M. Badger Dr. Anne Nelson Bus 508 Contemporary Business October 11, 2011 The American Telephone & Telegraph Wireless Liability Corporation of California The founding leader for AT&T Wireless Limited Liability Corporation of California is Craig McCaw. American Telephone and Telegraph Wireless Liability Corporation of California is a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Incorporated. Mr. McCaw had been in charge of his father’s cable television company McCaw Communications Incorporated, a sole proprietorship established in 1966, operating domestically. In 1981, he became interested in the cellular telephone market and began bidding on cellular telephone license, according to Academy of Achievements, n.d. Mr. McCaw sold shares of his cable television company to larger enterprises, creating a partnership and equity financing enabling him to amass a credit line of one billion dollars. Thus, he began establishing the foundation of intrapreneurship by purchasing all available licenses in cellular phones creating the basis for a national network ahead of the nearest competitor, namely the Bell Company. In factor, McCaw Cellular Communications purchased MCI and became the industry leader in 1986, according to Academy Achievement, n.d. In 1989 McCaw Cellular Communications acquired LIN Broadcasting, cellular telephone sales exploded and Craig McCaw became...
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...The American Red Cross has been overwhelmed by rapid turnover of leadership and has struggled to restore a reputation damaged by the downfalls of leadership and harsh criticism of response reactions in recent disaster situations, such as Hurricane Katrina. Prior to the current president and chief executive, Gail McGovern, taking control in April 2008 the organization was led by Mark Everson, who was forced to resign because of an inappropriate relationship with a female subordinate. According to The Washington Post, the board of The Red Cross “concluded that the situation reflected poor judgment on Mr. Everson’s part and diminished his ability to lead the organization in the future” (Rucker, 2007). Everson had only held the position for six months and was the fifth CEO of The Red Cross in six years. Ever since McGovern has taken on leadership responsibilities, she has changed the way the organization operates and communicates. To prevent the organization from continuing on the same path of high turnover McGovern and the other members of the management team need to demonstrate a leadership style that can bring respect back to the organization. Because the organization relies heavily on volunteer time the chapters must rely on the salaried leadership to articulate a vision and communicate how this vision will be achieved. McGovern has taken steps to increase her legitimate power by motivating the organization in the direction of established goals. According to the Red Cross Website...
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...organizations selected include the Red Cross, Arizona Child Protective Services, and Native Connections. Each organization will be examined for their organizational structure and whether the organization is governmental, private, for-profit, or nonprofit. The paper will analyze the departments, divisions, or specific areas of program delivery and how the organization builds community. How building community affects the value of the organization will also be discussed. The organizational culture will be examined and why the culture is important to the organization. The Blake and McCanse’s Leadership Grid and Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Model will be related to the each organization’s human relations model. A relevant strategic plan or organizational chart for each organization will be examined and a summary will be given of the differences between the national, state, and county or local human service organizations selected. Organizational Structure Organizational structure defines how the organization is arranged and operates (Lewis, Packard, Lewis, 2007). The Red Cross is structured in a combination of centralized and decentralized forms. The Red Cross is a large, international organization with chapters around the world (“American Red Cross,” 2013). Accommodating chapters located in various parts of the world called for a decentralized structure to allow levels of local autonomy. The centralized format of the Red Cross is noted through its corporate...
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...within the organization there is an extremely high rate of turnover at the top level of management. With this turnover, there essentially is a breeding ground for unethical leadership. With all managers at the top receiving a handsome severance package, it is no wonder why many take the position only to leave in less than a year. The instability at top trickle down throughout in the organization. This trickle-down effect is what allows the unethical conduct on the frontlines. A company restructuring and a strong foundation is needed to stop this unethical behavior from happening. What are some of the reasons for the ARC’s ethical dilemmas, and how can the organization guarantee that these problems will not recur in the future? The one factor that this case boils down to is money. The majority of the organization’s problems is based off of the fact that money rules the world and power the desires of mankind. With that said, there are still many issues within the organization on their handling of donor money. Everything from receiving to distribution of these funds needs to be more closely monitored. This stems from the lack of formal leadership in the head of the organization. There is too much turnover within the organization and it is leaving the ARC in shambles. With the constant changes in leadership styles from CEO to CEO, the employees are left with very little to have faith in. There is too much inconsistency and until this is corrected, there will continue to be problems...
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...6 The Vermont Teddy Bear Company: A Case Study in Strategic Leadership (Video available on Student CD-ROM) chapter 11: leadership and followership Chapter 11 Summary ▪ Leadership is the process of guiding and directing the behavior of followers in organizations. Followership is the process of being guided and directed by a leader. Leaders and followers are companions in these processes. ▪ A leader creates meaningful changes in organizations, whereas a manager controls complexity. Charismatic leaders have a profound impact on their followers. ▪ Autocratic leaders create high pressure for followers, whereas democratic leaders create healthier environments for followers. ▪ Two distinct dimensions of leader behavior are labeled initiating structure and consideration, alternatively called P-oriented behavior and M-oriented behavior, respectively, in Japan. ▪ The five styles in the Leadership Grid are organization man manager, authority-obedience manager, country club manager, team manager, and impoverished manager. ▪ According to the contingency theory, task-oriented leaders are most effective in highly favorable or highly unfavorable leadership situations, and relationship-oriented leaders are most effective in moderately favorable leadership situations. ▪ The path-goal theory, Vroom-Yetton-Jago theory, and situational leadership model say that a leader should adjust his or her behavior to the situation and should appreciate diversity among followers...
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...Barton was a Nurse, humanitarian, teacher, and the founder and first president of the American Red Cross, which is still thriving today to helps others. I chose to write about Clara Barton because of the similarities I believe we may both share and her life devoted to helping others really admires me. (Maikell-Thomas) Similar to my experience, when she was ten years old, her brother David fell from the roof of a barn and received a severe injury and Barton assigned herself the task of nursing him back to health on her own. She learned how to distribute the...
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...about the Russian business culture. As well, the essay is going to provide some extra information and will provide a clearer example of what is the Russian business culture like. Through the essay, I am going to provide different examples and case studies, which explains why do culture clashes matter. The world has become more globalised and connected through the internet. It made possible the formation of all kinds of communities of people with common interests, who are all around the world. Today, information is much more accessible and easily exchanged, as a result from today’s technology, as well as many people can afford to travel around the world. As a result, from this business practices have become more global and cross-cultural. Business must learn to market products in different countries and to deal with their different government restrictions. As a conclusion from the above in the future business ethics would become increasingly less adequate. (Shirin, 2011) Culture is day- to- day patterns of what we do in an organisation without realising that we are doing them. Two companies are never going to have the same business culture, even if the firms are from the same industry or background, so there will always have differences when joining two companies to work together or make a deal, as a result from this: it is difficult for managers to understand what is happening in...
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...What makes us leaders as we enter the working force? Many of our leadership traits are already innately instilled it is now up to ourselves to expose, grow, and maintain nursing. Many leadership styles are outlined this does not mean we can not brake the mold. This simply means for us to be a leader to our peers, new upcoming nurses and help grow for the better of our patients. Our patients is and will remain the number one reason all of us indulged into the nursing profession. Leadership style that is most appealing is that of authoritarian. This does not mean any superiority but for the greater good in our patients. It is important that we put our patients before social status. We must maintain health satisfaction to those we serve daily. Authoritarian leaders uphold stringent control over our patients by directly regulating rules, methodologies, and actions. Nursing leaves little room for error and we must lead by example. We make goals and see to it that these goals are made. Whether this be interdependent our as a group. Rheba de Tornyay was a very successful leader. She grew up on a small chicken farm in northern California, during the depression. She knew from a young tinder age that she must make something of herself. She grew up in a low to medium class so she knew she had little room for error. She attended college prematurely and with failing grades she then chose to join the Red Cross nurse’s aide preparation class. Following, she then attended...
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...Leadership in Action: Leading Effectively in Humanitarian Operations A CK N O W L E D G E M E N TS First and foremost, we would like to thank the individuals who allowed their leadership to be placed in the spotlight as one of our case-study examples of effective operational humanitarian leadership. Their generosity and openness in doing so and in answering our many questions are greatly appreciated. We also thank the many other interviewees who spoke to us frankly and shared their insights on what they valued in terms of operational humanitarian leadership. David Peppiatt played an important role in identifying and facilitating a number of the case studies. Isobel McConnan carried out interviews and provided helpful comments on earlier drafts. Georgia Armitage helped with the literature review. The Advisory Group provided invaluable input, words of advice and comments on the draft report, they are: Tim Cross, Wendy Fenton, Randolph Kent, Ky Luu, and Claire Messina. Paul Knox Clarke’s inputs undoubtedly raised the quality of the analysis. Deborah Eade provided excellent editorial services and comments. Sara Swords also commented on an earlier draft. Ben Ramalingam played a key role in getting the study off the ground and in its design. Finally, thanks to John Mitchell for his ongoing and valuable support to this work. The project was undertaken as part of the joint initiative on leadership in the humanitarian sector in partnership with People In Aid, Humanitarian...
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...LEADERSHIP Exam questions: 1. “Leaders are born, not made” – Discuss this statement in a cross cultural context 2009/2010 2. What is the meaning of leadership? Are western theories of leadership relevant to non-Western cultural settings? Illustrate with examples.2009/2010 3. Are Western theories of leadership relevant in Non-Western cultural settings? Illustrate with examples. 2008/2009 4. Leadership is critical for the success or failure of international operations, and what is effective in one country might be considered as ineffective in another culture. Select two leaders from two different cultures and compare and contrast their leadership styles. Explain why they are different or similar.2007/2008 5. “Leadership is fundamentally the same irrespective of culture.” Do you agree/disagree? 2007/2008 6. How does culture influence the practice of leadership? 2006/2007 Objectives: 1. Describe the basic philosophic foundation and styles of managerial leadership 2. Examine the attitudes of European managers toward leadership practices 3. Compare and Contrast leadership styles in Japan with those in the US 4. Review leadership approaches in China, the Middle East, and developing countries 5. Examine recent research and findings regarding leadership across cultures 6. Discuss the relationship of culture clusters and leader behaviour to effective leadership practices, including increasing calls for more...
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...the audience and relationship held between deliverer and receiver is important as well. Although there are things that need to be known by employees and families alike, tone of delivery and depth of information may differ depending on the level of emotional involvement. With a tragedy such as the Chilean cave-in all parties involved have to be addressed in a tactful manner. It is important to give families and employees as much information as possible with a sense of urgency and accuracy while trying to consider the state of mind of the recipient. Chilean culture runs on paternalistic based leadership which is a fatherly and managerial style of leading. Families which rely solely on the miners for survival by means of income, emotional ties, and protective leadership may need help to supplement in these areas during the miners absence. American Red Cross worked with local volunteers to set up a 24 hour support camp. The camp distributed food, provided first aid, psychosocial support and Family tracing. The camp also ensured families had medications and provided services to cash and deposit paychecks (Huang, 2010). A brief explanation of how the accident may have happened should be included in the communication between all parties. This section could include things such as the status of the miner’s health, resources available, current situation assessment, and a plan of action. Having some account of all personnel trapped would ensure the proper...
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... TERM PAPER Leadership for Diversity Management in Multinational Organizations Spring 2008 Introduction The objective of this paper is to emphasize the role of a leader in solving issues related to diversity management that challenge multinational organizations in the era of globalization. Shehata (2004) defines globalization as an increasing interconnectedness that involves “deepened and accelerated movement of information, capital, and people across the planet” (para. 6). The globalization process has been occurring for a number of centuries but its unprecedented growth in the twenty first century is altering the global economy and causing tremendous changes in the management and conduct of business and organizations. Globalization requires multinational organizations to eliminate borders and barriers of trade between nations resulting in a shift in traditional patterns of investment, production, distribution and trade. Due to elimination of geographical boundaries, multinational organizations face some unique cross-cultural people management challenges that can be addressed by effective diversity management initiatives. In this paper, I will present solutions to such unique issues from a hypothetical leader’s perspective. In the first section of the paper, I will explain the concept of diversity management through a thorough literature review, and propose an effective leadership style that can help to reinforce the affirmative...
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