Kurt Lewin and his associates. According to their studies, they explored three styles or behaviors: democratic, autocratic and Laissez faire (Rao, 2010).To start off, a democratic leader has the ability to involve their employees in decision making, delegated authority and encourages participation in work methods as well as goals and opportunities to help coach employees. An autocratic leader has the style of centralizing authority, dictating, uses unilateral decisions and limits employee participation
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During the first fourteen years of the 20th century, Germany's political system went through radical modernisation, adopting many features that are commonly associated with parliamentary democracies. The Encyclopaedia Britannica definition of a parliamentary democracy is a form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming the prime minister or chancellor. Executive functions
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In the early years of independence, Sierra Leone was one of the exemplary cases in Africa of a genuinely open, representative and accountable political system (Hayward 1989). The post-independence experiment with democracy began to suffer minor setbacks when Sir Albert Margai became Prime Minister in 1964 upon the death of Sir Milton Margai, the leader at independence. Executive intrusions into civil and political liberties started (Sesay and Hughes 2005). Siaka Stevens of the All Peoples Congress
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political system is "democratic" and that nations that do not match these standards are classed as "undemocratic". The concept of "democracy" is contestable. It is understood by many people to mean a form of government in which a significant portion of the governed society has a franchise to elect members of the governing body. Other observers would argue that a "true" democracy is a system of government that embraces a universal adult franchise. While flaws exist in all democratic systems of government
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English Persuasive “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it,” (Aung Sun Suu Kyi, 1990). Within in a governmental system that denies fundamental human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of incarceration, fear of suffering, fear of execution and fear of social isolation. However, the most underhanded form of fear can eliminate common sense or even wisdom, condemning
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different government organizations, and is typically staffed with individuals elected or appointed to specific positions. There are four main departments within the federal bureaucratic system. These include cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, independent regulatory agencies, and government organizations, such as the United States Postal Service and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, also known as the FDIC. In order to gain employment in the federal bureaucratic system, there
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to American culture. The culture of the Middle East is very different from American customs to say the least, many countries follow a political system of Islamic fundamentalism and some go far enough to be described as a theocracy(Giger, 2002). Here the pillars of Islam and Islamic conservative values reign supreme, this includes patriarchy style government and social customs, limited and diminished role of women, and of course low to no tolerance of competing ideologies and religions, with most families
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Chapter 3 Leadership and Team Building hat are the qualities of good leaders? What makes them successful? Think of some of the greatest leaders of all time. What made them stand out from others? We may think of adjectives such as “heroic,” “charismatic,” and “strategic.” These are all leadership qualities, but what really makes for a strong and successful leader? Successful leaders are able to influence others. They use their innate qualities to inspire a workforce, a team, or a nation to
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certain religious sect began to slowly emerge. Hussein’s Ba’ath government was nonreligious, however Hussein was a Sunni Muslim and had overt conflicts with Shia dominated Iran throughout his rule. This came to fruition after the Iranian Revolution when, “Iran’s new Islamist regime explicitly challenged the Ba’ath’s secular brand of anti-imperialism, and it’s new leader Ayatollah Khomeini appealed to Iraqi Shia to topple their government” as a means of exploitative
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is no availability of teachers for each class. Poor and old system of assessment, no reward or punishment for the teacher’s academic achievements. The system of supervision is weak and autocratic. Educational policies have failed to bring an identified positive change in academic achievements and students’ performance. On the basis of the study it is recommended that the system can be improved by motivation of the teachers and robust system of accountability and eradication of political interference
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