For me, leadership is observing a need, and taking the appropriate steps to sate that need, which could be by setting an example through your actions, being someone that others can look up to, or by taking charge of a situation. Throughout my high school career, I invested a large portion of my extracurricular time—and subsequently, my leadership, into one area—music. My high school’s band was where I was able to use my talents and where I always felt most comfortable. The collective culture within
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quotes, which states: “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” He believes that the only two certainties in life is death and choices. He also believes that authority means to get other willing to do your will because of your personal influences, a simple paraphrase of a sociology expert on his definition of authority would be “I’ll do it for you.” Here's another way to look at power and authority, power can bought and sold, given and taken away. just because you happen to be my relative
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Module 1 Final Project Part 3: Leadership Critique The leadership theories in this course flowed and ended up cascading for me starting with the expectations set by a leader (Pygmalion Effect); J.S. Livingston (2003) influencing the follower’s performance. Lower expectations for a subordinate resulted in their performance being of poor quality whereas higher expectations resulted in better performance. Livingston went on to also highlight that the expectations had to be realistic if they were to
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I believe that leadership means different things to different people all around the world. Different cultures do not always recognize the same actions of a person in power as leadership. More often than not, even individuals of the same cultures may also disagree on what constitutes a leader. Take America for example. For years, and especially now, the citizens of this great nation cannot seem to agree on what and how a leader should act. Not to say there is a specific route for a leader to follow
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Influencing group communication The five bases of power are important in the organizational world. “Bases of power refer to the methods that managers and leaders utilize to influence their employees. When examining bases of power, the concept of authority must also be considered. (e.g leadership styles) (Victor & Turner, 2007)” First let’s discuss the bases. There are five of them in total. Coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, expert power, and referent power. These powers are all important
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Discuss what leadership means to you and give your definition of leadership. Leadership to me would consist of three different aspects. First a little bit of King Arthur and the roundtable where everyone’s observations thoughts and even complaints matter. But, also having a definite leader who can show the individuals whom they are responsible for, how to do things the right way, through their teachings and their actions, is vital. Second a little bit of the Three Musketeers, one for all and all
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deviant behavior by police C. Occupational deviance 1. Criminal and non-criminal behavior 2. Committed during the course of normal work activities or under guise of police officer authority 3. Includes improper behavior that is not illegal (EX: sleeping on the job) D. Abuse of authority--action by an officer that 1. Injures, insults human dignity 2. And/or violates inherent rights of citizens III. The costs of police corruption A. Criminal activity by a police officer undermines
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phone. At all levels of the criminal justice pyramid verbal communication is very important. For example, if a police officer comes into work and does not greet his coworkers respectfully it can throw off everyone else’s effort to work as a team. An officer communicates with many people from their superiors in the station, prosecutors in the courthouse to suspects in the street. A police officer has to be able to efficiently communicate with everyone but there may be barriers use as language or education
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area assaulting and threatening others, who were passing by where the attack took place. The respondent officials picked up two young men 14 years old near the location of the crime after they fled the scene and they were held for questioning by the police. My partner and I have been assigned to this case. We already apprehended the two male 14 year olds. They have previous criminal records for robbery and assault and are members of a gang. The law states that minors must be informed of their legal
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confessions. Psychological theory and techniques can be used to improve police officers evaluations of criminal suspects. * Profiling is usually performed at the beginning of criminal investigation when the police need help focusing on certain types of people who might be the suspect * Once a suspect has been identified law enforcement officials use other procedures to determine whether any of them should be charged. * Police look for visual and verbal cues to determine whether they are giving
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