Essays on Transformational Leadership

Introduction

“Ethical Leadership is defined as "the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such conduct to followers through two-way communication, reinforcement and decision-making" [and] the evidence suggests that ethical leader behavior can have important positive effects on both individual and organizational effectiveness”

Background

Ethical leaders encourage their followers to model their behaviours by communicating their standards and use rewards as well as discipline to promote suitable and unsuitable behaviours. Brown et al. (2005), who first quoted the above definition for ethical leadership, had implied implicitly that, the leader’s intent is never ...

Herbert D Kelleher is the CEO and the co-founder of the Southwest Airlines that started its business operations from being a small airline company comprising of four jets only to becoming an industry leader. The CEO Kelleher is respected and much appreciated by his employees and has earned commendable respect on the Wall Street. The airline company has harnessed 38 years of profitability, a record no other airline company has been able to break as yet. This is due to the leadership style of Herb Kelleher and the due respect given to the employees. Herbert Kelleher follows a transformational ...

Management of Power

Introduction 3

Organizational Structure Influences 4-5 Conclusion 5-6

References 7

Management of Power As the nurse executive at St Louis Medical Center, it will be important to identify and utilize the leadership theories relevant to management of power in this professional capacity. Management of power is critical in creating work environments that are conducive for nurses to provide quality patient care. In a fast evolving healthcare sector, there is a growing need for nurse leaders to ensure their leadership provides the motivation and inspiration needed to continuously improve services. Based on this observation, the current paper seeks to identify and articulate ...

Abstract

Zara International is a clothing and accessory retailer with operations in 88 markets around the world. Spanish Inditex Group owns the company that deals with men clothes, women clothes and has a Zara Kids for children clothing. Zara is one of the most successful fashion retailers in the world. The success of the company has been attributed to strategic management capabilities that involve the inventory management and as well the human resource management. The company human resource strategy was to include a Spanish manager in every store. This allows the company to maintain a management culture that is efficient ...

Introduction

As the head of the information technology department of the Emirates Airline, there is a need to introduce varying degrees of change within each section of the unit to inject efficiency in the entire operations. As such, the changes will focus on customer booking and seat reservations to improve customer care and uplift the overall image of the department. The change is of low urgency because it is a long-term endeavor that will gradually ensure quality services to the entire clientele. Further, it is proactive and has been informed by the deliberations within the Department, aiming to introduce sustainable ...

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Abstract

It is possible to sort out three major counter-productive actions that took place throughout the meeting (although there were much more). First of all, the meeting started with a formal recital of orders that were imposed on the task force, instead of democratically sharing the views of the new management on the possible review of policies with the selected professionals. Secondly, the topic of new uniform (or scrubs) turned into the public ostracism of the nurse due to her appearance, which is in fact an action punishable by law. The ad hominem accusations prevented the meeting from ...

Introduction

Leadership skills are critical in situations where a firm intends to conduct a succession of its leadership on a periodic basis. Leadership competencies are necessary skills in ensuring a smooth flow in leadership succession and in the development of the potential of the employees who will help an organization attain its vision (Delbridge, et al. 2007, p. 42). The current trend is characterized by seasoned managers and leaders who are retiring from their business ventures thereby creating a gap that needs to be filled through practical leadership training and mentorship. The aim of this paper is to examine the ...

The notion of leadership is often explained and treated differently, remaining one of the most complex and profound concepts in the modern world. Nonetheless, that doesn’t diminish its great significance and outstanding relevance. With a great number of global issues which keep appearing and penetrating our lives and affecting them adversely, leadership is frequently viewed as a key to the world's problems, its ultimate cure and solution to the emerging challenges. Thereby leadership as a human feature and competency is considered a skill that the world critically needs nowadays, and the future generation of leaders is what the ...

Literature Review

Overview The research question is essential for any study; as it will enable the researcher to focus on a particular subject to do research. The research question for this study is the effect of direct communication between the CEO and the employees when it comes to Job satisfaction. The question allows the researcher to focus on the concept of job satisfaction, internal communication the roles of both the CEO and the employees, and the factors that influence communication enhancement. Internal communication is the frequency of interaction between the upper level of management and the lower level of management (Bloom, ...

In healthcare, leadership is all about leading teams and individuals. The primary challenge in healthcare leadership is delivering and maintaining high quality, safe, and compassionate healthcare at all times. Ensuring that the right leadership style is used at all times is essential as it shapes organizational culture, effective strategies, professional behavior, and quality is upheld (Scott, Mannion, Davies, & Marshall, 2013). In healthcare, leaders ensure direction, commitment, and alignment. The right direction ensures confidence and agreement. Also, alignment relates to effective coordination and integration while commitment involves taking responsibility. Two theories of leadership that can be used in healthcare include ...

Introduction – Case Summary

Carnegie Industrial is one of the biggest corporations in the US with over USD$ 125 million turnover and 45, 000 employees globally. The company started as a producer of engineering and construction equipment and further expanded in consulting business. The aggressive inorganic growth strategy through acquisitions made the organization face challenges, related to cultural diversity, as it experienced the mix of at least four different cultures among its people. To address the issue, the company opened doors to Leadership Development Center (LDC), but it failed to deliver the results under the previous management. Elizabeth Silver, the Director, decided that ...

Describe the transactional and transformational leadership characteristics that Don Green and Michael Budman possess.

According to the available literature, some assumptions are held regarding the transactional leadership. Transactional leadership style believes that leaders are motivated by the reward and punishment the satisfaction of such leaders is on seeing the company excelling (Kurland, Peretz and Hertz-Lazarowitz 8). They also believe that social network works best with a clear and defined chains of command from the top. Again, they believe that the primary purpose of the subordinates in the organization is doing what they are instructed to do. Transactional leadership involves a situation where leader works by creating a clear structure of what should be ...

Leadership is the political, psychological, or social influence of an individual or a group of individuals on a group of other people. Leadership is viewed as both a trait character and in addition a relational concept whereby one individual impacts others. It is a process by which a person influences a group of people to achieve a common goal. A leader has personal skills that give him a distinctive difference and allows him to be listened to and followed by a group of people. Leadership can also be defined as an influential authority based on the relationships the leaders ...

Introduction

In the recent times, the concepts of transactional and transformational leadership have been considered as the orders of a day. The concept of transformational leadership was introduced by James McGregor in the year 1978. The belief and argument behind the introduction were that transformational leadership is a process in which the followers and the leaders coexist and mutually help each other rise at moral and motivational levels. Further explanation on the same was given in 1985 by Bernard M Bass through his book, “Leadership and performance Beyond Expectations.” There was the development of criteria that must be fulfilled by ...

Reflective Essay on an Organizational Problem

Introduction In my summer job, I and my fellow group members faced some issues in completing the project assigned by the leader. My leader made a group of members, including me from different backgrounds to complete the project plan for new stadium. The leadership style of our leader was autocratic as he did not assign the responsibility to anyone to make decisions, but retain all authority by himself and made all key decisions related to project. In addition, he was not involved in the two-way communication to motivate the employees to achieve organizational goals. In turn, the issues occurred ...

Abstract

The paper below is a research analysis on charismatic and transformational leadership in Apple. The paper discusses the two types of leadership traits and includes the study of the charismatic and transformational leadership that applies to the company and how Steve Jobs has lead the company on the principles of leadership and what were the consequences of same. Further, the paper also highlights how leadership can lead to the success or failure of a company and hence the importance of choosing the right leaders who can lead the company in right direction. The multi-tasking and various leadership skills of ...

Assignment 5: Capstone

Abstract Dell Inc. deals with manufacturing and selling of personal computers and other computer accessories. Turbo PC was the first product produced by Dell Company, which has experienced gradual growth since its foundation. Various strategies and policies have led to the success of the multinational company over the years. Therefore, the paper covers the effect that the mission, vision, and primary stakeholders of Dell has on its success. It highlights the effect of the six segments of the environment on both the firm and the industry. It also focuses on the SWOT analysis and five (5) forces of competition ...

Introduction

In today’s business environment, many people feel the need to become an entrepreneur versus following the status quo. But this decision does not work for everyone as there are people who start a business; however, the business fails for any number of reasons. According to Carmody (2015), 96 percent of businesses fail within 10 years. An entrepreneur is a special individual who must possess special knowledge and traits in order to ensure the success of the business. One successful entrepreneur is Richard Branson; who is considered one of Britain’s highest profiled billionaires. Mr. Branson created a conglomerate ...

Steve Jobs was a highly controversial but extremely successful leader of one of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Jobs dazzled the business world and the general public with his drive for excellence, but annoyed at even angered many of his executives and employees with his single-minded vision. Jobs was remarkable and visionary, and he helped to revolutionize personal computers and the digital industry as a whole. Thanks for this, Apple enjoyed massive sales any time a new iPhone, iPad or iPod hit the market. All of this convinced the world in general and business circles ...

Part 1

Introduction As a part of this assignment, the writer has identified an individual in his community that he believes to have leadership characteristics. He (the writer) personally idealizes several of his qualities. His name is “Christopher Plummer”, and he is Operational Manager at a well-reputed real estate marketing agency. Personal information about him is also described in the table provided below:

Part 2

Interview Questions The writer has conducted an interview with Christopher Plummer to build an insight into his approach to the concept of leadership in a precise way. He was asked the set of questions given below, and detailed ...

Section A

Higher education is considered the epitome of learning and research in the scholarly world. Therefore, leadership in higher education institution ought to be in maximum effectiveness at all times. Leaders at higher education institutions had better employ strategic leadership and management skills to ensure that such institutions attain the goals that define their existence. The current paper will analyze and comment on theories and research paradigms that have been presented in the integration and practice of leadership and management at higher institution centers. This section holds that although several theories, concepts and research paradigms have been presented, still there ...

Managing Organizations & Leading People

Introduction In the current business environment, leadership is considered to go beyond the “manager” title. Leadership is seen to be about whom the employees ate following. Today’s leaders highly influence the behavior of others hence the leaders must be able to show a good example and must have the ability of effectively motivation others to follow them and work harder for the fulfillment of organizational goals (Warner, 2012). This is because human resource is considered as the most vital asset currently and their management is what determines the success of a firm. Effective management of human resource requires ...

Introduction

In the modern day, competition has led organizations to re-evaluate their strategies and identify new approaches to enhance their competitiveness. The need to improve the competitiveness of businesses has to the identification of efficiency improvement measures to enhance efficiency that leads to increased productivity and profitability of the organization. Junction Hotel is strategically located and it has operated for a long period. However, with the changing trends in the business environment, there is an increasing need to enhance their efficiency strategies to enhance their competitiveness in the business environment. Organizations adopt strategic approaches through effective management of human resource ...

Leaders play a significant function in the organization about its future success, employees’ performance, and productivity. An essential role of a leader is to establish as well as maintain a team that performs well. Yukl et al. (2013) contend that there are a lot of diverse definitions about leadership. A consensus appears to suggest it involves a process of influencing and guiding relationships within an organization. Additionally, Guirdham (2002) highlights the significance of leaders possessing great interpersonal and relational abilities, which includes the capacity to convince others. There are extra variables that add to impressive leadership, for example, the ...

Introduction

The thesis statement for this annotated bibliography is “Team Members Are More Successful with A Transformational Leader Versus the Transactional Leader”. The sources that have been chosen will be useful and will allow an effective research process with information being added to the body of knowledge relative to the specified subject. To gather a clearer understanding of the thesis there must be an understanding of the transformational leader and the transactional leader. Leadership carries with the title the responsibility of understanding different methodologies and/or theories that can be used in order to ensure the success of the department, team, ...

Workforce engagement has become a vital issue for many organizations, and an area of interest to both researchers and practitioners. As per Macey et al (2011), workforce management is the association between a company and its workers. An engaged workforce is possible when employees are fully committed about their job duties and so engages in activities that enhance the interest and reputation of the organization. A company with high workforce engagement tends to outperform those with low workforce engagement. The achievement of desirable levels of workforce engagement is influenced both positively and negatively by a number of factors. Studies ...

Abstract

The job task analysis helps in determining the job contents by means of the responsibilities and duties that are required to be carried out in order to perform the work related activities. It helps in determining the significance and criticality of the tasks in accordance with the identified job tasks. It also helps in determining the extent of efforts and skills that are required to carry out the work related activities in an effective manner. The current paper enlightens the task analysis of a Customer Experience Specialist from Airbnb Incorporation. The identified tasks are discussed in accordance with their ...

The leadership style that is practiced by the nurses executive at the place I work is Transformational leadership style. An intern joining the hospital is placed under the supervision of a senior nurse executive who mentors the intern. The nurse leader contributes to the development of the intern and the hospital provides facilities and opportunities for the intern to practice. A transformational leader does not merely work for individual needs or personal compensation, but acts keeping in mind, the greater good of the organization. The leader has a strong charisma and acts as a strong role model who motivates ...

Leadership is an important aspect in an organization, and transformational leadership enhances the understanding of leadership in any organization. Transformational leadership is all about an encouragement by the leaders to the employees, to motivate and encourage them in all ways possible, so as to increase productivity. This is after a realization that organization is all about productivity, but unless leaders motivate employees who are a source of human powers, no productivity can be achieved (Choudhary et al., 2015). Transformation leadership is also about a positive influence to the employees, and driving them to working beyond the agreement, as if ...

Cultural diversity is an asset as well as a challenge to business leaders the world over, especially those business leaders working in multinational organizations. Globalization is the current trend and it is certain that companies will continue to launch their businesses internationally in the future. The failure or success of a company is greatly hinged on the type of leadership style practiced and put in place in the organization. Hence, a multi- national company's management should use the kind of leadership style that would consider the various diversities that are present in the organization in addition to the host ...

Implications of Change in Healthcare Delivery System on nurse leadership

Technology drives most of the healthcare delivery system and the changing technology has resulted in the transforming face of modern healthcare system. The practice of nursing becomes quite dynamic when seen in purview of the technological advancements and their implications (Melnyk et al., 2012). For example, genetics and genomic field has encountered a substantial change as large number of diseases, risk factors, therapies and treatments have genomic elements which are influenced by lifestyle and environmental factors, thus having a greater impact on nursing practice. This compels the nurse leaders know more about genomic and genetics to effectually teach and ...

Undefeated is an inspiring movie about the football team of Manassas High School in North Memphis, Tennessee and how a special coach was able to turn their poor performance around through his transformational leadership. As a volunteer coach, Bill Courtney gave so much of himself to the team because he believed they could do much better. Not only did he build up their skills and changed their attitude for the better, but more importantly, he built their self-esteem, discipline, commitment, and character. The film takes the viewers to a journey of change in the characters from nonchalant boys who ...

Introduction

Leadership is defined as the art and science of moving people from one point to another. This means that leadership refers to a situation where a person prepares the minds of his or her followers in order to work to attain a certain set of goals as a team or group. Leading brings people together for the attainment of results and the conduct of active work. Leadership might be construed as a process “by which one individual consistently exerts more impact than others on the nature and direction of group activity”. Leading in the context of businesses and companies ...

The effective delivery of the healthcare services requires the effective nursing leadership in order to ensure that the nursing staff is highly motivated to incorporate the healthcare services. The current paper enlightens the prevalence of low morale among the nursing staff and recommends the intervention of the effective leadership style to enhance the staff morale.

PICOT Statement

The current paper incorporates the following PICOT statement: Among the nursing staff with low morale, can transformational leadership, compared to authoritarian leadership, increase the morale of the nursing staff in two months?

Problem: Low Morale among Nursing Staff

Intervention: Transformational Leadership Comparison: Authoritarian Leadership Outcome: Increased Morale among Nursing Staff ...

Leadership is the most radical and central aspect of any organization. While good management promotes quantitative and qualitative results, poor management compromises achievements and successful outcomes. That is why the end results of an organization are a projection of the leadership style in the said institution. As such, this paper analyses the threat in Volkswagen’s management in line with the various leadership theories.

Volkswagen`s Fraudulent

The leadership in Volkswagen illuminates an ill culture with the potential of undermining this auto giant reputation. Following the recent scandal of emission test, it is clear that the management in the organization is ailing. ...

Abstract

The current government has consistently been trying to reduce the costs of healthcare and at the same time improve its quality. This paper focuses on the current state of healthcare through an extensive research on the population. The research uses a cross sectional design to collect data and come up with relevant conclusions. The research project aimed at using a homogenous population to come up with accurate results. Such a population involves participants who have the same knowledge about the subject. Such participants are easily obtained through a referral process where one participant refers another. A total of 50 ...

Transformational leadership is an approach in which leaders and their followers are mutually helpful towards moving to a higher level of motivation and excellence in the workplace (Burns, 1978). The approach of transforming brings about significant changes in the life of both individuals and the organization they work for. The leader being a role model to the followers in transforming both the employees and the organization, Burns’ theory has its own strengths and weaknesses as discussed below. The prime strength of Burns’ transformation leadership theory is that it positively ensures a wide range of performance based outcomes both at ...

Business Analysis of Google

Google is an American multinational corporation, specializing in the provision of internet and search engine services. The organizational financial position outlines sustainable growth and strategic fit. Over the past three years, the organization demonstrated 35% growth in basic revenue, reaching USD 75 billion by the end of the financial year 2015. Google is a no-conventional company with strong focus on innovation and research and development. The organizational mission statement is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful”. Since the company was founded in 1998, it grew into a billion dollar business with the strong ...

There are many theories about what makes a good leader. Leadership is often confused with management. A person can be a good leader and a good manager. An organization needs both. The difference is the thought process. Leaders influence and inspire others, deal with change, and take decisive action. They look into the future by creating a vision. This vision is what the end result will be in present time. A manager’s mindset is in the present, usually by performing the day-to-day operations of a business. Managers carry out the visions of leaders. My current job does not ...

Introduction

The world of trade and commerce has changed a lot in relation to labour and employee interaction with firms since the 1700s when the concept of work became more advanced. The purpose of this essay is to analyse the concept of employee relations and how it has evolved over the years. In order to attain this end, the following objectives will be explored: A critical evaluation of the concept and theory of employee relations in various forms of organisations – large, indigenous, multinational, private and public entities; An assessment of the concept of employee relations as it evolved in the ...

The Transformational leadership is a style of leadership in which head leaders and their followers help each other to raise or promote to higher levels of motivation, job-morality, and morality (Bass, 2006). The pros transformational leadership are highly effective as it maintains a positive environment for followers.

Pro’s

• Transformational leadership focuses a lot on honesty, and this helps focus one's interest correctly in defining a job. • It emphasizes on the higher human values such as ethics. • It increases the survivability of a system. • It has been proved in certain researches that cooperation as compared to competition contributes more in achieving ...

Introduction

The capability to shape and develop the leadership abilities of the members of the organization so as to fulfill organizational needs and demands is a complicated and challenging component of the general leadership development process. Leaders are responsible for the achievement of organizational goals, as well as for their followers' performance needed to attain the desired outcome. However, this is not an easy task. Widget PLC has problems with their leadership as revealed by decreasing employee motivation and managerial performance. This paper discusses and analyzes the relevance of transformational leadership and authentic leadership to the problem of Widget PLC. ...

1 What is your vision for a new and improved healthcare environment and what needs to change for your vision to become a reality? As a healthcare professional my vision has always been to provide safe, effective and affordable health care services to the community. A number of players contribute to the health care system: the service providers, payers, suppliers of medicines and other inputs. Thus, the biggest challenge is to collaborate the different actions of the stakeholders in the healthcare system and to effectively execute once vision. It is not possible for a single dedicated person to achieve ...

Inside Apple

Inside Apple Myers, K. K., & Sadaghiani, K. (2010). Millennials in the workplace: A communication perspective on millennials’ organizational relationships and performance. Journal of Business and Psychology, 25(2), 225-238. This resource identifies the characteristics of team members who were born in 1979-1994 as people who are unmotivated, self –centered, disloyal and disrespectful in an organization. In addition, this journal article reviews positive characterizations of this generation as people who are motivated to work in a business environment where they will impact in a huge way, prefer open and frequent communication with their organizational and team leaders and possess good ...

1. Introduction In terms of business, leading a change refers to the development and management of any change on organizational level. It includes identifying the need for change, devising the ways to communicate with managers and workforce, and considerations relating to its implementation and monitoring (Elearn Limited (Great Britain), 2007; Smith et al., 2014; Pugh & Mayle, 2009). This report is based on the analysis of change management practices utilized by the CEO of a coal mining company namely Patrick Dawson. The CEO has introduced a new appraisal system for its underground workforce based on the sample performance evaluation process ...

Acknowledgements

The research was supported by [name of foundation] who provided the information on the company present and past. I would like to thank [name] for assistance with the information, sharing and evaluation the process of strategy building, sharing the ideas about the built strategy and telling what was done before to develop the company. I would also like to show my gratitude to [name] who gave some precious comments about the work of the company that helped to process the research and work out some ideas of improvement.

Approval Sheet

Executive Summary The case study of the Golden Horizon Placement Agency ...

Introduction

Definition Change is necessary for the survival of any organization. As time passes, technology advances, peoples’ attitudes and values change, laws and political control change, and there is the need for an organization to keep up with these changes as well. Change management is the way people deal with these changes. In an organization, change management includes the definition of the new norms, talking to the stakeholders about the design of specific changes, and planning and implementing the transition to a new business process or organizational structure (Xiongwei, 2009). Even though it is necessary for organizations to improve some ...

Introduction

It is well documented that the success of any organization depends on largely to the in place leadership. Leaders of organizations are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that all the available resources work towards achieving the established goals (Bush, 2010). Leaders can develop strategies that workers use to produce exemplary results. However, not all leaders are successful in running organizations. The reason why some leaders become successful while another fail is best explained by leadership theories. The theories help an individual understand some of the reasons why some leaders fail and others become successful. One of the leadership ...

Introduction

The paper will review contemporary management practice involving a case study of one UK’s power and energy Services Company named Energy Co. One topic from HRO 383 curriculum that is related to the contents of the case is the company structure. The thing that relates this topic to the content of the case is the company’s leadership hierarchy that the case discusses. Therefore, the mentioned issue of staff resistance towards change results from the way the leadership of this company approaches the change process. The case study indicated the Energy Co. has been through a process of ...

Chapter 1

1.0. Introduction The researcher followed a survey which was given out to the employees within magic care solutions care home. The researcher seeks to find out if the management within magic care is very effective. It was done through an analysis method which comprises of qualitative and quantitative. The analysis was built on primary data which was carried out through doing a questionnaire on effective leadership within magic care homes. The questionnaires were given out to staff within the care home. The results of the respondents was converted to qualitative data Leadership styles can be different with all different ...

Management

2016-05-13 This paper is devoted to the research on the leadership theories. As we know, leadership can be considered as a kind of power. Mandatory condition of leadership is the possession of power in specific formal or informal institutions. Many researchers have studied leadership as a social and psychological phenomenon from different points of view, highlighting a particular aspect of it. There are many leadership theories, from which five theories are described in this paper. One of them is the great man theory. Its main traits are the following: leaders are born, when there is a need of the ...

Q1. In this highly competitive world, teamwork plays an important role as the output of the individuals can be expanded through teamwork. Teamwork has become the most important way in which work is organized in organizations. The idea that work can be delegated to workgroups is supported by different theories such as strategic Human Resources Management (HRM) theory, sociotechnical theory, work design theory, self-leadership theory, and theories of participative management. The strategic HRM theory states that a well-designed HR system that includes teamwork, can affect employee’s job satisfaction, commitment and motivation positively and result in an improved organizational ...

Management and Leadership

Business Management and Leadership In order to meet the requirements of the given task, I would highlight two aspects of leadership and then incorporate them into my personal leadership development plan. Although there are several qualities of a leader and a leader serves to provide the right direction to its followers whenever and wherever necessary, I will focus on two main areas of leadership which are motivation and transformational leadership.

There could be several ways to provide an explanation for the term motivation. However, the very basic idea about motivation is that it is a driving force which basically ...

Introduction

Leadership is a process whereby one person directs members of a group towards the attainment of a common goal. Like all phenomenon, leadership is susceptible to changes over time as variables in society changes. The evolution of leadership has changed from autocratic models to democratic systems whereby the concern for people is a very important aspect of attaining group goals and objectives. Health Science Education is now complicated and designed to cover a wide array of issues and matters in the 21st Century. This includes amongst other things, cross-specialization, interaction of people from different professional backgrounds, a high rate ...

Introduction

Strong leadership skills are imperative for every organization since employees are attracted by leaders who understand varied workplace situations and are able to design ways through which workers stay motivated. Three themes that are fundamental attributes of competent leaders include the ability to lead and influence actions of employees, ability to promote work-life balance and the need for leaders to impact positively in an organization such that their contributions to the organizations will forever be remembered. The three themes were brought forward by the guest speakers Mark Herley, Martin Plant and Michelle whose presentations provided useful insights on factors ...

Introduction

Executive performance depends on management styles. As such, leadership and management figures in an organization could either be driven by aspiration or inspiration. However, for a business to be successful there is a need for inspiring leadership skills. Inspiration results in leaders that are charismatic and dynamic, where there is a natural connection with the people. Such leaders ensure that their workers are innovative and creative. On the other hand, aspirational leaders may also be charismatic but depend more on market share, size, geographic spread, and influence more than creativity and innovation.

Explain the skills and attributes needed for leadership in your chosen organization.

There are several skills needed by a ...

Part A: Introduction

The report provides an overview of the career highlights and major events of the CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. He was born in 1984 and after quitting the university, developed his website Facebook, Inc. and became its CEO in 2013. In 2010, he won the award of Person of the Year by Times Magazine. The report also identified that CEO’s personality is open to experience as he handled his company by himself by getting experience over the years. In addition, he is a transformational leadership. It is due to the fact that he not only inspires his employees, but openly ...

Introduction

My current role is that of a marketing manager where I am working in teams, and different responsibilities are assigned to us by the manager. In my current job, I have to communicate with other members on a regular basis, and I have to learn new concepts and methods to process information in an effective and meaningful manner. I do not have a supervisory role at present, but my job does involve the delegation of authority and regular meetings to resolve issues. My aim is to focus on the role of a strategy developer and play an important role ...

Introduction

The leader on whom I choose to write is one who is engaged in the social sector. He is currently working with a company headquartered in Bethesda, USA and is heading a social project promoting maternal health across the continents of India and Nigeria.

The big five personality dimensions

The big five personality dimensions model proposes that an effective leader is one who displays the five attributes of being neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness and openness. One of the dominant personality dimensions displayed by this leader is that he is an excellent orator. This translates to the fact that he is extrovert and sociable. This ...

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Rationale and Outline Falls are a major cause of injuries, morbidity, and even mortality for all individuals and especially in the case of older adults. During the past three months around 10 incidents of falls were registered in the busy 36-bed medicine floor unit, where the majority of them occurred during the trips to the bathroom. Due to the possible negative outcomes for the health of the patients that may cause serious injury, it was essential for the healthcare unit to implement effective measures to minimize the factors causing the falls and prevent their occurring in future. The main ...