...2015). Nestle is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company that is most well-known for their candy and confectioneries, however, they also produce baby formula, coffee, tea, dairy products, ice cream, pet foods, snacks, frozen foods and even bottled water (Andrei, 2015). What many people don’t realize is that Nestle is considered to be one of the most hated companies in the world according to Andrei (2015). The reasons for this are due to allegations of child labor, unethical promotion, manipulating uneducated mothers, pollution, price fixing and mislabeling. The most recent scandal involves nestles involvement in water exploitation globally. This article will focus on the ethical issues surrounding this latest scandal and Tim Browns leadership tactics and styles while dealing with this crisis. For the last four years California has seen record setting droughts. Despite this Nestle has continued to bottle and sell water from their plant in Sacramento California, draining up to 80 million gallons of water a year from Sacramento aquifers (Bacher, 2015). Due to this the bottling plant has become a target for a water coalition that has highlighted predatory water profiteering actions by Nestle in various cities and countries. These coalitions also point out the disastrous results on the environment and the mega profits that are being received at the cost of citizens and taxpayers. The coalition contends that Nestlé pays only 65 cents for each 470 gallons it pumps out of the ground...
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...Leadership Style Bret Jacobsen Western Governors University Leadership Style A1. & A2. Style and Philosophy Impact/Evaluation: The practicum site administrator most often utilizes a transformational leadership approach, where she likes to be out among the stakeholders, including parents, teachers and scholar’s, providing a hands on methodology to leadership while being involved with those she works with. The site administrator sets the example, by modeling what she expects others to do. Additionally, the administrator likes to put coworkers into a position where they feel confident and comfortable solving their own problems and solutions without being micromanaged, which creates ownership. Her door is always open and she is willing to help if needed, but prefers to let stakeholders be professional and do what needs to be done. According to Smith (2017), a transformational leader creates an empowering culture that includes, values, shared vision, intrinsic needs and covenants. The principal rarely becomes authoritative in her leadership approach, but has had to use it on occasion when direction was necessary. In my opinion, you seem to get a much better outcome when stakeholders are given time to reflect and come up with their own solutions or ways to accomplish a certain task, which empowers the individual, and brings about...
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...FedEx Attributes Success to People-first Philosophy To provide the level of service and quality necessary to become, and to remain, the leader in the air express cargo transportation industry, Federal Express has developed a unique relationship with its employees, based on a people-first corporate philosophy. Founder and CEO Frederick Smith determined to make employees an integral part of the decision-making process, due to his belief that "when people are placed first they will provide the highest possible service, and profits will follow". Resulting from this principle is the FedEx corporate philosophy: People-Service-Profit. These three corporate goals form the basis for all business decisions. The people priority acknowledges the importance of employee satisfaction and empowerment to create an environment where employees feel secure enough to take risks and become innovative in pursuing quality, service and customer satisfaction. Service refers to the consistent and clearly stated service quality goal of 100% customer satisfaction, 100% of the time. A corporate profit should result, if the people and service goals have been met. There are many processes in place at Federal Express to ensure that P-S-P becomes a way of life for all employees. The following highlight of FedEx programs indicates the strength of the company's commitment to the people-first philosophy. • An annual employee satisfaction survey, which rates management's performance and forms a basis for...
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...Task You need complete the following workplace project on leadership and submit a 3000 word assignment. The Workplace Project on Leadership This project focuses on a critical analysis of a leader’s style and provides recommendations on how to sustain or improve leadership effectiveness. The intent of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to interview someone you genuinely admire for their leadership skills and results. You should choose someone that is somehow related to your personal goals (e.g., someone in the industry you eventually hope to work in, someone holding a position that you someday aspire to). This is an excellent opportunity for you to learn first hand about why this person is a respected and successful leader. Furthermore, this project will allow you to learn more about “real” leaders' traits, behaviours, and skills as they relate to leadership effectiveness. Your choice of questions and your analysis of responses in the interview must reflect the information covered throughout the course. The purpose of this assignment is to get you to see what practices, theories and philosophies a “real” leader uses. STEP 1 Select a leader of your choice. Collect background information for their organization (via annual reports, web and other sources). STEP 2 Secure an interview appointment with the leader of your choice. Let this person know in advance how long the interview might take, probably around an hour. Prepare your key questions prior...
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...program that led to success for the company. Bank of America has always been a leader in the financial services industry. Its philosophy of talent management and development is driven by seven guiding principles that create a mindset that is pervasive across the bank’s executive ranks. The seven different philosophies are stated below: 1. Leaders really do matter in managing and driving accountability, results and culture. 2. Performance rules: Top performers, then high potentials 3. Talent is an enterprise resource. 4. Today’s top-performing leaders are not necessarily tomorrow’s. 5. A broad set of experiences and assignments is the best classroom; yet, a balanced approach is necessary for development. 6. Today’s top 100 must leave a legacy of future talent by teaching, mentoring and serving as role models to others on what it takes to succeed. 7. Invest in the best and focus the rest. Bank of America’s talent management and development efforts are structured around a core set of frameworks that includes the Bank of America core values, a 70-20-10 development frameworks that includes experience based development, 70 percent, coaching and feedback, 20 percent, and learning, 10 percent; targeted transition development for leaders at each turn of the leadership pipeline; and regular assessment to gain deeper insight into the experiences, leadership capabilities and vulnerabilities, and ambition of senior executives. (Knighton, 2009). This combination of...
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...Self-Reflection - Leadership Development Many varied management and leadership philosophies exist and no single style or approach can be considered to be the ‘correct’ one. Regardless of management and leadership philosophies, self-reflection has played, and will continue to play, a significant role in the shaping of a managers leadership philosophy. Depending on the level of consciousness that a manager has in regards to self-reflection, along with how they communication their management and leadership philosophies, will affect their performance as a manager. Like all managers, my management and leadership philosophies have developed through experiences and the meaning assigned with these. The philosophies that I have previously employed have not always allowed me to adequately address a situation; however, by being reflective the experiences have expanded my knowledge base, resulting in refined management and leadership philosophies. Self-reflecting and communicating management and leadership philosophies is essential for managers in realising their personal potential due to the need to actively learn and interpret experiences for future use. Life experiences shape how individuals manage and lead due to the self-perceptions developed through these experiences. The traits, values and competencies associated with different experiences “dictate how people interpret their environment and what motivates them to act” (Brent and Matheny, 2000, p. 3). This important concept...
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...FedEx People While most companies focus on the bottom line and channel most of its resources to making profits, FedEx Express does exactly the opposite. In contrast, most global express transportation company believes in putting their employees first. And true to its founding philosophy of the company is firmly based on this principle. "Our people are the heart and soul of the company," Said by Frederick W Smith. Founder and CEO determined to make employees an integral part of the decision-making process, due to his belief that "when people are placed first they will provide the highest possible service, and profits will follow". Resulting from this principle is the FedEx corporate philosophy: People-Service-Profit. These three corporate goals form the basis for all business decisions. Diagrammatically view on People Service-Profit Principle by Frederick The people priority acknowledges the importance of employee satisfaction and empowerment to create an environment where employees feel secure enough to take risks and become innovative in pursuing quality, service and customer satisfaction. Service refers to the consistent and clearly stated service quality goal of 100% customer satisfaction, 100% of the time. FedEx is a dream place to Work We work hard to ensure that FedEx is a Great Place to Work. In fact: * FedEx has been honored as one of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 10 of the past 11 years and was named to the Fortune "100 Best Companies to...
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...American University of Humanitarian Course: Leadership Timeline 09 October * Introduction 16 October * Explaining and understanding the nature of good leadership * Who are the good Leaders? 23 October * Traditional Concepts of Leadership * Leader’s Attitude and Behavior 30 October * Team presentation (mini) 3 groups with different assignments * Leader’s Attitude and Behavior 06 November * Leadership Qualities * The Psychological contact 13 November * Video assignment and Team presentation * Selection of the presentation topic for Mid Term Exam (November 27th, 2011); The presentation is individual, 10 minutes, 5 minutes for Q&A. The Mid Term Exam value is 20 points Suggested topics: * Leadership qualities - Lead more effectively and Inspire your team * My favorite Leader – qualities, skills and legacy – why he/she became a leader, advantages and obstacles; why he/she became successful, etc. * Right Time – Right Place – Leaders by chance? * Ethical Leadership * Character and Leadership Fundamentals * Leader and the followers vs. Manager and Employees * Team Building – is it so important? * Autocratic Leadership vs. Democratic Leadership * Inspiring Others: Change Yourself, Change the World * In the Service of Others The evaluation (assessment) of the Individual presentation is based on: * Visual Presentation (quality and vision) as well as contact with auditorium (presentation skills) ...
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...Five Functions of Management within the Army Denise Witherspoon MGT 330 Jonathan Good May 7, 2012 Five Functions of Management within the Army The five functions of management within the Army are inseparable. Through lost wars and battles, Army leadership had to learn the hard way why those functions were inseparable. In this paper, I will provide a brief narrative of the Army’s organizational structure and how it applies to the five functions of management. I will also incorporate leader and motivation theories as it relates to the Army. The Army’s organizational structure can be complex to those who aren’t familiar with the military. The Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world.” (Department of Defense 2012). Those units report to the Department of Defense through a chain of command. The units within the Army have front line managers (Troop Commanders), middle managers (Division Commanders), and top managers (Commanding Generals). These managerial levels are comprised of Army officers. The enlisted leadership is comprised of line managers and staff managers. The President is the Commander-and-Chief of the armed forces, otherwise known as the President. His top-level management team consists of the Vice-President, the Chief of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense. The Army is a mechanistic organization combined with a Professional...
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...My leadership philosophy defines who I am as a leader, and it has developed over my past 11 years as a Non Commissioned Officer. I have seen examples of leaders I want to be like and examples of leaders I do not want to emulate. My leadership philosophy has also carried over to my civilian career where supervise, train, and evaluate a staff of ten individuals. As a leader, it is critical to know what is important to me, so I can communicate my expectations to my subordinates. I also believe it is of utmost importance for my staff to know my leadership philosophy. They should know what I value. Even if my subordinates do not share the same philosophy, it helps us to have a better understanding and respect for each other. The four values that sum up what is important to me are respect, learning, staff...
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...an effective, moral, and efficient school leader? Over the last few years at MSUM I have learned what it takes to have strong leadership in a school. My philosophy of leadership has many components which have been derived from my various classes and readings in the educational leadership program. Leadership in my eyes is a combination of having an open mind, shared vision, strong collaboration, lifelong learner, and a willingness to take risks. I feel that I have come a long way in all of those areas of leadership. How we interact and work with one another leads to success in anything. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke has a quote about leadership that I feel is a clear picture of what exactly leadership is, "leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure." For any leadership to be effective there must be a focused and shared vision that everyone is a part of. The vision is one of the most crucial pieces for leadership to follow because it determines how we make decisions. Decisions that are made without following the vision can not only hurt the school, but lead to chaos in the school system. Having a clear vision will help leadership and other stakeholders determine goals and provide direction for the school. In conjuncture with that I feel it is a necessity...
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...HRM-430 final exam Page 1: Multiple Choices Question 1.1. (TCO 1) Which pay structures represent companies' compensation policies that fit with their business objectives? (Points : 5) | Market competitive Internally consistent Equitable Analytical | Question 2.2. (TCO 2) Medicare Part A is based on what type of healthcare option? (Points : 5) | Preferred provider plan Medical savings account Managed care option Fee for service | Question 3.3. (TCO 3) Helen believes that the company should share part of the risk for her sales position. Which sales compensation plan should she pursue? (Points : 5) | Salary-plus-bonus plan Commission-only plan Commission-plus-draw plan Salary-plus-commission plan | Question 4.4. (TCO 4) The level of specialization or expertise an employee brings to a job are what type of skills? (Points : 5) | Depth Breadth Work team Horizontal | Question 5.5. (TCO 5) The collective bargaining system was established by the passage of which federal act? (Points : 5) | Davis-Bacon Act National Labor Relations Act Wagner Act Union Labor Relations Act | Question 6.6. (TCO 6) You broke your leg at work. The company called to inform you that they had to switch your benefits from the short-term disability account to the long-term account. That means you have probably been off work...
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...Leadership Evaluation and Philosophy: An Appraisal of Angela Merkel’s Leadership during the Euro Crisis and My Leadership Philosophy Kelly Bullard BSN RN Grand Canyon University: MGT 605 October 8, 2014 This dissertation will discuss Angela Merkel’s Leadership style and ethics during the Euro crisis. It will also compare Angela Merkel’s leadership style to servant leadership style. It will also describe how servant leadership may or may not change the outcomes of the Euro crisis. In the closure of the dissertation, I will discuss my own leadership philosophy. Angela Merkel Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany. Last fall, she was elected to her third term as chancellor of Germany, making her one of the only two European Union leaders that survived the economic crisis (The Guardian, 2013). Angela Merkel was named by Forbes in 2014 as the most powerful women in the world (Forbes, 2014). Angela Merkel’s leadership style is pragmatic and methodical (The Guardian, 2013). Anne Applebaum (2013) states “She reigns. She doesn’t tell people what to do, she doesn’t give orders, and she isn’t bossy or pushy. She doesn’t throw Germany’s weight around or make demands. She simply sets parameters, and then lets everybody else make ‘choices’ themselves.” Merkel’s leadership style is prudent, democratic, and modest. Merkel prefers discussion, deliberation and consensus (Zeeb, 2013). The Germans call her “Mutti” (mummy), because she understands what her country wants...
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...Academic Paper on Curriculum Development Asghar Khan Nursing Education Ms. Nasreen Ghani July 04, 2014. The subject of Leadership and Management plays a key role in the development of nursing profession all over the world. Nurses’ leaders empower themselves and others to achieve their professional goals. Nursing leaders from all level as a student to the chief executive are in key positions to participate in decision making which ultimately affect the patients’ care and the image of nursing profession. It means that nurses at all level have the opportunity to exhibit their leadership and management skills at practice area and in the educational areas. Although management and leadership can overlap and you must have both sets of skills to be effective, management is more concerned with accomplishing more specific tasks, leadership is broader concept (Hersey, Blachard, & Jonson, 2008). Keeping in view the current status, the nurses’ community in Pakistan needs to have efficient leadership and management skills. For this reason nursing student should have all the required educational knowledge of leadership and management so that they participate in critical decision making. This is the reason that I have selected the subject of Leadership and Management for critique. Higher Education Commission(HEC) has allocated 4 credits to the course of Leadership and Management, 2 credits for theory and 2 for clinical, 2 credit is sufficient for theory because students at this stage...
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...I am choosing the Chick-Fil-A Restaurant and the owner Mr. S, Cathy Truett, which is one of the top leading chains in the fast food industry. Chick-Fil-A has been successful for over 60 years all is because of Mr. Truett Cathy’s philosophy and principles developed as the Founder and Chairman. Chick-fil-A and Mr. Truett Cathy has exemplified good leadership qualities for by implementing his cultural and leadership lesson from the farm he create a 9 step concept in how to be a great leader, one of the concept is Leading By Example rather than leading from his corporate office he spend the majority of his time in the restaurants interacting with Chick-fil-A's manager and team members. Mr. Cathy engaging and developing of his restaurant stem...
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