...Business Leadership Name Institution Business Leadership Abstract This research examines developments made in the leadership studies, beginning with the early theories made to try explaining the concept of leadership in business. Secondary materials were used as the main sources of data in this research paper. The objective of this research is to discuss leadership literature, the success of different writers work on the topic and its impact on business organizations. The literature review starts with a brief history of leadership and the key developments made during its evolution. The literature review then discusses the first phase of the business, which was before the 20th century followed by what was written in the second phase, which is normally called the neo-classical period. The review ends by giving the most recent developments in the field and the impact they have had on business organizations. The paper looks at leadership styles as the most discussed sub-section of leadership in its literature. This paper ends with a conclusion summarizing the research followed by possible recommendations. The importance of this research is to get data relevant to organizational leadership by analyzing literature development over the years. Introduction The concept of leadership is as old as civilization itself. It started from the ancient times when the organization became an entity and many people started getting together to achieve a certain objective. A leader is...
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...INTRODUCTION “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it” Dwight D Eisenhower Leadership is one of those things that are often awfully hard to define but you know when you see it, and you definitely know when it is missing. Leadership is a process that is ultimately concerned with fostering change. In contrast to the notion of management, which suggests preservation and maintenance, leadership implies a process where there is movement-from wherever we are now to some future place of condition that is different. Leadership is not something we do, it is something we are. Leadership also implies intentionality, in the sense that the implied change is not random-“change for change’s sake”- but is rather directed toward some future end or condition, which is inherently value-based. A traditional definition of leadership: Leadership is an interpersonal influence directed toward the achievement of a goal or goals. Three important parts of this definition are the terms interpersonal, influence, and goal. • Interpersonal means between persons. Thus, a leader has more than one person (group) to lead. • Influence is the power to affect others. • Goal is the end one strives to attain. Basically, this traditional definition of leadership says that a leader influences more than one person toward a goal. Consistent with the notion that leadership is concerned...
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...critical analysis of decision support systems research David Arnott1, Graham Pervan2 1 2 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Correspondence: G Pervan, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Tel: þ 618-92667390; Fax: þ 618-92663076; E-mail: pervang@cbs.curtin.edu.au Abstract This paper critically analyses the nature and state of decision support systems (DSS) research. To provide context for the analysis, a history of DSS is presented which focuses on the evolution of a number of sub-groupings of research and practice: personal DSS, group support systems, negotiation support systems, intelligent DSS, knowledge management-based DSS, executive information systems/business intelligence, and data warehousing. To understand the state of DSS research an empirical investigation of published DSS research is presented. This investigation is based on the detailed analysis of 1,020 DSS articles published in 14 major journals from 1990 to 2003. The analysis found that DSS publication has been falling steadily since its peak in 1994 and the current publication rate is at early 1990s levels. Other findings include that personal DSS and group support systems dominate research activity and data warehousing is the least published type of DSS. The journal DSS is the major publishing outlet; US ‘Other’ journals dominate DSS publishing and there is very low exposure of DSS in European journals. Around two-thirds of DSS research...
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...Managing diversity last seminar One of the main changes in modern consumer behaviour has been the transition from a passive to an active and informed consumer. Internet enables customers to share their opinions on, and experiences with, goods and services with a multitude of other consumers. Online consumer reviews are used by prospective buyers of related products who are interested in obtaining more information from people who have purchased and used a product of interest. Word-of-mouth (WOM) is one of the most important information sources when a consumer is making a purchase decision as it is also a new trend of marketing. The arrival and expansion of the Internet has extended consumers' options for gathering product information by including other consumers' comments, posted on the Internet, and has provided consumers opportunities to offer their own consumption-related advice by engaging in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). eWOM can be defined as all informal communications directed at consumers through Internet-based technology related to the usage or characteristics of particular goods and services, or their sellers. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of, one type of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM), the online consumer review, on purchasing decision of electronic products. This empirical study also focuses on the relationship between reviews and purchasing behavior. Therefore, one question comes in our mind: How online reviews have changed consumers’ decision-making...
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...When a company is small, communication among employees is as simple as rolling a desk chair around the room to talk to the president, the admin, or the chief engineer. But as a company grows, communication becomes more difficult. And strategic direction can suffer as a result, even if those at the top assume otherwise. "Having communication that goes bottom-up is just as important as having communication that goes top-down." "In many cases you have an executive team that's so sure about company strategy, but then you go inside the organization and find that nobody else has a clue," says Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg. "Nobody knows what strategic conversations are actually unfolding." For that reason, many CEOs are reconsidering the classic command-and-control structure in which a few people are sending all the directives from the top of the corporate hierarchy. Instead, they are adopting a conversational approach. In their new book, Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations, Groysberg and communication professional Michael Slind show how several global companies are adopting principles of face-to-face conversation, and why this approach positively affects a company's bottom line. "In many ways the book is not about communication as much as it is about performance," Groysberg says. "In an economic environment where there is so much uncertainty, the senior management of a company might not know where the company...
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...5-03-05 Leadership Alan Hollingshead Western Governors University Competency 317.1.5-03-05 Leadership Executive A has led a commercial printing company to success by diversifying their services and creating a tradition of excellence and has been credited as the major contributor to the company’s success. Executive A has a “level 5” leadership style and in executive A’s plan to retire is considering two different leaders to take his place, leader B with a transactional leadership style and leader C with a transformational leadership style. By understanding the three unique leadership styles and applying them to the given company scenario, the effects of each leadership style on the company can be identified. As the chief executive officer leader A demonstrates the qualities that make up a “level 5” leadership style. Executive A has been referred to as fiercely ambitious with a drive or ambition which is concentrated on the company’s success. This drive has led the company to an extraordinary 128% increase in stock value under executive A’s leadership. When recognized as the source of the success, executive A gave credit to other leaders in the company and backed away from personal recognition. This unique mix of humility and drive for success is one of the unique aspects of a “level 5” leader. Some other aspects that show executive A’s leadership style is that executive A takes full accountability for errors and poor results and takes pride in training new leadership within...
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...1.Analyze the leadership style(s) of a senior executive in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. Leadership is considered to be an important aspect of organizations and there are several reasons to suggest that managerial styles are of particular relevance. However, every organization needs to determine how they define their desired leadership style within the organization, which must support their unique vision. Leadership is an art of moving people in a certain way, which is very difficult to explain, or for that matter follow by an individual. Leaders must be able to direct their team, which would eventually lead to success; this is where a leader can exhibits the vision, which is considered so important for leadership. The leadership style for the Program Director of the non-profit organization Catholic Charities for which I worked for I would say was a very effective leader whom had developed a level of self-awareness and capacity to monitor his own learning and development because he knew that leadership attributes can be defined, learned, practiced, improved and passed on to others. My previous director had a positive impact on me while I was employed with the organization because he installed in me that each individual’s leadership success would depend on my ability to create structural relationships that facilitate co-operation, performance, production and mutual satisfaction of my needs and goals. 2. Analyze the...
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...Ehriq White Professor Griggs Writing 391 (Literature Review) 23 February 2014 INTRODUCTION Cyberbullying has become an extremely hot topic issue among parents and school officials as technological advancement has changed social behaviors over the last two decades. Cyberbullying occurs through texting, emails, social networks and the posting of inappropriate pictures of the person or persons victimized. While technology is a positive change for the future, bullies has created a significant challenge to the safety of society’s youth. Hinduja & Patchin (2008, p. 156) In providing and overview of the literature, this review will describe researchers’ concerns and findings. After reviewing definitions of traditional and cyberbullying, this paper will describe findings on the means of bullying and the effects on perpetrators and victims. To conclude the literature review, a short overview will detail experts’ thoughts on solutions. BODY The rapid development of technology has allowed a social change among today’s youth. The access to internet has reached unprecedented levels among adolescents through many devices provided through technology. In comparison to the 1980’s into the 90’s, the internet can be accessed almost at a moment of the day. Researchers like Perren, Dooley, Shaw & Cross (2010), concluded that a high percentage of victims in Swiss and Australian adolescents of cyberbullying have one or two computer systems in their home. They also describe that today’s youth...
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...Step 1 Our purpose is to help the homeless in the GTA and Toronto, by providing a food service, and a welcoming and comforting home for those in need of help. * We will be providing a food service that provides a breakfast and dinner, from a complimentary chef. Breakfast will consist of a cup of coffee, milk, orange juice, eggs, toast and bacon. Dinner may vary on particular days: spaghetti with meatballs, vegetarian or meat lasagna, or rice and stew. Dinner will also come with a complementary soda or water and a bun. * We will also be providing a homing service which includes several beds (first come, first serve) that will home the people in need whom don’t have a place to stay for the night. We will be providing a bed, with a blanket, pillow. We will be able to home about 50-60 people per night. People staying for the night may also take a shower/wash-up in our complementary shower rooms, and will also be provided clothing and daily necessities such as a toothbrush, tooth paste, razor, deodorant, etc. Step 2 Workers * Volunteers, cooks, supervisor and manager * Willing to help the homeless and needy * Mannerly (respectful, initiative, helpful) * Great communication skills, and right speaking ability to help the customers * Caring and willing to help others Money * $1 million, at least to start off (buy building, furniture, cooking equipment, and supplies) * 4000 a month, from charities or funds that are willing to provide. ...
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...Successful Leadership in Business Successful Leadership in Business Liberty University Rachel Lake February 21, 2012 Abstract Successful leadership is motivational and interpersonal behavior within the organization. Effective leadership involves delegation of authority to the subordinate in an influential demeanor. In preparation of teams, managers assist by leading for the better achievement of the team. Successful leaders build and maintain a team that out performs its competitors. Survivability is one main focus of businesses today. There is no secret method or mysterious formula to become an effective leader. Trial and error is the process that determines whether a leader is a success or failure. Never stop learning and with practice your can increase your success in leadership. Introduction Successful leadership is a never ending learning and creative process of influencing others. You cannot call yourself a leader simply by achieving goals. Instead it is the long term ability to encompass all of these elements; being aware of your thoughts and actions, behaving in a way that encourages others to follow your behavior and inspiring others to improve upon their actions. “For success it is not enough to understand the industry, the technology and business models.” (Rizzatti 2005) Successful leaders have the expertise required for a position but also influence unity towards organizational goals. Any manager or leader, who strives for success, should acquire...
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...Eastern Thoughts On Leadership The lessons taught to us by the great philosophical masters of the last few centuries are still applicable today. It's amazing that the thoughts of both Eastern and Western leadership have transcended the generations still maintaining validity in our everyday lives. When one looks to the East, we find the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism present in so many aspects of our daily and business lives. Though the current government of China (PRC) would like to consider itself not Confucian, its people still practice many of the ways taught by the great masters. The question arises, "can the ideas and ideals taught by Confucius and Tao, be relevant to the business practices of the West?" I believe this not to be a black or white answer but somewhere in between. It is essential for today’s business leader to understand this gray area where East meets West, especially in regards to leadership. While Western influences in leadership such as Plato, Shakespeare, Machiavelli, and others, have depicted the leader as having certain qualities, only some of these hold true in the Eastern concepts of leadership. What are the core leadership values as put forth by Confucius and Taoism? Foremost is morality. Confucius tells us: “He who rules by moral force (te) is like the pole-star, which remains in its place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.” (Waley, Confucius 88) Likewise, his feelings on governance were clear, "…govern them by moral...
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...Characteristics of Business Leadership Teresa Fuller BUS 302 – Management Concepts Characteristics of Business Leadership Innovators and inventors are usually seen as individuals that have made huge contributions and have impacted an industry or the world in a significant way. Over the past 15 years there are several individuals that have impacted industries through invention of an item or simply by endorsing a problem. What make these individuals different is their highly motivated spirit, their willingness not to accept failure and their unprecedented work ethic. One such innovators is known by names such as “the king of the web,” “wizard of web retailing,” or “lord of the jungle,” it’s Jeffrey Bezos. Jeff is credited with the online e-book craze, a place where individuals could by books without visiting a brick-and-mortar. What is most impressive about this innovator is how he has kept his business relevant by re-inventing the company by keeping up with the changing environment (Peneberg 2003). Jeff started with the idea of online retail in 1994 because of the growth of the internet usage. After thinking about what he could sell over the internet is settled on books. The reason he believe books would make it is because no traditional bookstore could possibly offer 2.5 million titles like the internet could. The most a bookstore could carrier in titles at one time is around 200,000. This innovator was careful and methodically in the decisions that he made down...
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...money got it all through their leadership. Leadership inspire followers to do their best, in order to achieve a certain goal. Therefore leadership is different from supervision and managing, as these two deal with the day-to-day operations and with more tactical work, whereas leadership is focused on the long-term, strategic outlook. The Obsession of leadership is a strong idea, and one of the main issues with business is control. Control of people, control of supplies, control of processes, product or service, costs, overtime, taxes, regulations, is principal to success in order to stay in business, for anyone in leadership. Most of the Business leaders...
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...This era has become very competitive and in order for organizations to be successful they need leaders to establish and manage relationships and lead their subordinates accordingly in order to achieve the company’s mission and objectivity. Leadership overall plays a very important role in the success of a company because the leader controls their subordinates behavior. If subordinates have uncertainties that are not directed accordingly it can result in an unhealthy environment, and in turn it will affect the growth of the organization, therefore good leadership is necessary. There are different leadership styles; a particular leader that will be discussed is Alan Mulally a CEO of Ford Motor. Alan faced many challenges and he impacted his business style on a corporate level as well as socially. Alan Mulally is one of greatest leaders, who managed business challenges effectively and because of his effectiveness he brought high profits to the organization. Mulally was an engineer in 1969. He handled various projects that were in relation to airplanes. One of Mulally’s greatest achievements was introducing the concept of “all digital” flight deck in the commercialized aircraft field. By 1993 Alan Mulally had had drastically climbed the ladder and became Vice President of Boeing. Alan Mulally was known to the commercial airline group as ‘Vice President of Engineering” (Biography: Alan Mulally 2011) Currently, Alan Mulally is the CEO and President of Ford Motors. Mulally joined...
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...RICHARD BRANSON BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS University of Colorado Denver Business School 1475 Lawrence Street Denver, Colorado, 80202 A. EARLY HISTORY Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on July 18th 1950 in Surry, England (Branson, 2009). Branson’s father was a barrister, a particular type of lawyer in the English law system. Branson’s mother was a flight attendant. Dyslexic since he was a child Branson never excelled academically; however, Branson did show promise as a leader early in life. After being moved from the Scaitcliffe School to the Stowe School, a boarding school, for being a “menace” he quickly became the captain of his cricket and soccer teams. Branson would later state that his ability in sports contributed to his confidence as a young entrepreneur (Branson, 2007). B. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY At the age of 16 Branson dropped out of the Stowe School to start a youth culture magazine called Student. Student was launched in 1966 as a, for students by students magazine. Branson made a list of the 50 top advertisers in the UK and one by one made phone calls selling the magazine’s advertising space. Richard ran the first edition of 50,000 copies for free, after he covered the cost of production with adverting revenues (Knappenberger, 2011). In 1969 Branson began his virgin empire with the launch of a mail order record service. By 1972 the mail order record service provided Branson with the capital to start his own recording studio in Oxfordshire...
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