good managers can be effective leaders. An organization needs both good management and effective leadership to achieve business success, but in real life it is hard to find someone who has both. It is true that a good manager needs to be an effective leader, according to Pettinger (2001), leadership is one of the most important assets of management. However, leadership itself is a skill and not a profession. For example, the ex-Italian president Silvio Berlusconi was the leader of the country and of
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communications. Having the ability to assess these variables is vital in ensuring for managers to convey messages and conduct business across a wide range of cultures. This paper addresses communication within multicultural project teams and the significance of leadership style in managing cross-cultural communications. The aim of this paper is to reveal different ways or skills that managers need to adopt to make the process of communication effective. Furthermore, this paper sheds lights on variegated
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organisation to follow. Therefore, the leadership style adopted by him or her has the direct influence to the people and the organisation. The purpose of this infopaper is to highlight the importance of choosing the appropriate leadership style in business. Research is carried out to obtain relevant information through Management and Organisation textbooks, articles in the internet and journals. This infopaper presents the established leadership styles and highlight each style characteristics. Subsequently
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Strategic thinks vs planning 1 Startegic planning vs thinking 1 thinking vs planning 1 planning vs thinking 1 Fit vs stretch 1 Stretch vs fit 1 Levels of strategy 1 strategy level 1 Corporate strategy 1 Business strategy 1 functional strategy 1 global context of business 1 globalisation drivers 1 Competitive forces 1 technological forces 1 social forces 1 political forces 1 Globalisation challenges 1 Competition 1 distribution 1 macro-economic 1 socio-economic
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PP. 70 – 82 European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp 70-82, August 2012. URL: http://www.ejbss.com/recent.aspx ISSN: 2235 -767X IMPACT OF EMPLOYEES SAFETY CULTURE ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN SHELL BONNY TERMINAL INTEGRATED PROJECT (BTIP) Dr. M.O. Agwu, MNIM, MNISP Department of Business Administration, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State ABSTRACT he paper focuses on the impact of employees’ safety culture on organizational performance
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regarded as strategic may occur at all levels of the organisation. There are usually two levels of decisions – corporate and business. Corporate-level decisions are those that affect the entire organisation or firm, whereas Business-level decisions affect the particular business or division. If there is only one business in the firm, then both the corporate and business levels are identical. 2. Strategy This is the common theme underlying a set of strategic decisions. The strategy may be to change
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Monitoring and Review of a Human Resource Plan 8 PART B 9 1. Expenses for the new operational plan 9 2. Monitor performance of the staff to increase productivity 9 3. Budget of the company and its use 9 4. Documentation used for developing a business budget 10 5. Tables of financial figures 10 References 11 PART A 1. The Types of Matters in a Human Resource Plan Human resources is directly related to the performance of the organisation identifying and planning for training can be linked
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the community at large. This essay is going to examine 3 blanket characteristics of a gifted learner and suggest strategies to enhance giftedness in teaching and learning process. Eric (1985) groups characteristics of gifted learners into general behavioural, learning and creative features. A variety of approaches can be used to meet the needs of gifted learners in the classroom. The teacher or educator has the following our areas when developing the curriculum: * The content of the curriculum
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PORTFOLIO BUILDER BSBINN601A Manage Organisational Change Candidate Name: | | Company: | | Date of submission: | | Name of Assessor: | | RTO: | Management Consultancy International | Project Overview Part 1 In this project you will be required to work as a senior human resources manager within a fictitious organisation called the International Hotel Group. (If conducting this project in your workplace or in your college or training organisation, work with the relevant
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