Essays on Leader

One learned a lot from Bennis and Thomas’ (2013) article entitled “Crucibles of Leadership” in terms of recognizing and realizing that in times of adversity or severe trials (crucibles), the true essence of a successful leader emerges. It was significantly illuminating to have been apprised that what separates an extraordinary leader from the rest is his ability be resilient amidst severe challenges and find meaning despite a barrage of negative forces. The rationale for the distinction was identified to have been the most essential leadership skills that are more honed to greater perfection after weathering the storm and emerging victorious from the ...

Introduction

If I were to judge my leadership style, I would most definitely agree that it is participative in nature. Why I say so is because I believe that two or more brains is better than one, and so, to overcome any contingencies that may arise during operations, I look at the collective views of the feedbacks from my team members that are discussed before taking any management decision-making. Of course, there are other styles of leadership management that are equally effective, but I am happy giving my team members the privilege to involve in decision-making. By inculcating a ...

US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel gave a statement on the rising tensions between United States and North Korea in which he clearly and vividly ‘acknowledged ‘ the threat that North Korea posed to US. In a brief and direct statement to a Pentagon News Conference in Washington, Hagel accepted that the North Korea’s provocative and belligerent tone had ratcheted up the tensions in Korean Peninsula, referring to the standoff between the two Korean countries i.e. North Korea and South Korea. He denied US’s role in aggravating the tensions and contributing to the standoff and that flying stealth bombers to the region ...

Ethics being a form of thinking in the behavioral overview of an individual, which is governed by the code of personal, social and the legal standards of a community, varies from one culture to another. Ethics concerns the general overview which brings the aspect of leadership. This is because it inculcates the various guiding principles in which most community leaders emulate and indulge them into the leadership process.

Community service brings the concept in which a community works together in an environment with the mutual respect for one another. The concept well reflects the service that the leaders and the volunteers ...

Introduction

When the history of mankind is carefully considered, there are some aspects that come to mind. One of these is that man is a social creature and has always endeared to be in a kind of community. This necessitated the need for leadership practices so that the people can have a sense of guidance or responsibility. Just like many other aspects of the human life, leadership has been greatly affected by the technological advances. More so, the academic leadership has been greatly affected by the online programs. However, there are some online leadership programs which seem to have withstood the storm of ...

Looking back at this course, I can say that I have gained a deep understanding of the topics that are sure to be useful in my future career. Moreover, I have developed a number of important skills, which will ease my move towards greater levels of profession. I believe that knowledge necessary to be a leader in any profession can be useful, no matter which position you occupy in reality, as in every sphere you need to know how to communicate with people and what skills and knowledge you need for leading those people ahead. One of such topics that was ...

Leadership in nursing is usually defined differently by various people. Personally, I believe that leadership entails influencing and engaging people in a shared vision. It is oriented towards the achievement of goals and has close relations to team process and groups dynamics. Leadership as a key skill is required in almost all levels of nursing (Sofarelli & Brown, 1998). The skill enables nurses as well as the nursing staff to lead via example, develop themselves and generally influence care that is not only an open but that is also responsive to the individual needs of patients (Sellgren et al., 2006). A nurse ...

Introduction

The 21st century has shown various challenges for leaders and employees. The world is interconnected and fast moving; hence, leaders need to be equipped with stress tolerance skills, have cognitive flexibility, and have divergent thinking. Even though, technology is very effective, new theories of leadership emphasize the importance of trust and building a long lasting relationship. In a competitive world, leaders should be ready to take risks, have novel ideas and the skills to build partnerships that address globe challenges. 21st century needs leaders who incorporate skills that are in the domain of psychology and cognitive science. Leaders of 21st ...

Negative Leadership Styles: Toxic Management

Introduction There are a number of leadership styles and approaches. Of these styles, some are very common but not the best approaches of leadership. Examples are Post-hoc Management, Micromanagement, Seagull Management, Mushroom Management, Kipper Management, and Toxic Management. Toxic Management is the most common of all these.

Toxic Management

Toxic management can be defined as a leadership approach where bosses bully or harass those working under them.

Toxic management is a management approach that has been commonly practiced in organizations. This approach is yields to a toxic work environment (Calow, 2009, p. 154).

The best way to spot a toxic leader is by looking around ...

Leader at home

Introduction Impact: A man who wants to lead the orchestra must show his back to the audience. This popular adage is true in the family setting in the context that the leader of the family has to sacrifice a lot for the benefit of the family. This ought to be shown through provisions for the family as well as offering key leadership skills. Leadership can be seen as a way through which one person can influence others or call upon their assistance so as to achieve a certain target or task.

Thesis: Simply put, leadership is a means of creating an avenue ...

- DQ1: HOW DOES ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP LINK TO ISSUES OF FOLLOWERSHIP? Adaptive leadership entails a leadership framework that helps people and organizations to adapt and do well in challenging environments. A good leader is defined as one who is able to positively influence people to follow him and his ideologies in order to achieve some set objectives (Uhl-Bien, Marion, & McKelvey, 2007). As such, followership and leadership are intertwined. However, in order for one to be a good leader, they have to have the skills to adapt themselves, and to guide their followers to adapt to challenging environments without losing ...

Leader can be defined as a person who guides a group of people and organizes them to achieve a common goal. Good leadership is the key to success of any successful business venture.

There are some special qualities which if present in a leader can make him successful. A leader should be honest and dedicated towards its duties. A business is the reflection of its leader; therefore by promoting healthy working lifestyle and encouraging the team to follow the ethics, the leader will be successful in achieving a friendly and dedicated workspace. Ability to delegate a team is the most significant quality of a successful ...

The strength of any organization is centered on its corporate culture. Corporate culture in this regard encompasses the strength of the leadership of the organization, the mission and goals of the organization, the ability of the members of the organization to adapt to the culture of the organization and the commitment of the members to the success of the organization. This paper will therefore discuss the important of servant leadership to the success of any organization and also to ensure that the organization realizes its full potential.

Every organization has got its own culture. The culture of the organization ...

A leader is a person with influence towards a group of people and influences them in the attainment of a certain object. The person in a leadership position attracts respect from the followers. Anyone that desires to lead must demonstrate that through setting an example so that the group can be motivated to follow him. A person that aspires in the leadership position must have a deep-rooted commitment towards the achievement of a goal even when nobody follows him. The leader must have personal vision stipulated to the followers to ensure all move in a common direction at the start of the journey. A person in ...

Leadership can be taken as ability, a trait, a relationship, a skill and behavior. Leadership is also about searching novel opportunities and taking the risks in order to expand the positive possibilities of the organization. I agree with this statement because one of the important aspect of leadership is foresightedness (Bhandarker, 1990), a leader must possess this ability in order to lead people properly. Foresighted leaders seek out the opportunities for the better future and for securing the present status, which also help them to enhance productive possibilities for the organization for achieving organization’s goals.

In order to make the people prepare ...

A leader is an individual that directs and leads other individuals within a team, unit, group, or other type of organization. The leader is responsible to all other members within a group, and oversees that work is done correctly. A leader can be someone as important as the CEO of a major corporation, or even a child that is leading a game of “Simon Says”. It is not what an individual is leading that is important, but the qualities and personality of the leader themselves. Leaders are often said to have the drive to get things done because they have goals or visions ...

Globalization is rapidly changing the leadership dynamics today. It is considered important for leaders today to change the way they lead, organize and manage their employees. The leadership styles have changed from autocratic to democratic in recent years, and now the shift is towards level 5 leadership, transformational style of leadership and servant leadership practice.

The concept of level 5 leadership was created by Jim Collins. He established that level 5 leaders have humility, and they do not seek success for their own reputation but for their team. Level 5 leadership has changed the dynamics of how leaders deal ...

Introduction

Construction is a field that requires efficiency and hard work. It is a field that has the potential to improve a nation’s economy by a great percentage (Keith 2008 p 3). This paper is literature review that seeks to give appropriate leadership skills for construction management. Effective ways for a construction manager to achieve success are given with its relation to customer satisfaction and employee performance. Roles and ethics that should be inculcated in management of a construction company are given to a fine detail.

Proper recommendations towards achieving this are also highlighted. The impact of proper and efficient leadership together with the consequential output is ...

Discussion 1.1: Structure

The structural design that is used in the Modern Shed Company is the network approach. Network structure is a structural design approach where a company depends on the other external organizations to perform acute functions based on the contractual foundation. The Modern Shed Company is thus based on the collaboration with the external dealers which comprises thirty five independent contractors based in United States. The dealer network in the Modern Shed Company comprises external partners who specialize in different field such as sales, office, material and constructions processes (Daft & Marcic 2013). Smith, the founder of the organization, determined the structure ...

Management of both employees and production has been an epochal subject in a global world. The fact is the managers of various organizations need the performance of workers to boost the organizational production. The perturbing questions to most of the managers are the effective management styles that endeavor to embrace both the employees and the production. In early 1960s, Robert Blake and Jane Mouton developed a Managerial Grid Model. Blake and Mouton realized the imperativeness of the employees and production in the organization. In view of the aforementioned, the two innovators included the two factors, the concern for people and the ...

Robert Slater is a widely known author of books that contain several themes on leadership qualities that each and every person needs to know. In his book, “29 Leadership Secrets from Jack Welch”, he points out key points that are very vital and practical to each and everyone’s life. In the book, there are key points that are summarized that will help people who aspire to be leaders take up their leadership qualities in a very smooth way. Some of the key points are as stated below.

“Accept change. Business leaders who treat change like the enemy will ...

Interview Transcript

The leader’s name is Mary Rowe. She is an owner and a manager of a family apparel shop Rowe’s Fashion. The shop is specialized in clothes and accessories produced in Europe. There are four employees. Mary Rowe has had this position for five years.

Interviewer: Describe the organization that you work in.

Mary Rowe: Rowe’s Fashion is a family apparel shop. It was found in 1995 by my father. Up to 2009, my mother and fathers were its managers. In 2009, they retired and decided to pass their positions to me. A shop is small. There are four employees, and I am a manager. The shop specializes in ...

A good leader is not one thing. To be a good leader a person must be capable of being many things as the situation calls for it. In question is the decisions made by a particularly manager I once had when I worked as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant. This is an example of a bad leader, but by identifying the flaws in a particular manager’s leadership style, it is possible to use this as a counterexample to understanding what good leadership is.

One of the allures of the Mexican restaurant was the fact that patrons could get unlimited chips and salsa. On an average ...

- Briefly discuss the various roles of the president and why it is such a difficult job.

Article 2 of the Constitution provides the president with important roles to govern this nation. The executive branch consists of the president and as such, is conferred the role of commander-in-chief. He is able to make treaties but with senate approval, appoint ambassadors and ensure that laws are faithfully executed. He is also able to shape public policy through the use of presidential veto and mold the legislative process.. In this way, he can rule over legislative and executive branch.

The President has a ...

As Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Apple Inc., Jobs met many ups and downs as a good leader. Throughout Apple’s history, such as when they Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne have just started their business in 1976 in the garage of Jobs’ foster parents, years later, they were a success. It only proves that with the right mix of leaders, they can start a company that will later on live with its vision. Apple Company had since then continued to hire many highly talented, creative, and innovative people (e.g., Mike Scott, John Scully).

With Jobs’ leadership and the highly competent ...

Abstract

In this report, the author will review the pros and cons of several pricing strategies and will provide in depth analysis of the two best pricing strategies for the new product being launched. A recommendation will be made for one of the two, and an explanation given for that recommendation. Finally, a Channel of Distribution strategy to support the recommended pricing strategy will be detailed.

The President of Mobile Manufacturing, Michele Dietrich, has clearly set the overall pricing objective in the given notes of the case study. In Michelle’s own words, Mobile Marketing needs to capture a significant amount of ...

Leadership Strategies for a Changing World

I have just been appointed as the District Manager of an electronics company, a position which I have been eagerly anticipating for a long time. Having recently been appointed to this new leadership position at a company which I have wanted to work at for years, I can easily see in my first days that there are substantial organizational cultural problems that must be overcome. While the organization is extremely viable, there are power struggles between managers and an organizational culture that does not properly inspire its workers.

There is often a sense of friction between middle management and department heads, as ...

Introduction

There are many leadership theories on many topics. Similarly, the public health also has leadership theory present.Leadership is a creativity that is made when individual has knowledge regarding present and has learned from past. Leadership needs a person whose visions usually clear and has ability to make things in real. Leaders need to work with others so that their nature should be easy to understand.

The public health leadership is a commitment with public and give important to their values. A community where public is present on large scale requires thinking orientation of system. In the public health sector, it concern ...

Coach Knight and Coach K. have very different styles of coaching. One style of coaching displays a softer side to leadership and coaching while the other style believes in the notion of exercising tough love in leadership. Generally speaking, Coach K’s style seems to be more sincere, personal and at times compassionate while Coach Knight’s leadership style is rigid and strict. Both coaches have had very successful careers in coaching. The numerous wins reveal the success of the college basketball teams that they have coached. The difference in their coaching styles and leadership techniques leads one to wonder ...

Communication Leadership

Communication Leadership

Objective: Leadership has an important impact on the development of the organization, while considering essential aspects of a workplace environment. The leader need to have effective communication quality with his employees. Managers need to have good communication skills in order to possess all leadership qualities. Leadership is not a power of position, in fact, it is a procedure (Madlock, 2008). Whereas communication is a way to share your ideas, feelings, thoughts and suggestions through interaction with your employees or team members. Communication can take place in numerous ways that can be in the form of verbal or oral; such as ...

Introduction

A servant leader leads with the mentality of a servant. Servant leadership begins with the urge to lead which triggers the conscience to aspire to lead. A servant leader has no self gratifying wishes. He carries the interests of the followers at heart. He knows that the task at hand is such huge that he cannot afford to fail. Chances of aborting the vision the servant leader carries arise, but he has the courage to soldier on despite the challenge (Blanchard, 2003). Servant leadership combines both leadership philosophy and practices of leadership. It prides itself in sharing of power as ...

During the past week, the most difficult topic for my team was to distinguish the line between a manager and a leader. From the very start, it was clear that this is something that many of us will benefit in the future. This is important if we plan to work as a leaders or managers. The process of gaining leaderships skills cannot come over night, and it requires a strong personality. The leaders are the ones who carry a large burden and responsibility. On the other side, the managerial skills should not be underestimated as well. Even though the managers are focused on the short ...

Leadership Strategies for a Changing World

Charismatic Leadership When looking at some of history’s greatest leaders, whether in politics or business, one characteristic that typifies the vast majority of them is that they are charismatic. Charming, graceful, some of the best leaders provide a sense of excitement and attraction that helps to gather followers and maintain a sense of momentum about the work that they are doing. To that end, the following focus paper explores charismatic leadership as a concrete, quantifiable leadership style, and my own assessment of the charismatic qualities of my leadership will be examined in light of the theory itself.

Charismatic leadership ...

Question:

Chapter 3 in Essential Techniques for Healthcare Managers addresses the key concepts of leadership ethics including excellence in patient care, respect for employees, corporate citizenship, and the appropriate use of resources. Discuss the importance of a leader holding all employees accountable for each of these concepts within a department and how these concepts work together to create a positive, ethical organizational culture.

Response:

A leader has a great responsibility and of great importance in an organization and to the employees, as well. A leader is accountable for everything he does in the organization, and his performances reflect in the workplace and seen by every ...

Part one: Feedback.

Kourtney Rockas

Kourtney, you have displayed outstanding character traits in your way of doing things. Observations have determined that you are very organized. Your organization strategy is amazing since it incorporates all the activities that we should incorporate in our learning process. For instance, your way of organizing your study plan in terms of the units and the co-curricular activities is appraising. You have not only influenced my study habits, but you have also influenced my strategy of organizing my studying schedule. In the recent times, we have spent time together; it has been influential for me since I ...

Part I

It is apparent that understanding self is vital in becoming an authentic leader. Self-awareness assumed a strategic role in Sally Helgesen’s story of leadership. Through self-awareness, Sally was able to establish her abilities and weaknesses. This offered her a chance of capitalizing on her strengths while checking on her failures. In essence, Sally gained confidence with herself through self-awareness. The author of the story highlights that Sally initially doubted her ability in becoming an authentic leader. However, this changed with time, as she eventually gains the confidence with her potential to take up the challenging role of leadership (Northouse, 2013).

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Discussion Board

Introduction

A good leader is an individual who influences others positively through his or her words and actions. The leader’s actions exude magnificent success that prompts others to consciously change their negative attitude and behavior and adopt the leader’s character. A leader should exercise humility, honesty, transparency, self-confidence, kindness and goal achiever. One of the key character traits of good leaders is emotional intelligence where the leader can synchronize his opinions with those of his junior leaders or other affected parties in order to achieve an amicable solution to a certain problem. It is worth noting that inspiring ...

I have come to learn a lot about effective communication skill in this course. I have now known those tactics of being in control during meetings; especially when the obligation is on me to lead a group. From this course I am able to build and develop my lack of confidence in communication and trying to consolidate it into a more professional state. I am very fragile and weak before undertaking this course, and I could easily be frightened and keep ideas to myself rather than speak up in public meetings.

I have known that to be in control during a meeting is ...

Couse

Be flexible whenever you can, be firm, whenever you must (Ventura, 2008)

It is a well-known fact that it is easier to plan changes other than to put them into practice. A good manager knows that employees usually come into conflict with any changes and transformations, and his main goal is to make the process as less painful as possible. Changes in an organization can be described as a set of measured, that can ensure a successful transition from one level of development to another, higher level. Of course, changes also occur when a company reduces production, or refocuses its activity.

It ...

In his first inaugural address, President George W. Bush cited four basic principles as the basis of his incoming administration: civility, courage, compassion and character. He urged that “every child must be taught these principles [and that] every citizen must uphold them” (Bush). His leadership showed an attempt to put those four principles to work with all of his decisions. Although not all of his decisions turned out to be successful, what has emerged in the years since his presidency is that he has a love for his country that informed his choices. Leadership is a difficult art to master, ...

1. What can you find about organization in this Bible teaching about achieving goals (2:1–20; 4:16–23)?

The success of every project depends on how well organized it is. Nehemiah was a good organizer considering how he initiated and implemented this project. The project leader must have clear objectives of the deliverables when planning a project (Larson & Gray, 2011). For one to achieve project goals, it is important to have specific timelines. Effective project organization also involves mobilizing resources from donors. Moreover, projects have risks and challenges which must be anticipated and mitigated through practical strategies. To achieve project goals, a leader must be familiar with the needs being addressed. Community mobilization and stakeholder involvement are crucial in ...

Chapter 9

- Can organization’s structure be changed quickly? Why or why not? Should it be changed quickly? Explain.

An organization can change its structure depending on its size. It is more difficult to rapidly change the structure of a larger organization than a smaller organization. Smaller organizations can change their structure quickly since they have fewer employees and, resources. Larger organizations cannot change their structures quickly. Such organizations have employees who are used to carrying out their duties in a particular way. Formation of habits makes employees get used to working within the existing structure. When such an organization attempts to introduce ...

Introduction

Building relationships in business can play an essential part for the success of the business. Great business relationships can open ways for introduction to potential investors, customers, advisers among others. However, creating a bond in business in no mean task; relationships need much trust and rapport which require consistent over time (Dirks, 2001). To nurture and develop good business relationships, there are a multiple methods that can assists achieve this objective.

The leader should be helpful; in any particular situation, people like to have relationships from those they can get help. The leader should have such attributes as it helps lay a ...

Personality traits differ from one person to another. There are, however, a number of personality traits that qualify for effective and successful leadership. Leaders should be agreeable in order to be able to relate well with people. Leaders should also strongly show that they are in charge so as to be able to command followership. In addition, it is important for leaders to be conscientious to achieve success in what they do. Moreover being open and experienced is an essential trait that enables the leader to welcome change and take risks. Also, a good leader should be able to adjust to ...

Stanley Milgram’s experiments, as described in the Obedience videos, appear to the “teacher” to be about operant conditioning, but they actually explore the extremes to which people will go to obey “authority.” Does what you’ve seen influence your view of leaders you follow? Of thoughts about your own leadership? About the power a leader wields?

Up to what point would teachers be able to direct their students; this question has actually created the development of a more socially-based examination as to how much development of recognition of authority would people actually respond to. It could be analyzed ...

Servant leadership, ethical leadership and moral intelligence have several common aspects. In servant leadership, the focus of the leader is on the well-being of his subordinates. A servant leader prioritizes the needs of his followers over his accumulation of power or profit. In the same manner, the principles of ethical leadership involve respect, justice and honesty which should be practiced within the community. In both servant leadership and ethical leadership, moral intelligence is necessary. The seven essential virtues of moral intelligence are needed to practice servant and ethical leadership. These virtues are empathy, conscience, self-control, respect, kindness, tolerance and ...

Question 1

Appreciative inquiry helps people in changing and studying social systems advocating for the best inquiry method. This follows several designs desired for a compelling future without any coercion, incentives or persuasion for a planned change required. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a positive approach towards solving issues, which assists in looking at the strategies that are working to develop them further. On the other hand, problem solving focuses on fixing strategies that are not working. Building on the positive things in Appreciative Inquiry creates personal strengths which result to increased performance. AI values and recognizes the attributes and contributions of people and things ...

I have been reading about RO culture and about RW culture. I got the impression that both of them are important, but the RW culture is more valuable because it fosters creativity from an early age. Children develop their taste in everything and patterns of behavior while growing up. Lessig thinks that reading is important because it is fundamental, but next step is writing (Lessig 87).

RW culture invites the audience to respond (Lessig 85), and that is what makes it more valuable for humanity than RO culture. Of course, the base is needed, but the further development is ...

Group is formed when people with common objectives, aims, beliefs and preferences associate together. A group is an interdependent set of people doing a task or trying to reach a common goal (Champoux, 2011, p. 223). Group or team formation is a composed of five major stages: forming, storming, norming, performing, and transforming. This process is applicable to most of the group formation activity. While observing any formal or informal group, there arise different personalities who tend to lead the group. Since group of people do have no specific hierarchy, the tendency of members within possess two different attitude: Leader, and follower. ...

Niccolo Machiavelli, a politician, Italian historian, and a philosopher was born in Florence, Italy on May 3, 1469. He had little or no interest in philosophy as he believed that the role of philosophy in human analysis must be lesser than the real-world political apprehensions. His short book “The Prince” considered to be his masterpiece gained wide readership as the book contained some strong and real-world perceptions into human behavior and it also portrayed the negative view of human nature. The Prince is a mild disapproval that the rulers should be polite and principled in their character.

Machiavelli’s political philosophy intimately ...

U.S. Government Shutdown

The reviewed article by Paul Lewis titled “U.S. shutdown and debt ceiling deal: what does the agreement mean?” that was published in “The Guardian” on October 16th 2013 depicts the overall situation around the Affordable Care Act - Debt Ceiling lift debate that resulted in a 16 day U.S. Federal Government paralysis, which led to the worldwide political, economical, and financial tension.

It all started after Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to pass a budget resolution, unless Democrats would give in the Obama's health care law funding. From the very beginning everyone knew that government shutdown ...

INTRODUCTION

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of effective leadership of the overall growth and development of the organization. To do so, the study focuses upon defining leadership along with its importance within an organization. In addition, the benefits that are provided to an organization have also been taken into consideration. In the end, the impact of effective leadership on the overall growth and development of the organization have been taken into consideration. All the information provided regarding the importance of leadership, and its impact on the overall growth along with the development of the organization ...

The question to what extent do leaders influence organizational effectiveness is best answered in analyzing the salient traits desired of a leader towards achievement of organizational goals. This is to say that absent such traits, the leader would be less efficient towards the influence of organizational influence. Chief executive officers often find themselves locked in the dual yet conflicting role of playing a manager as well as a leader. Whether a manager can double up as a leader is now water under the bridge. Contemporary managerial studies prefer that managers restrain from exercising their managerial powers and in place use their leadership skills to ...

The management of a healthcare environment is an intricate undertaking that requires individuals with the capacity of balancing between their internal constitutes and environmental health factors. Modern changes in a healthcare environment have especially complicated the entire process of managing healthcare institutions. The presented personality can largely enhance leadership in the modern healthcare environment. A leader who has the ability of balancing between environmental factors and inner personality can successfully spearhead the development in the modern healthcare institutions.

The slight preference of introversion over extraversion can hinder effective leadership in the healthcare environment. This owes to the fact that the management ...

Good for the World: Hustle Statement - Activity: Part 1

Leading a large organisation will not only be instrumental in advancing my career development, but will be vital in helping the organisation to achieve its long term and short term goals and objectives. In this case, I intend to lead a clothing organisation to achieve its long-term objectives without undervaluing the existing organisational cultures and practices. Initially, the organisation had an effective reputation and its productivity was admirable. However, with increased global challenges including financial and economic crises, the organisation has started trailing behind its competitors in its production and marketing. The purpose of leading this organisation is to assist it ...

- In the perfect world, there is a symbiotic relationship between the policy maker and the agent of implementation. Describe that relationship at its best and at its worst.

At its best, the relationship between the policy maker and the agent of implementation enables collaboration between the two, which in turn ensures the effective and quick implementation of policies. Not only do these policies get enacted quickly, but the said implementation initiative also has more chances of succeeding as the agents of implementation will support the policy and ensure that all the resources necessary for a successful implementation are provided (“Creating Value through Collaboration”).

On the other hand, this relationship at its worst can lead to a lack of collaboration between the policy maker and the agent of implementation, ...

Part 1

Informal communication channels are routes, outside an organization’s officially designated communication web, which are used to convey informal messages. There are formal communication channels for internal communication and external communication. An example of an informal internal communication channel is face-to-face conversations during lunch break. Usually, such conversations revolve around personal issues or social happenings. An example of an informal external communication channel is customer-support blogs. Customer-support blogs are used to handle consumer complaints, questions and clarify misconceptions using an informal platform.

Part 2

A situation that I felt that a leader was effective was how Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks’, ...

Part 1

Discovering myself as an authentic leader, and in fact taking necessary steps to ensure that I live up to my dream as a true leader has not been easy. To understand the meaning of an authentic leader, it is important to understand the term leader. According to my understanding, a term leader simply means someone who shows or leads the path, that is, someone who is strong enough to motivate and guide others to do the right things. Leaders easily get others engaged in a project, which they believe in.

An authentic leader is more than just an engagement in leadership. Unlike other ...

Chechen Terrorism in Russia

Religion, culture and politics have played a huge role in the terrorist attacks executed by Chechen rebels in Russia. The conflict instigated by Chechen rebels stem from the fact that Chechnya, the territory they claim, became part of the national territory of Russia due to historical circumstances. Long before Russia emancipated as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Chechnya was part of an independent republic called the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. However, that nation did not last long, as the USSR occupied it and made it into a province called the Chechen Autonomous Oblast (Kramer, 2010). To quell strong ...

My best source: Lee, Stephen. "HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY." questions and analysis in history (2000).

Germans history has attracted the attention of many historians mainly due to its interesting aspects and the brutality of Adolf Hitler their leader. Stephen Lee gives a meticulous history of Germany in his pdf article HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY. Though recent, the article addresses Nazism during the reign of Hitler. However, my attention was attracted by his 15 page first topic on the rise of Nazism. Several webpages such as “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power” discusses Nazism but I chose Stephen Lee’s article since it gives not only a detailed analysis of Nazism but also Hitler’s life as a leader and how ...