Essays on Poor Leadership

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1995) is as creative just like it is ironical if the current contemporary efforts around the globe are put into context. The Dystopian perception that dominates the novel makes it attractive to present and future readers. Several themes emerge from the story through prominent characters such as Lauren and Mrs. Sims. This essay offers analysis of various topics in the novel while laying emphasis on how the lack of effective community guidance and poor leadership can break or make a state. The essay delves into how poor leadership can erode past gains in ...

Reasons for Project Failure

A project is considered to have failed if it fails to deliver what was required according to its expectations. Whenever a project does not deliver to cost, to quality, and on timely basis, it can be considered to have failed to attain its targets. Project failure can be described in different ways, such as the judgement of the stakeholders on project failure, failure to meet the set delivery plan, failure to meet the set duration for project completion, failure to meet the financial forecasts, and failure to meet the set minimum return of investment. The main causes of project ...

InstitutionLeadership Learning Experience Project

- The Need for Interdisciplinary Teams

Interdisciplinary teams are important in nursing as they improve the quality and safety of care offered to patients. Interdisciplinary teams consist of professionals from different disciplines who work together and share expertise, skills and knowledge (Gardner, 2005). Collaboration and teamwork are imperative in healthcare which requires professionals with varied expertise. Poor collaboration between health professionals and lack of teamwork influences quality and safety of care (Gardner, 2005). Research linked poor collaboration with poor patient outcome and increase in medical errors. This is because patients do not get appropriate and timely care. Poor communication ...

Innovation Architecture of Organizations

Introduction According to Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013), innovation is at the core of operations in the organization. Innovation is one of the factors that help organizations survive amidst the rapidly evolving contemporary society that witnesses change primarily due to technological development. A work environment that nurtures innovation, according to Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013), must have an innovation architecture that facilitates an organization’s move towards innovation. Considering these points, the succeeding report explores the innovation architectures in three different companies – Apple, Google, and Procter & Gamble. The innovation architectures in these companies will be described and analyzed. In addition, ...

Relationship on Group Performance

Impacts of Coach-Leadership and Coach-Athlete Relationship on Group Performance

Introduction

Coaches are the crossing point between school and students. Coaches’ beliefs, attitudes, and values influence the athletes with whom the coach interacts (Wei, 2009). The study of leadership can be traced back to ancient Greece and China. For over seventy years, scholars in modern psychological and social sciences have given their effort and energy in leadership (Cheng, 2008). The application of leadership theories to organizations or groups were only around for thirty years (Wei, 2009). Coaches’ leadership styles have greatly affected the relationship between coaches and players and the ...

The type of communication problem that exists at Wegmans Company is an internal one, and it is particularly evident in the way Wegmans’ employees communicate with their leaders. The employees do not freely communicate with their leaders who happen to be coming from the same family background. The employees of Wegmans Company are, therefore, not free to effectively report the feedback that they receive from the clients. The internal communication problem that is present at Wegmans Company has affected the company in different ways and thus has made it lose some of its clients (Dana, 2010). The internal ...

Introduction

Law enforcement deals with upholding given laws in a particular state under given jurisdiction. The people dealing with law enforcement are specific professionals with the aim of enforcing national laws, managing law breakers by punishing the accordingly and depending on the magnitude of law disobedience. Law enforcement can be divided into two categories depending on the goal aimed to achieve; first being a preventive measure, by the professionals, that seek to prevent any damage that might be translated to another person in the society whereas the second seeks to put the criminals on trial and assign punishments depending on the nature ...

Apart from the common marine spills, the oil spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to let-off of petroleum products from tankers, and offshore platforms spill of already refined products such as petrol, kerosene, and by-products. Heavy products used by large ships include airplane fuels, the spill of any oily refuse and the waste oil. These oil spills are common in most parts of the world such as Kuwait, United States, Kern County, California, Iraq, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico. Other places are Trinidad and Tobago, Uzbekistan, Iran, parts of Africa such as ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Abstract Poor leadership appears to be a growing issue across the globe. Small business and large companies are struggling at the hands of poor leadership that would be easily remedied were it not for corruption, poor communication, and laziness. If there were more successful leadership in the world, unlike the type I experienced, there would be more successful business, and a more thriving economy. The problem is primarily with leaders not knowing how to lead, or generally just not wanting to lead. Many companies are so full of corruption; employees do not have anywhere to turn when reporting bad behavior. ...

Introduction

It is important for every organization to have great leaders under whose direction the organization achieves its goals and celebrates success. A leader is the one who has strong focus on the vision and goals of an organization and remains in pursuit of achieving the goals. The characteristics of a leader enable him to influence and motivate his or her sub-ordinates and team members to achieve targets. Without effective leadership, it is not possible for an organization to achieve its goals and targets. Thus, poor leadership could lead to poor management and organizational failure. This paper will discuss great influential ...

Individual Case Analysis and Group Case Analysis

[Submission Date] Individual Case Analysis: A summary of leadership challenges faced by the leader in assuring system changes prepared for the next pandemic While working in a pandemic influenza outbreak in the United States, the leader faces many different challenges. Working as a responsive leader of the American Red Cross, I have the responsibility to summarize these challenges. The influenza is a virus that is transforming from one to another rapidly with the passage of time mainly Vietnam and Thailand. Similarly, when the influenza was increasing than spread towards more and pandemic outbreak also occur. However, the leader faced decision ...

I. Current Strategic Profile LEGO is a well-known brand of construction toys that operates under the name of The Lego Group. LEGO’s flagship product includes brightly colored interlocking plastic bricks along with many mini figures, gears and other parts. The characteristics of LEGO toys include quality in every aspect, availability of extra sets, more LEGO toys gives the more value, creativity, imagination and development, long duration of play, quiet and healthy play, throughout the year play, fun for people belonging to all age groups, for boys and girls, and limitless play potential.

Mission

The mission of the company is “ ...