...Thomas Harris 20 September 2011 C. Montesi SOC 424 Leadership Defined Many people believe that you have to be in a position to advise or manage somebody to be a leader; some also believe that in order to be a leader you have to have accomplished a feat of some kind or been elected to office. However, my definition of a leader is different. In order to be a leader, I believe three qualities must be present: the ability to think for oneself, a gift for inspiring others, and having been a follower before. Leaders must always be able to think for themselves. To elaborate, that does not mean that a leader cannot take suggestions from others and be inspired by their followers; it means that as a leader you should be able to make your own decisions without being influenced or bribed. The leader is the head on the body, the director of the band, the person calling the shots. Usually there are people that give insight to how a leader can do better or what the followers want, but ultimately it is the leader that makes the decisions. This ability to think and act alone is what separates the leaders from the followers. In addition to solo thinking, a leader should be able to inspire others to do something meaningful. A leader is not limited to a parent, teacher, or president, because a leader can be anybody that shows you the way. When I think of leaders, I think of the people that are in a position I want to be in. I have friends that are leaders. They...
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...Leadership Basics Defined Morris E. Shepherd Jr. Columbia Southern University Introduction Leadership is defined by the Military as: The process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. Many of the most influential people in history have served time within their countries military and have gone on to become influential leaders of their country, such as: Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, and Alexander the Great. By taking an example of how the military has produced countless leaders many companies can use this example to help create both a positive and productive working environment. Today many of the larger fortune 500 corporations require their executive staff members to read the book The Art of War by the Author Sun Tzu. Although this book is primarily a strategic military manual it clearly amalgamates military strategy and leadership principles in order to successfully win a war or in modern times to be a financial success. Key factors that can determine a successful leadership environment Organization is a key element in being successful. When ideas are properly thought out and planned things will always flow smoothly. While it may or may not seem plausible, organization is a very important factor in being successful. For example, whenever an important project is due whether it is for school or work, the first thing that a person would...
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...2011 Technical Summary IAS 19 Employee Benefits as issued at 1 January 2011. Includes IFRSs with an effective date after 1 January 2011 but not the IFRSs they will replace. This extract has been prepared by IFRS Foundation staff and has not been approved by the IASB. For the requirements reference must be made to International Financial Reporting Standards. Employee benefits are all forms of consideration given by an entity in exchange for service rendered by employees. The objective of this Standard is to prescribe the accounting and disclosure for employee benefits. The Standard requires an entity to recognise: (a) a liability when an employee has provided service in exchange for employee benefits to be paid in the future; and (b) an expense when the entity consumes the economic benefit arising from service provided by an employee in exchange for employee benefits. This Standard shall be applied by an employer in accounting for all employee benefits, except those to which IFRS 2 Share-based Payment applies. Short-term employee benefits Short-term employee benefits are employee benefits (other than termination benefits) that are due to be settled within twelve months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service. When an employee has rendered service to an entity during an accounting period, the entity shall recognise the undiscounted amount of short-term employee benefits expected to be paid in exchange for that service: (a) as a liability...
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...Abstract The intent of the paper is to examine current trends in the most commonly defined contribution retirement plan, the 401(k) plan. It will outline the best course of action to achieve an effective plan and maximize employee participation. This paper will review current mandates regulated by government agencies and explain the importance of remaining in compliance. Finally, the paper discusses best practices for implementation, as well as the best ways to promote a 401(k) plan within your organization. Throughout the process the details of the 401(k) plan at Tampa Bay & Company, a small sized organization, will be compared to other non-governmental company 401(k) plans to highlight specific examples and draw comparisons. Overall 401(k) Trends In response to the economic downturn there has been an increasing surge of employers who are lowering benefits associated with 401(k) plans. The most common trends are employers reducing the amount of match, reducing the portion of the match, or eliminating the match altogether. Over the past couple of years several surveys have been completed by investment firms, revealing that the number of employers who have decreased company contributions is on the rise. Some surveys show as low as a 7% decrease, but the majority of surveys claim that the amount is closer to 25% of employers who decreased matches or ceased employee contributions all together. Nearly two-thirds of employers still continue to provide matching contributions...
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...lacks interest - union members block suggestions through committee action 4. Which one of the following is not a benefit to the employer when offering an ESOP? Student Answer: - maintains a stable work force - owner can sell stock to a friend - results in a dilution of value of the stock - ESOT can borrow money under favorable conditions 5. In contrast to compensation systems in the private sector, those for government employees are less likely to include use of Student Answer: - wage surveys - job descriptions - job evaluation - financial incentives 6. Which one of the following statements is not true regarding a defined contribution plan? Student Answer: - most pension plans are defined contribution plans - crucial to a defined contribution plan are investment and management skills - employers assume the investment risk - most plans have less than 100 participants 7. Which of the following is not true about a well-designed incentive scheme? Student An...
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... Its ability to learn, decide and adapt to the external environment made CR attractive to regulators, researchers, academia, politicians and the industry. CR promises to bring a paradigm shift in spectrum management policies from command-and-control regime to dynamic and opportunistic spectrum access. Despite more than a decade of research in the CR area, there are too little CR systems ready for the market. This lack of ready CR systems may reflect an overemphasis in the CR literature on theory and simulations with less work done in experimental-basedresearch and publications. In order to fast-track the real-life deployments of CR systems, the research community is now focusing on the development of CR platforms. With different software defined radio (SDR) packages and hardware available, it is confusing to decide which one to build or use. The objective of this paper is to study the design of CR platforms making use available SDR software packages and hardware. Our conclusion is that CR research should now focus on experimental-based results using real-life CR platforms in order to realize market-ready CR systems. Cognitive radio (CR) technology has become one of the hot research topics in wireless communications network over the past twelve years. CR is an intelligent wireless communication system capable of changing its transceiver parameters based...
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...is being used to detect and adjust to changing communications constraints in the field. This automatically changes to the frequencies and interfaces needed. "Cognitive radios react to environment for better public safety communications." (National institute of justice, Dec 11, 2012, para. 1) Radios were once built using analog electronic parts and circuits that handled signal processing. Technology has advanced exponentially over the past few decades with a new era of digital technology. Now a days radios have become more like computers. Another important factor in this digital development is the cost. Digital parts and circuits are much less expensive than analog. Analog can mostly do a few tasks, digital can do multiple tasks as defined as its software. This new cognitive radio will assist law enforcers in the field in many ways. It will be programmed to recognize a particular frequency that has been overloaded with traffic and it will automatically find and switch over to an alternative frequency without the operator doing it manually. The cognitive radio is aware of its own environment, it knows its own capabilities and limitations as well as its operator’s needs. These radios are running under an engine called cognitive engine. A software package that does as many things as a human would do. Allowing law officers to do their primary job. SDR is a type of software...
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...In this assignment, leadership will be defined and analysed, then explore different approaches and traits to leadership and its importance in the context of Social housing specifically referencing Cardiff community Housing Associations as case study and then summarise with conclusion. Leadership is one of the most important criteria in Social housing. It is the process of interaction between the leadership, Stakeholders, staff, our tenants and wider communities, Influencing, Inspiring and motivating them toward the Vision, Values and outcomes. Having researched and looked at the many definition of Leadership, it was very difficult to choose one. As stated by Fitton “Leadership is a timeless subject: it has been described, discussed, dissected and analysed by management experts (who sometimes confuse Management and Leadership) for centuries. (Fitton.1997). All text books on leadership seem to commence with a treatise and traits approach, the trait approach seeks to determine the personal qualities and Defining Leadership Leadership has been described as "a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task".Chemers M. (1997) an integrative theory of leadership. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Leadership may be defined as the capacity to influence people, by means of personal attributes and/or behaviours, to achieve a common goal. (http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/factsheets/leadership...
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...There are many definitions of leadership. Over the last 12 years of my military career I have been honored to have had some good examples to emulate. I’ve also had some bad ones, but definitely grateful for having them, as I’ve learned from them too. I came across a quote not long ago, and after some time of trying to remember who it came from, it only made sense it was quoted by a great leader in our military past and I feel it’s a great way to view leadership: “The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign unless he understood the men he had to lead.” ––GEN Omar Bradley There are several ways to define leadership. Experts have tried to define leadership using several aspects. A process that influences other people to achieve an objective and guides the company or organization in a way to make it more coherent and cohesive is called leadership. You can also define leadership as a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve goals. Leaders apply leadership attributes such as values, knowledge and skills to implement this process in any organization. A Leader ensures that that his or her organization works successfully and accomplishes the desired goals. Leadership is also defined as a process that can have a positive impact on others. It motivates people to excel in the field they are working. Leadership does not mean yelling at your Soldiers to accomplish certain tasks. If you are the Commander, PL, or just a Team Leader that...
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...How would you define leadership? (250 words maximum) There are several ways to define leadership. A process that influences other people to achieve an objective and guides the company or community in a way to make it more coherent and cohesive is called leadership. We can also define leadership as a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve goals. Leaders apply leadership attributes such as values, knowledge and skills to implement this process in any organization. Leadership ensures that that the organization works successfully and accomplishes the desired goals. It motivates people to excel in the field they are working. Leadership does not mean yelling at your followers to accomplish certain tasks. Leadership does not mean just imparting instructions to its followers but also striving hard to implement and achieve the desired goals. If you are the boss of a company that does not mean you will have leadership qualities. Leadership makes its followers want to accomplish high goals. Thus, leadership will be aptly defined as a process that encourages the followers to achieve their objectives. Leadership qualities are not inborn but can be developed gradually through education and self-study. Leadership is about awakening the persistence and passion among its followers, colleagues, friends, community members to get the desired result. Some have defined leadership as an ability to transform dream into reality. I see leadership in my late father who is...
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...myself and what my leadership style is, I have to choose servant leadership. As a believer when I hear the term servant, I usually usually associated it with the Bible. The term “servant” is defined as “a person working in the service of another.” When Robert Greenleaf first defined the phrase “Servant Leadership,” he pointed out that the difference between servant leadership and a leader was “a servant aspiring to serve and to take up leadership as result” (Greenleaf, n.d.) whereas a leader is defined as a person who rules or guides or inspires others. The servant leader’s main concern is to lead in a way that they are serving others by developing them as well as giving their undivided attention to their colleagues and those they serve (Spears, 1998). First Peter 4:10-11 suggests that everyone has the gift to be a servant and as good stewards it should be used to serve one another. One of the most interesting aspects that Greenleaf brings out is the wish to help others. In the servant leadership, leadership is secondary but the main focus is on the needs of others. This is one way to distinguish servant- leaders from all other leaders. Other servant leadership characteristics are: listening and understanding; acceptance and empathy; foresight; awareness and perception; persuasion; conceptualization; self-healing; and rebuilding community (Spears, 1998). My greatest example of a servant leader is Jesus. In Matthew 20:26-28, Jesus defined servant leadership: “Whoever wants...
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...HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, LEADERSHIP STYLE AND PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS LISA A. WEINBERGER DECEMBER 2003 Swanson & Associates 168 E. SIXTH STREET, SUITE 4002 ST. PAUL, MN 55101 Lisa Ann Weinberger 2003 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1........................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 Background and Purpose of the Study...................................................................... 3 Statement of the Problem .......................................................................................... 6 Significance of the Study ........................................................................................... 7 Limitations ................................................................................................................ 8 Background of the Field Setting ............................................................................. 10 Definition of Terms ................................................................................................. 12 Summary ................................................................................................................. 13 Chapter 2.......................................................................
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...Completion of HCX XXX California State University XXXX XXXX Dr. XXXXX 1. The Situation/Challenge: Organizational leadership challenges occur at various levels within health care settings. The model and behavior of a leader is detrimental to the overall team effort and that of one’s ability as a manager to effectively motivate, inspire, and empower staff. Employee motivation and empowerment is a critical asset to one’s dedication and commitment to an organization and it is necessary that leaders act upon critical factors of contemporary leadership theories and approaches to enhance the working experience in conjunction to management of health care personnel. a. Who, What, Where, When Why: Within UCLA health system’s ambulatory specialties, there are various leaders and appointed managers who work with different teams of diverse personnel who are under a lot of stress as a result of high work load and departmental demand. Working in health care is a stressor in its own. There are various responsibilities and duties placed upon staff and the possibility of job dissatisfaction and burnout are very high. Unfortunately, not always is the best leadership approach enforced when addressing departmental concerns or issues with staff. It is important that health care managers consider and enforce the most effective leadership approach based on situational occurrences and factors such as one’s emotional intelligence. “Emotional intelligence involves the ability to...
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...1.1. Leadership and Management Concept 2 1.2. Theories of management and leadership 3 1.3.Challenges of Leadership and Management Practices 6 2.1. Theories of Motivation 8 2.2. Role of Leadership and Management in employee motivation 10 2.3. Performance Management Technique as organizational processes 11 3.1. Development of Team by Bruce Tuckman 13 3.2. Role of leader in team development 14 3.3. Role and usefulness of team in an organization 16 References: 18 1.1. Leadership and Management Concept Leadership can be defined as the influence of an individual whom denoted as “leader”, upon the subordinates, for the achievement of organizational goal. Here, the leader should bear the quality to understand the situation and act upon so, and the action should be influential, motivational and goal oriented. Moreover, agreeing with the concept, leadership derives two aspects: (i) the leader who exerts influence and (ii) the individuals who are influenced. Thus, the success of Leadership depends upon the proper management of these two dynamics to a large extent. Likewise, Leadership should also posses different other qualities for better management of followers and lead the organization to its targeted goal. “The influential ability of a leader to effect the behavior of his followers to indirectly follow particular path as pre-defined by the leader” (Barnard, 1948) “Leadership can be defined as the mutual relationship between a leader and followers, strengthened...
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...Report on Effective Leadership Page 1 of 2 SUMMARY In the real life, there are some confuses between the leader and the effective one. The effective leader will be defined and some techniques to make effective leadership in the organizations will discussed. This report will end with recommendations. LEADERSHIP AND LEADER Some authors defined the leadership as “the process of influencing group activities toward goal setting and goal achievement. Also, leader has been defined as the person who creates the most effective change in-group performance. The leader is an important factor in the organization so the leader should have the ability and the desire to motivate his followers to achieve the organizations’ goals. In any organization you will not find any leaders in isolation. So, if you want to know whether you are a leader, see if there is someone following you. HOW LEADER GET HIS POWER The power may be give to the leader by the consent of the group members, by a contractual work an agreement, or by law, it is his to exercise. There are two kinds of power that support any person to be a leader: 1- The power that comes from holding a particular position 2- The power that comes from within. We called it “Personal power”. EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP Effective leadership is creating vision, spreading vision through the business, avoiding bureaucracy, having Page 2 of 2, Report on Effective Leadership a boundary-less...
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