...demonstrate the differences between ethical and unethical leadership, Craig Johnson uses the metaphor of casting light and shadow where leaders who cast light facilitate ethical processes and principles and leaders who cast shadow abuse power, manipulate and are deceitful. I have had an experience of being a group with a leader who cast shadow. It all occurred during my freshman year in JMU in one of my classes. The class was assigned into groups of six people and we were to pick the leader by ourselves within our group. Since no one wanted to be a leader in our group, we decided to draw lots and came up with the leader. The leaders of all the groups were responsible to submit any quizzes or assignments of their group members at the end of class throughout the semester. All the in class quizzes were to be done in groups and were to be checked by the group leaders and the leaders were responsible to submit the score of the quizzes of their group at the end of class on a card. Our group never got a 15 out of 15. The highest we had ever got was a 14. When professor posted all the grades on canvas a week before midterm, we were all surprised to see that none of our quizzes grades were lower than 14. They were all either 14 or 15. Our group leader texted in group me that the professor decided to bump all our grades because the class averages was low. That was how our group leader manipulated us to hide the fact that he changed our grades and submitted the grades we never got to the professor...
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...Elizabeth is a leader that possesses many great qualities. She had a vision that earned her people’s love through respect, understanding and being unprejudiced. As a leader, she accepted the opinions of her advisors but at the same time thinks rationally and decides on what is the right thing to do for her people and country. In the beginning, Queen Elizabeth and her ministers were discussing how Mary Stuart, a devoted Catholic, is the Queen of England in waiting. Her ministers advised her that all Catholics are traitors and their loyalty is to the Pope of Rome. It was right for Queen Elizabeth to say that she will not punish her people for their belief but only for their crimes. This showed that she understands that by allowing people to live freely, it creates joy and happiness among the people. This in return will allow her to earn the love from her people. She is able to show that she wants to maintain a good relation with her loyal Protestant supporters and her ministers; she made decisions for the good of her people and country even though some might not agree with her decisions. From this situation, it is clear that the she was able to adopt fairness and transparency. She was able to make practical decisions about issues, and treated everyone equally (Brimacombe 2000). During one of the greatest wars known in history – the English defeat of the Spanish Armada. Queen Elizabeth truly stands out as an organized, brave, honest yet motivating leader. Queen Elizabeth...
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...people in the cave. This shows us that people in this cave are in a world of misunderstanding. There are people that live their lives in the dark, which means, they live in just that cave and not know that there is something beyond the cave. They lack the truth because they live in such comfortable lives and that the shadows is all they are known to see. The artifacts that they see that casts these shadows are out of their sight and do not see that these are the real 'truths.' They think that its everything in their lives and try to make sense of these shadows in the best form they can. Then, all of the people play the game of knowing what they know about these shadows. The ones that guess them right and know these shadows very well are the ones that know everything there is to know about these shadows they know about. It is an illusion of what they think is real. They even start to respect the one that knows the most about these shadows that are the 'truths' to them. These artifacts represent the form of Good that they are able to see, and think the shadows are that sort of the form of Good that they see and believe in. Then, Plato supposes that these shadows are not supposed to be named. The form of Good can be perhaps something that only your mind can grasp. This is the belief that these prisoners have and can be interpreted as that we are born with these beliefs and that it is implanted and we do not trust anything else beyond that belief that people have since they were...
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...The story of cat, there are four races, every tribe is a leader, but every tribe has a leader, and each tribe's cat is cat, and the male leading role is a domestic cat, was a wild cats into the tribes, and trained him to become a great Warriors, during which the thunder clan has been attacked by other tribes and their cat's betrayal, originally each clan leader has nine lives, but the leader of the last ray of because the number of death more than nine, passed away, she at last gave us "the position of the head of male leading role" Mars ", finally lead the ray Mars resist the invasion of foreign, and betrayal of cats to kill. 2.My favorite prat of the book was ... The chiefs of the last chapter, when shadow was ray race traitor to kill the cat, a traitor to attack cat began to lead the shadow ray linked to the family, because the shadow around the camp is the stink, but ray's camp is forest, the family is full of prey allows ray of cat to hunt, so the shadow cat first is to gain greater scope of camp, the second is the cat of ray race traitor (now the shadow of the heads), to ray with strong hostility, in the process of two tribal fighting, shadow killed the previous heads of the fathers, the...
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...the Shadow. Jung says that the Shadow is the other “us” that we disliked or do not want to be. But we can also see it in our weaknesses and failings. That is why people write novels and legends about heroes defeating the monsters or the evil forces. The monsters and the evil forces are the Shadow, they are who we imagine that would represent our weaknesses. For example, Grendel from Beowulf, Grendel was the loner of the community. He was banned from society and has to live in swamps. While Grendel represents the Shadow in a more imaginary way, Unferth from Beowulf was almost the same as Grendel, except he was a man just like the rest of us. Having him in the story shows us about the Shadow in a more realistic way. Everyone has a...
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...never ignore current processes. Secondly, all the processes must be completely mapped out. Mapping out is the biggest most important factor in ERP implementation. It is also equally important to choose the right ERP for the business. Executive management of the business must develop agreed practices. Management itself must endorse the project implementation and should be thoroughly involved and active throughout. To make it successful best practices don’t work well. Best practices do not work for all business models. A better strategy is to map out all the business processes and then find the best fit – a customized solution. It is because if the business blindly follows best practices then the end users will quickly their shortcuts / shadow systems for their ease and the productivity gains of ERP will die away. Also if the change is necessary, administrative processes can be changed to fit ERP system. In this context it is extremely important to have two equally powerful teams for the purpose of successful implementation – one is the implementation team and the other is the business team. The business team makes sure that the business perspective isn’t forgotten in the implementation and the implementation team handles the ERP implementation responsibly. A full time project manager should be assigned for implementation of ERP and all related functional area’s representatives must be part of that project team. Temporary promotions and backfilling has to be...
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...prisoners, chained down in a cave, so all they could see was shadows created by puppets in front of a fire on the cave wall. Their reality was merely the shadows and it is the same for us (as the common man.) According to Plato, our reality is nothing more than figurative "shadows." Everything in the cave can be attributed to a part of society. The fire can be equivocated to "unwisdom" (229) or even evil, and in society is created by the greed that some have for power over others. It is the driving force behind the entire scheme to misrepresent reality. By controlling what people believe is reality, they in turn gain control of the people by telling them what is true and what should be valued, which gives them the power they crave. The fire (greed) is necessary for the shadows to be cast, without it nothing at all could be seen. Without the fire, the puppeteers would have no purpose, no reason to hold the objects up at all. Without the greed for control, society's "puppeteers" would not have any desire to misrepresent reality. The puppeteers are the manipulators in society (the greedy people). People in a variety of different positions act as the puppeteers. Anyone who tries to skew reality for his or her own personal gain is a manipulator. Religious and business leaders, as well as politicians are all likely candidates for the role of the "puppeteers" because they often control people's realities. Religious leaders...
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...Socrates begins this Book with the last of his analogies. This is the most famous of all of his analogies. Thus the Allegory of the Cave was born. It describes Socrates’s levels of belief and knowledge, as well as describing the role of the philosopher in a society. Without going in to depth about the analogy, I must answer the question if this relates to political life now. Socrates imagines a cave with a long passage leading upward in to the light. In this cave there are people who have been bound up here since birth. They are positioned in such a way that they cannot move. All are forced to look straight ahead at the wall of this cave. Behind each prisoner there is a large fire. Between the prisoners and the fire there is a road,...
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...The cave is very dark because there is little light inside it and hardly seen the objects. There are some chained people on their necks as well as feet, these chained people cannot move easily. Similarly, there is also another world out of the cave world, but between these two worlds, a wall is raised. On the wall, many other people move with different things on their hands and their shadows fall in the cave world. The people inside the cave cannot raise their head completely so that they can only see the shadows like illusion, which they believe, as real but it is just their illusion. - See more at: http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/creationofknowledge/allegory-of-the-cave.html#.Vm1VcUp961s Plato also talks about an ideal state, which is a utopian world. In an ideal state, there is equality among the people because no one is superior or inferior in this world. There is free flow of knowledge justice and truth, everywhere in the ideal state. Plato is also known as the first communist because of his concept of equality among the people. In the ideal state, rulers are also true philosopher whose wealth is not money or gold but spiritual knowledge. Those are the best rulers to rule the ideal state because they are reluctant to rule and active to serve the people as true servants. In other words, the rulers at the ideal state are never thirsty to exercise power, they do not want to impose cruelty over the people but instead they are worried of the condition of the people and the welfare...
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...individuals that can work towards the common good. Dictatorship – A system (in which) a single ruler seizes absolute power by banning opposition Ward - Geographical subdivisions designed for elected council Constitutional Monarchy Global Village - the world seen as a community in which people are connected by computers, television, etc., and all depend on one another By Laws – A law or rule passed by municipal council and applicable only to that municipality Consensus - a system of decision making based on one common agreement to all people. Pluralistic Society - A society in which different groups with a range of beliefs can influence political life Civics – the study of duties and rights of citizenship Figurehead - A leader or head of state without any real power in government Government – the rule or authority or a country, province or district Suspended Sentence – a judgement that is not carried out, provided the offender meets certain requirements set out by the judge. Summons - Document sent to citizens informing them of jury duty responsibilities Right - A privilege guaranteed by law to citizens – Vote – the act of expressing an opinion by a show of hands or ballot; used to make a decision such as a resolution or electing a candidate to office Rule of Law - Everyone must adhere to the same laws. These laws are known, predictable and impartial (unbiased). Transfer Payments - Funds transferred to provinces with higher revenues to...
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...personality more. He seems a lot more humble than Steve Jobs ever was. In one of the articles for the required readings for this module “Mapping a path out of Steve Jobs shadow” the article states the company is happier and even somewhat more transparent than it was during Job’s tenure. There are fewer frantic calls at midnight, and there’s less implicit pressure on engineers to cut short or cancel vacations in the heat of product development cycles. This alone, states the differences in how the work environment was run under Job’s reign versus Cook’s current time as CEO. The article further states that unlike Job’s, Tim Cook is the type of manager that would wait until the end of meetings so other can give him information to process. His leadership style is quite different both internally and externally. He’s much more open. They think he believes he doesn’t have all the answers so he’s willing to listen to other people. I’m not so sure this was the case with Steve Jobs. We know from the PowerPoint presentation Leadership theories that, Steve Jobs seemed like a very good leader because he possessed the ability to influence the members of their organizations to work toward fulfilling the vision. Tim Cook doesn’t seem as much of a leader but as a manager. Because the roles of leaders and managers differ. Leaders map out the long-term...
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...make him strong. Finally, Simba decides to go back to his land and reconquer his kingdom. Though the fight, retake the king of his land, Simba grows up to a brave and responsible king. From this move, Simba is my favorite character. According this move, I also learned learning from good and bad leadership. Powerful metaphor of light and shadow illustrate the differences between ethical and unethical leadership. Those who cast shadows abuse power, manipulate information, and deceitful, and act incongruently. Behaviors and traits of leaders who cast light include humility, compassion, courage, optimism, and integrity. In this move, the light is Simba, he is very kind, smart, and brave. As a leader, Ethic is the heart of his leadership. His leadership that is effective, in his goals was achieved, and that follows a sound and ethical process. Also, Character development is an essential ingredient of ethical leadership. Simba’s character is defined by his actions and behaviors, not simply by the values that are espoused. Besides, He is nonjudgmental, flexible, listen attentively, showing respect and empathy. About Scar, he is totally shadow, bad leadership. Violating the basic standards of animal rights of their own supports, as well as he of other individuals and groups...
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...Shadow of the Sun Essay Political, Social, and Economic The Shadow of the Sun displays many aspects that were political, social, and economic. The book presented a political view when Kapuscinski stated that colonialism reigned in Africa (1844-45) during which several European states divided the whole continent among themselves, and this persisted until Africa won its independence. Ghana was the first country to win its independence south of the Sahara. Kwame Nkrumah Osagyeto the Prime Minister of the country helped them gain it. He was a young activist who received education from Europe and America and when he returned he put together political parties with some World War II combatants as well as the young, and at a rally he issued a war cry: Independence now. Ten years later Ghana was independent and Accra became the center of all movements, ideas and activities for the entire continent. Each social group in Africa has its own distinct culture, beliefs, and languages. Africans believe in the coexistence of three different yet related worlds. They also apprehended time differently, they believed that a mysterious energy circulates through the world, and if it draws near and fills us up, it will give us the strength to set time into motion-something will start to happen. They lived in small groups, clans, and tribes. Living and moving in small groups allowed them to flee danger more easily and survive. The family is always large with several dozen people, the husband,...
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...Shadow of the Sun Essay Political, Social, and Economic The Shadow of the Sun displays many aspects that were political, social, and economic. The book presented a political view when Kapuscinski stated that colonialism reigned in Africa (1844-45) during which several European states divided the whole continent among themselves, and this persisted until Africa won its independence. Ghana was the first country to win its independence south of the Sahara. Kwame Nkrumah Osagyeto the Prime Minister of the country helped them gain it. He was a young activist who received education from Europe and America and when he returned he put together political parties with some World War II combatants as well as the young, and at a rally he issued a war cry: Independence now. Ten years later Ghana was independent and Accra became the center of all movements, ideas and activities for the entire continent. Each social group in Africa has its own distinct culture, beliefs, and languages. Africans believe in the coexistence of three different yet related worlds. They also apprehended time differently, they believed that a mysterious energy circulates through the world, and if it draws near and fills us up, it will give us the strength to set time into motion-something will start to happen. They lived in small groups, clans, and tribes. Living and moving in small groups allowed them to flee danger more easily and survive. The family is always large with several dozen people, the husband,...
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...The analogy of the cave is the method that a Greek philosopher named Plato used to describe the philosophical different between the ‘fake world’ in which we live and the world of forms. Plato portrays this message through a story of a group of prisoners in a cave who can only see shadows cast upon the wall in front of them. These shadows are created by puppeteers behind them and they believe that the shadows are reality. The message created through this scene is that the real world is full of illusion which hides reality. It subtly represents the human which confines the soul, preventing it from seeking the truth, in this case, reality and the world of the forms. The analogy represents the entire human race that is yet to seek the philosophical truth. It teaches us that the world in which we live is full of illusion and everything we see is just an imitation of the forms. Each element of the analogy is symbolic and holds a meaning which may not be completely obvious until the analogy is further understood. We, as prisoners are believed to be rejecting of new ideas and that the actual process of teaching is distressing and difficult due to the fact that when the prisoner is first released he continuously attempts to return to the cave as it is where he feels comfortable. The way the prisoner is dragged up into reality again reiterates the idea that we are all quite narrow-minded and we don’t want to open up to new thoughts and ideas. When the prisoner begins to differentiate...
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