...Running Head: In Support of Relational Leadership In Support of Relational Leadership By Gail S. Pasley Submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts Human Resources Development Under the direction and Guidance of Dr. Barbara Seifert, Ph.D. Human Resources Professor Webster University Orlando Metropolitan Campus April 12, 2011 In Support of Relational Leadership What does Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Jr., Margaret Thatcher or John F. Kennedy have in common? The answer appears to be obvious—they are great leaders who possess great intellect, persuasive ability, charisma, etc. And, most of us would even dare to say that Adolph Hitler and Osama Bin Laden were also great leaders—after all, look at the empires they built, and the great following they commanded. Jim Jones, leader of the People’s Temple was hailed by many as a great spiritual leader until he led a “revolutionary suicide”, that became known as the Jonestown Massacre in 1978, which left nine hundred and eighteen people dead (Rosenberg, para. 1). What separate these two groups of leaders from the other? What truly makes a great leader? Or is the idea of the great leader, in the words of Levi and Ritti (2002), “one of America’s most cherished myths.” Even with this assertion Levi and Ritti do not totally deny the influence of leadership in the success of an organization, but cautions that it is challenging to measure its efficacy because...
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...KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTapplied Research projectDatabase TrendssUBMITTED BYAndrew HoPatrick TchissamboFlavio baptista | | | PROFESSOR TAHEREH DANESHI | Summary page Our project is about database trends. We started the project by identifying aims and goals such as understanding what database is.We calculated in detail and understood and researched on database understood database used by ORACLE. INTRODUCTION The definition of a database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. In order for a database to be truly functional, it must not only store large amounts of records well, but be accessed easily. In addition, new information and changes should also be fairly easy to input. In order to have a highly efficient database system, you need to incorporate a program that manages the queries and information stored on the system. This is usually referred to as DBMS or a Database Management System. Besides these features, all databases that are created should be built with high data integrity and the ability to recover data if hardware fails. (What is a Database?, 2010) AIM The aim of the study is many folded such as, understanding database, go in detail and understand and research on database, understand the technology used by ORACLE, derive conclusions on the development in the field of database. LIMITATIONS This study is descriptive in nature and the research is done on published secondary materials. Logical...
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...Now it’s time to explore these themes in greater depth. This week we will be discussing power, next week rights, and in two weeks interests. Positional Power * This type of power is the kind that people have because of the position that they hold (police officer, supervisor, manager, parent…). This person has a certain power over another person by virtue of the authority given to the position he/she holds. * One’s response to this type of power is not so much to the person as it is to the position. * This kind of power may be created by legislation (as with the police) or by contract (such as an employment contract). Personality Power * This type of power comes from a person’s personality. Included in this type of power are such traits as charisma, skills and abilities, expertise, attractiveness, likability, persuasiveness… * While personality power can be used well and positively, an unhealthy extreme form of personality power is bullying. A person with a reputation as a bully need not always display bullying behaviour, as the individual’s reputation can be enough to lead others to endorse the power and do as the bully wishes. Identity Power * A person’s “location” in various identity hierarchies also provides power resources. We receive identity power by virtue of our gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, social class, age, level of education, etc. * This form of power can be subtle or overt. Because this form of power is often embedded into our...
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...UMUC Haircutters Stage 2 Introduction Generic Strategy for Competitive Advantage: Cost Leadership Strategy Business Process to be Improved: Customer and Employee Scheduling Table of Functional (Business) Requirements: Table of Functional (Business) RequirementsSteps in the Appointment Process | Process Step | Input Information/data item(s) entered into the system as part of this step | ProcessProcessing or action the system must perform for this step | OutputInformation/data item(s)/record created, or displayed, or printed out for the user in this step | 1 | Last name and Phone Number | Verify Last name and Phone Number from customer database | Welcome “Customer’s name”! or “Invalid Last name/Phone Number Combination | 2 | Last name and phone number | Enter new customer data into customer database | Welcome “new customer’s name”! | 3 | Services Required | Locate and present options and prices for services required | Prices of service required | 4 | Date and time for services required | Locate employee scheduling | Dates and times of stylist availability | 5 | Confirmation of appointment date and time | Verify date and time is correct/ and stylist is available | Your appointment has been set for” date and time” with “stylist name” | 6 | Paper receipt of services rendered | Verify all services have been accounted for; add up prices for final total | Your total for today is:”total” | 7 | Feedback from customer | Verify that feedback survey is complete;...
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...Week 1: Information Systems in the Digital Firm - Lecture | | | Information Systems in the Digital Firm Evolution | Current State | Trends | Tutorial The Evolution, Current State, and Trends of Information Systems In addition to the material currently described, an introduction to cloud computing and user involvement in IT projects also will be included in this lecture. This is required as foundational knowledge for the chapters to come. We will explore it at a business level and a minimal technical level. | | Evolution | | The business landscape has changed over the past seventy years in every significant way. Without information systems, these changes would not have occurred. To gain a perspective on the evolution of information systems, we can review the significant computer inventions from the first computer through to cloud computing. As computer technology progressed, new skills had to be learned, and new methods of management evolved to replace old hierarchical styles with new team based methods. Increased productivity resulting in new information technology caused the downsizing of employees that began in the late 1980s and has continued. Information systems consultants identified productivity gains, so large that they cut the numbers in half and still weren't believed. Many of the products and services we use every day had not been invented just five or ten years ago. The ability to communicate electronically with anyone anywhere in the world...
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...Leadership Theory The Chicago School of Psychology May 31, 2015 Ethical and Relational Leadership Principles Honoring the APA and TCS Codes of Conduct Licensed professionals in the legal, accounting, engineering, medical and other healing professions are held to a higher legal and ethical standard of professional behavior than people who work in other commercial, not-for-profit or government enterprises. As noted by the American Psychologists Association (APA) , “If this Ethics Code establishes a higher standard of conduct than is required by law, psychologists must meet the higher ethical standard.” (p. 2). The rationale for this higher standard is that legislation gives these professions and the people who are members of them unique and special rights to serve the public within their specific discipline. With these rights come added responsibilities to protect the public trust. As noted by the APA (2010), “Psychologists are committed to increasing scientific and professional knowledge of behavior and people’s understanding of themselves and others and to the use of such knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, organizations, and society…They strive to help the public in developing informed judgments and choices concerning human behavior.” (p. 2). In Canada, most professional bodies are governed by provincial legislation that gives authority to accredit professional training programs, confer professional licenses, monitor professional practice of individual...
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...Introduction Leadership shows the characters and behaviors of people whom we admire because of their ability to interact with a group to influence, motivate and facilitate members to achieve a shared objective. Leadership plays an important role while nurses provide health care to patients. Nursing Leadership Leadership can be categorized into different styles. While all nursing groups or organizations have leaders, not all leaders are effective. In an article titled “Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review”, Cummings et al. studied leadership and their differential effects on the nursing workforce and work environments (Cummings, et al., 2010). In the article, the authors found: Staff satisfaction with work, roles and pay: The relational focused leadership styles, such as socio-emotional, resonant, transformational, inspirational, and consideration leadership are associated with the higher nursing staff satisfaction with work, roles, and pay, than the task focused leadership styles such as instrumental, laissez-faire, and management by exception leadership. Staff relationships with work: Relational leadership styles significantly increased nurses’ organizational commitment as measured by intention to stay and actual turnover. Staff health and wellbeing: Relational leadership was associated with better staff health and reduced anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and stress. Working environment: It is reported...
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...ISO CASE STUDY Broadway Cafe AUTHORS Julio Romero Zapata – Student ID 3031203 Amanthi Wijeyekoon – Student ID 3037866 Clara Chong – Student ID 3047408 Tina Swaker – Student ID 121271 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 1 Introduction 2 1.1 Assumptions 2 1.2 Where to from here 3 1.3 Use of Groupware tool 3 2 Competitive Advantage 4 2.1 Making business decisions I – Porter’s Five Forces & Generic Strategy 4 2.2 Making business decisions II – Customer Order Process 5 3 Customer Relationship Management 7 3.1 Making business decisions II - CRM 7 3.1.1 Extended Strategy 8 3.1.2 New Technologies 8 4 Business Intelligence 9 4.1 Making business decisions II 9 5 Systems Development 14 5.1 Making business decisions II – PYT Business Requirement 14 6 Bibliography 15 Appendix B – PYT Business Requirement for New Payroll System 16 Appendix C - Groupware Tools 20 Figures Figure 1: As-is Broadway Cafe Rich Picture 2 Figure 2: Broadway Cafe Alters Diagram 3 Figure 3: The Broadway Café Five Forces model 4 Figure 4: Customer Ordering Process 6 Figure 5. As-Is payroll system 14 Figure 6. Flow chart payroll system 17 Figure 7: Team ISO Groupware Home Page 20 Tables Table 1: YouTube Pros and Cons 7 Table 2. Comparison of Spreadsheet and Databases 11 Table 3. Wikispaces advantages & disadvantages 20 Introduction This case study addresses the following information systems (IS)...
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...Running Head: RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE Relational Leadership Style Tamika N. Dunn HCS 475: Leadership and Performance Development Mrs. Shannon Deacon February 14th, 2011 Leadership and motivation styles vary from person to person, that is why it is essential for managers to know and understand their leadership style and how their particular leadership affects their workplace. Leadership is influenced by many things that is why it is so important to know how and why your leadership style is what it is. There are many contributors that come into play when a leadership style is developed within a person. I have been taking a hard look at my own leadership style and what I can do to improve myself to better serve both my co-workers and subordinates. I have decided to speak on my managers leadership skills and how they fit perfectly with the staff and our line of work. I choose to speak on how my manager leads our department and how successful she is at dealing with the things that leaders deal with, some on a normal basis and other that may happen suddenly. The leadership style that I chose for her was the Relational Leadership. I chose this leadership because this style deals with the health care industry very strongly and these skills fit her entirely. The Relational leadership acknowledges the need for more flexible systems in health care that empowers all that are within hands reach such as nursing staff, patients and their...
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...organisational psychology, organization science and journal of business and industrial marketing, published no earlier than 2009 Contents RBUS2900 Article Review: “Trust and Team Performance” 2 I. Introduction 2 II. Research Design Characteristics 3 III. Summaries of the Three Articles 3 3.1. Article1: “The differential effect of team members’ trust on team performance: The mediation role of team cohesion” (Mach, Dolan & Tzafrir, 2010) 3 3.2. Article 2: “Getting everyone one board: The role of inspirational leadership in geographically dispersed teams” (Joshi, Lazarova & Liao, 2010) 5 3.3. Article 3: “Managerial trust and NPD performance: Team commitment and longevity as mediators” (Doyan, 2010) 6 IV. Critiques of the Three Articles 7 4.1. Article1: “The differential effect of team members’ trust on team performance: The mediation role of team cohesion” (Mach, Dolan & Tzafrir, 2010) 7 4.2. Article 2: “Getting everyone one board: The role of inspirational leadership in geographically dispersed teams” (Joshi, Lazarova & Liao, 2010) 8 4.3. Article 3: “Managerial trust and NPD performance: Team commitment and longevity as mediators” (Doyan, 2010) 9 V. Reference 12 VI. Appendix 13 RBUS2900 Article Review: “Trust and Team Performance” I. Introduction Enhancing employees’ performance is one of the first priorities that organisations are trying to achieve, in order to stay competitive. To improve the overall performance of an organisation, it is important to focus on...
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...Fundamentals of Database Systems Preface....................................................................................................................................................12 Contents of This Edition.....................................................................................................................13 Guidelines for Using This Book.........................................................................................................14 Acknowledgments ..............................................................................................................................15 Contents of This Edition.........................................................................................................................17 Guidelines for Using This Book.............................................................................................................19 Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................................................21 About the Authors ..................................................................................................................................22 Part 1: Basic Concepts............................................................................................................................23 Chapter 1: Databases and Database Users..........................................................................................23 ...
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...Introduction to Management Psychology Coursework Title: Essay on Authentic Leadership Word Count (excluding references and appendices): 2,200 This is to confirm that I submit this piece of assessed work in the full knowledge of the published guidelines on plagiarism and its consequences Type name: Alastair Breheny Abstract: Being a young leadership theory, the jury is still out on the precise definition of authentic leadership (AL) as well as its effectiveness in an organisational setting. This essay sets out to try and narrow the definition of AL based on the most recent literature relating to both the practical and theoretical approaches of authentic leadership. Both Robert Terry’s “Authentic Action Wheel” (1993) and Bill George’s five characteristics of AL are discussed before turning the attention to Walumbwa et al’s four construct model of AL which involves Self-Awareness, Relational Transparency, Internalized Moral Perspective and Balanced Processing of Information. The essay then assesses the effectiveness of the different forms of measurement existing for AL before discussing the potential applications of AL in the workplace. The essay ends by providing criticisms of the theory and recommends further research in the area of AL, particularly in relation to measuring the effectiveness of the theory in an applied setting. Keywords: Authentic Leadership, Authenticity, AL theory, PsyCap Introduction: “Hard times arouse an instinctive...
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...Leadership: Past, Present, and Future Mostafa El Abd 20/03/2015 GMBA-EN-BF September 2014 Intake Leadership is significant in both social and organisational functioning. It has a broad meaning and has been defined in many ways over the centuries. Most leadership scholars agree that the term leadership can be described as an influencing procedure and its consequential outcomes which mainly occur between a leader and his or her followers, as well as how this process can be made clear by the leader’s dispositional behaviours and attributes, follower perception, and the framework in which this influencing process or method occurs. The term leadership is often paired with power and management but the definition of leadership should be kept different from both of these terms. Leadership research over the years can be classified into nine major schools starting from the 1900s till 2010s. They are: Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, Contextual, Skeptics, Relational, New leadership, Information-processing and Biological/Evolutionary. 1. Trait School of Leadership: This research started in the 20th century and suggests that specific dispositional attributes differentiate leaders from non-leaders or common people. 2. Behavioural School of Leadership: This school of research began in the 1950s and focused on the behavioural approach towards leadership. Meaning, behaviours that were enacted by the leaders and how they took care of their followers were the focus of this research. 3. Contingency...
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...1 LEADERSHIP IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF FRATERNITY OR SORORITY MEMBERSHIP ON COLLEGE STUDENTS LEADERS by Kharla Mae D. Brillo Feleycyl Joy Cruzada Angelo Jaiko Del Rosario Roevel Paul Quirao Jett P. Pastrana In partial fulfillment of the course requirements in Psychology 118 (Field Methods) Submitted to Mr. JOHNREV B. GUILARAN Division of Social Sciences College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas October 9, 2012 2 Leadership Identity Development: The Influence of Fraternity or Sorority Membership on College Student Leaders Fraternities and sororities began more than a century ago as relationship building organizations in which leadership development could be cultivated (Cory, 2011) but until recently, research found that fraternity and sorority membership may hinder student development and negatively impact the wellbeing of college students (Maisel, 1990; Wechsler, 1996). According to Kelly (2008) benefits of membership are realized by fraternity and sorority student leaders but struggled to refocus on their espoused values and mission: scholarship, service, leadership and relationships over the last several decades (Cory, 2011). Conversely, incidents of hazing, alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and substandard performance in the classroom, often overshadow the benefits of membership (Cory, 2011) suggesting that fraternal organizations have strayed from their traditional and founding values (Garret, n.d.; Maisel, 1990)...
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...THE CHRISTIAN LEADER ________________________ March 2012 Introduction In writing this second leadership analysis I will examine the Relational Skills Audit, the Task Skills Audit, the Leadership Style Audit, Church Structure, the Leader’s/ Church’s Core Values Audit, the Ministry Circumstances Audit, and the Pastor-Organization Fit. Leadership is a challenge that must be approached with much preparation, skill, and care. If the leader takes a half hearted attitude of the deep responsibilities that come with all facets of Christian leadership, people can be wounded and Christ’s church diminished in it’s ability to reach the world. It has been said that every assignment in Christian leadership is a divine calling. If indeed this is true then we must ask ourselves the following questions: 1. What difference will I make? 2. Why am I here? 3. Who sent me? 4. Is this assignment sacred because God placed me here? 5. What does God want me to accomplish here? [1] As we work through the different audits found in Aubrey Malphurs,” Being Leaders,” we will look at the outcomes of each audit and how each one relates to myself personally. My objective will be to expound on each characteristic and how...
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