and how employee attitudes influence organizational performance. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. “Happy employees are productive employees.” “Happy employees are not productive employees.” We hear these conflicting statements made by HR professionals and managers in organizations. There is confusion and debate among practitioners on the topic of employee attitudes and job satisfaction— even at a time when employees are increasingly important for organizational success and competitiveness. Therefore
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Aggressive Leadership and the Effects on the Employee The manner in which leaders communicate with employees is an essential topic for organizations to recognize. Communication approaches that leaders apply towards junior employees vary in style, tone, and delivery. The literature review for this research will examine aggressive communication approaches that leaders utilize towards subordinate employees and the effect they have on the organization. The aim of this research is to gain an empirical
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University Servant leadership is positioned as a new field of research for leadership scholars. This review deals with the historical background of servant leadership, its key characteristics, the available measurement tools, and the results of relevant studies that have been conducted so far. An overall conceptual model of servant leadership is presented. It is argued that leaders who combine their motivation to lead with a need to serve display servant leadership. Personal characteristics and culture are
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also available by telephone and email. PREREQUISITES: Completion of the MBA Core. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A study of Leadership and Motivation. This course provides an overview of existing theories and models of leadership and motivation. Using readings, cases, discussion, and guest speakers the course explains the importance of leadership, motivation, power and influence in organizational life. Special emphasis is placed on leadership of change. |LEARNING OUTCOMES |EXPECTED
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Evolution of a Family Business - Godrej Group Case Study Submitted by (Section C- Group 4): Abhishek Kumar(PGP11/129) Balaji Manohar(PGP11/140) Karthik Kumar(PGP11/151) Prashant Gangwal (PGP11/162) Santosh(PGP11/173) Supriya(PGP11/184) Group Assignment – Organizational Behavior II – IIMK Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Executive Summary .
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Course Number Course Title Course Description Credits UNV-504 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the Ken Blanchard College of Business This course is designed to prepare students for the graduate learning experience at Grand Canyon University. Students have opportunities to develop and strengthen the skills necessary to succeed as graduate students in the Ken Blanchard College of Business. Emphasis is placed on utilizing the tools for graduate success. 2 MGT-605 Leadership and Organizations
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Succession planning is a critical leadership tool for ensuring organizational growth and continuity by eliminating substantial gaps in institutional memory, knowledge, and leadership through strategic placement of key personnel. One of the greatest challenges facing many organizations in the 21st century is how to affect a well designed change of leadership while maintaining organizational continuity and meeting or exceeding organizational goals. Current research suggests that many organizations will
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Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study The Purpose of this project is to examine the Consensual Relationship Agreement Case (CRA) Study. In developing the project concepts will be identified in the areas of organizational behavior models of individual, group, and organizational processes; how ethical decisions are made, and concepts of individual differences, personality traits, and perspectives. According to Hellriegel & Slocum (2011) the characteristics of a Consensual Relationship
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2) Larger societies include groups whose organization can be categorized as bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states. What type of organizational structure would you argue that the Hutterites fall under? Please explain your reasoning. The Hutterites are a society that, like the Amish and the Mennonites, are a branch of Anabaptists that formed a communal living in the 1500’s based off a belief of pure pacifism, in addition to the separation of church and state. After centuries of living in various
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Journal of Applied Psychology 2003, Vol. 88, No. 5, 852– 865 Copyright 2003 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 0021-9010/03/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.852 An Investigation of Race and Sex Similarity Effects in Interviews: A Multilevel Approach to Relational Demography Joshua M. Sacco Aon Consulting Christine R. Scheu, Ann Marie Ryan, and Neal Schmitt Michigan State University This research studied the effects of race and sex similarity on ratings in one-on-one
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