...Summary 2- The Snooks family This story is about the family Snooks. Mr. and Mrs. Snooks are going to bed. Mrs. Snooks ask Mr. Snooks if he could blow the candle out. But he can only blow by putting his under lip over his upper lip. So his breath went up instead of blowing out the candle flame. So Mrs. Snooks get up from the bed to blow the candle out. But she can only blow by putting her upper lip over her under lip. So her breath went down to the floor. So Mrs. Snooks called her son John to come and blow out the candle. He came. John could only blow out of the right corner of his mouth. So his breath hit the wall of the room instead of the candle. So they all called for his sister, little Ann. She came. Little Ann could only blow out of the left side of her mouth. So her breath hit the wall instead of the candle. Suddenly they heard a heavy steady tread coming along the pavement. It was a policeman. Mrs. Snooks ask the policeman if he can blow out the candle. The policeman came. He came into the room were Mr. Snooks, Mrs. Snooks, John and little Ann were standing around the candle they wanted to blow out. And just with a little puff, the policeman blow out the candle at first time. All in the family thanked him. The policeman turned around and went down the stairs. “Just a moment, you musn`t go down the stairs in the dark” said Mr. Snooks. He lit the candle again. The policeman went out the door and Mr. Snooks went up to go to bed. “Would you blow out the candle?” said...
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...Summary 2- The Snooks family This story is about the family Snooks. Mr. and Mrs. Snooks are going to bed. Mrs. Snooks ask Mr. Snooks if he could blow the candle out. But he can only blow by putting his under lip over his upper lip. So his breath went up instead of blowing out the candle flame. So Mrs. Snooks get up from the bed to blow the candle out. But she can only blow by putting her upper lip over her under lip. So her breath went down to the floor. So Mrs. Snooks called her son John to come and blow out the candle. He came. John could only blow out of the right corner of his mouth. So his breath hit the wall of the room instead of the candle. So they all called for his sister, little Ann. She came. Little Ann could only blow out of the left side of her mouth. So her breath hit the wall instead of the candle. Suddenly they heard a heavy steady tread coming along the pavement. It was a policeman. Mrs. Snooks ask the policeman if he can blow out the candle. The policeman came. He came into the room were Mr. Snooks, Mrs. Snooks, John and little Ann were standing around the candle they wanted to blow out. And just with a little puff, the policeman blow out the candle at first time. All in the family thanked him. The policeman turned around and went down the stairs. “Just a moment, you musn`t go down the stairs in the dark” said Mr. Snooks. He lit the candle again. The policeman went out the door and Mr. Snooks went up to go to bed. “Would you blow out the candle?” said...
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...Coach K and Coach Knight - as achievers but distinguishes them in terms of the methodology used. This paper recognizes similar leadership attributes of these two leaders and distinguishes one from another in terms of their leadership style. It identifies Coach K more as a leader than Coach Knight whose attributes were more managerial. Leadership Skills Coach K was an efficient and successful leader who demonstrated excellent leadership skills as he led the Duke Basketball Team to becoming one of the most successful college basketball teams in America’s history (DeLacey, Perlow & Snook, 2005). His success can be attributed to the following leadership skills: competencies, individual attributes, and leadership outcomes, technical, human and conceptual skills. Similarly, Coach Knight was a very successful basketball coach at Indiana University and Texas Tech. According to DeLacey, Perlow & Snook (2005), he earned for himself one of the most enviable records in college basketball history and his success can be attributed to his leadership or managerial skills such as technical, conceptual, competencies, individual attributes, competencies and leadership outcomes. However, Coach Knight lacked human skills. His relationship with the players was intimidating and uncomfortable. Profanity and intimidation characterized his coaching methodology...
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...Case Study Analysis Paper 1: A Tale of Two Coaches Rhodeanny31 Grand Canyon University: LDR-600-0101 September 23, 2014 Case Study Analysis Paper 1: A Tale of Two Coaches Intelligence, self-confidence, and determination are the leadership perspectives that have exhibited in both Coach Bob Knight and Coach Mike Krzyzewski (known as Coach K.). Coach Knight is known as the winningest coach in NCAA men’s basketball until Duke’s Coach Krzyzewski exceeded his spot. Coach Krzyzewski played under Coach Knight when they were both at West Point and he was a graduate assistant at Indiana University under Coach Knight (Snook, Perlow, & Delacey, 2005). Coach Knight and Coach K. are very successfully college basketball coaches who has different leadership styles of pursuing and producing a competitive goal of winners. Power Bases Relied Upon Coach Knight’s power bases are relied with a tight controlling type categorized by societal detachment between him and the basketball players he coaches. His leadership role consist of discipline and intimidation, sometimes goes too far. Coach Knight’s position of power is high reflected by his regular abuse of verbal and physical punishment. Based on his regular outburst of anger when he was “under stress”, he reverted to less developed ways learning in early developments (Northouse, 2004). Coach Knight emotional capabilities consist of high self-awareness, low self-regulation, high motivation, low empathy, and low social skills...
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...Coach Knight and Coach K were at the center of and embodied the will of their teams. Northouse (2010) described this as a process between the leader and followers…leaders affect followers and vice a versa. Coach night devised a system he expected the team to follow. He said to the players, “Follow our rules, do exactly what I tell you and you will not lose (Snook, Perlow, & Delacey, 2005).” In a similar fashion, Coach K taught discipline too. He invested heavily in drills and skills while focusing on the needs of each player…helping players become a team. Interesting enough they both had one rule to follow…don’t do anything that will harm the team (Snook, Perlow, & Delacey, 2005). Besides a leadership process, each coach used personality to influence team results (Northouse, 2010; “How does“, 2007). Coach Knight’s demanding behavior, meticulous plans and expecting perfection from players is evidence of a conscientiousness personality. He was also described as intimidating a sign of overusing his strength (Straw, 2002) of conscientiousness making people uncomfortable in his presence that caused his demise (Snook et al., 2005). Coach K used his openness and agreeableness personality styles by communicating up close and personnel…establish instant trust...caring for each other. This strength allowed his players to...
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...Coaches Fiedler’s contingency theory is a “leader-match theory” (Northhouse, 2013, p. 135). It attempts to match the style of the leader with the situation and develop a match between the two. Coach Knight and Coach Krzyzewski (Coach K) were both effective in this leadership style because they produced winning teams. Coach Knight is a task driven leader who sores low on the least preferred co-worker scale (LPC). His primary focus was accomplishing the tasks. He did this through discipline and intimidation. He expected nothing less than perfection from his players. Relationships were developed secondary to meeting the goals. Coach K is a relationship-oriented coach who scores high on the LPC scale. He viewed his team as part of his family. He used positive reinforcement, open communication, and genuine caring support to motivate his team. Task accomplishments were secondary to relationships. Both coaches had strong positions of power. They could exercise full authority developing the program and choosing which players would make the team and which players would not make the team. Coach Knight and Coach K used different leadership styles. They were matched to their situation solely on the fact they developed winning teams. Situational leadership theory attempts describe how a leader should behave based on the situation (Northhouse, 2013, p. 119). Coach Knight had one way of coaching, his way. He functioned in the S1 mode, directing style, of situational leadership...
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...Fiedler’s contingency theory is a “leader-match theory” (Northhouse, 2013, p. 135). It attempts to match the style of the leader with the situation and develop a match between the two. Coach Knight and Coach Krzyzewski (Coach K) were both effective in this leadership style because they produced winning teams. Coach Knight is a task driven leader who sores low on the least preferred co-worker scale (LPC). His primary focus was accomplishing the tasks. He did this through discipline and intimidation. He expected nothing less than perfection from his players. Relationships were developed secondary to meeting the goals. Coach K is a relationship-oriented coach who scores high on the LPC scale. He viewed his team as part of his family. He used positive reinforcement, open communication, and genuine caring support to motivate his...
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...Knight and Krzyzewski Case Study – Week 2 Brian Blubaum, RN BSN Grand Canyon University Leadership Styles and Development LDR 600 Dr. Erick Aguilar July 15, 2014 Knight and Krzyzewski Case Study– Week 2 “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2013).” It’s a series of decisions, actions and beliefs that are intertwined with a number of other things. This paper will examine the unique leadership approaches of two very prominent basketball coaches who have become legends on and off the basketball court; Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and Indiana University’s Coach Bobby Knight. Coach Krzyzewski’s Leadership Approach Coach Krzyzewski was an excellent basketball player. Basketball Hall of Fame recipient in 2001. He gained great notoriety not only as a coach but as a basketball player as well. In reviewing the article from the Harvard Business School regarding Coach Krzyzewski, it is quite evident that his leadership encompassed positive reinforcement for his players. He was quoted as saying, “I don’t want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader – and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion” (Krzyzewski, 2000). He respected his players and cultivated trust and respect amongst the team. He truly cared for his players and their well-being. Coach Knight’s Leadership Approach Coach Knight...
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...Running head: A Tale of two coaches Case Study: A Tale of Two coaches – Part I Isaac Jonathan Kurapati Grand Canyon University: LDR 600 Introduction The tale of two Coaches brings out an outstanding contrast between two successful basketball coaches. When we look at a broader perspective, several different forms of leadership styles and approaches have been adopted by the both the coaches. Based on observations, coach knight plays a negative leadership style role, while coach K’s approach was a more positive approach. The behavior of the two coaches is therefore differing to each other. Coach Knight’s Leadership approach style was hurtful, detrimental and vigorous but lead, but through these practices his team had successful wins. On the Parallel, coach K was liberal, substantial and progressive but also potent. The two coaches practiced many rules and made several changes to succeed as a team, they were very talented and had skills that left constant trails for success. Power Bases Expert, Referent, coercive and Reward Powers were the Power bases used by both the coaches for the successful building of a successful team; Coach K has used reward and referral power by connecting with his players and by constantly encouraging his players by consistently appreciating their performances and thus used the power bases in a positive way. Knight used applied coercive power on his players in order to boost the...
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...Running head: TWO COACHES 3 Analyses of Two Leadership Case Studies Coach Knight: A Will to Win” “Coach K: A Matter of the Heart.” Neils Davis Grand Canyon University. LDR 600 January 9, 2013 TWO COACHES 3 2 Introduction Many research projects have been conducted regarding leadership styles and how a leader can improve leadership skills. Two such projects that are prominent today were developed by two researchers who each formed separate models that may be used through the utilization of various approaches and behaviors depending on the situation the leader is faced with. Fiedler’s Contingency Model Fiedler’s contingency model demonstrates that there are two kinds of leaders, these being either task oriented or people oriented. Coach Knight...
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...commentators say goes too far with his discipline. Knight was dismissed after a lengthy profession for the Indiana University because he griped an apprentice, and before that, he was recorded holding one of his team members by the collar. Afterwards, the disreputable occurrence in a match happened when Coach Knight threw a foldaway chair crossway the courtyard to object an arbitrator's decision. Mike Krzyzewski, better identified as Coach K, manages the gentlemen's basketball curriculum at Duke University. As an alternative of distress, Krzyzewski depends greatly on encouraging support, approachable and sincere contact, and compassionate encouragement. In favor of Coach K, his leadership trait is in relation to the heart, it is regarding family, and it is concerning realizing the value in individuals and taking...
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...TO BE LOVED OR FEARED AS A LEADER? Leaders in fields ranging from military and politics to business and even education have been posed with the choice of instilling love or fear among their respective followers. Traits like warmth and trustworthiness of a leader instill love among followers and fear of a leader originates mostly from his strength and competence. Although there are numerous other traits in a leader, warmth and strength are the most influential. According to psychology, a major part of other people's perception about a person is determined by these two dimensions of personality (Cuddy, Kohut and Neffinger, 2013, p. 56). The dilemma of the choice between these two is inherently present in the nature of the two extremes i.e. either of the choices will make you fall at the opposing ends of the human emotional spectrum. It is interesting to note that the question of choosing between the two extremes is not a new one . Tracing this conundrum back to the sixteenth century takes us to the writings of Machiavelli. His political philosophy in 'The Prince' acknowledges the best leaders to command both fear and love. Having said that, Machiavelli recognizes the opposite polarity of the two emotions and maintains that since it is difficult to combine both in one person, it is better to be feared as a leader than to be loved (Machiavelli, 2003, p.53). Today, about five hundred years later, the Machiavellian concept of a feared leader is still quite rigorously followed...
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...Case Study Analysis Paper 1: A Tale of Two Coaches Clive S. Choat Ken Blanchard College of Business, MGT-600 10 December 2013 Case Study Analysis Paper 1: A Tale of Two Coaches Based on our learning from week one of our class, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the leadership perspectives manifested in both Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski, coaches who have made significant marks in their field in college basketball. I hope to be able to identify the power bases both coaches rely upon, as well as whether their actions are more aligned with either a managerial role or leadership role. In addition, I hope to identify how significant the leadership traits have influenced their leadership, based on the five-factor personality model from our textbook readings, and has this affected the performance effectiveness of the coaches. I begin my report with some background information about the two coaches. Bobby Knight is the former head basketball coach for the United States Military Academy (USMA), Indiana University and Texas Tech University. Coach Knight is best described as a serious taskmaster who ran his team through the use of strict discipline, fear and intimidation. His aggressive style cost him his position after a twenty-nine year successful career at Indiana University for physically assaulting a player, the final straw in a string of violent actions he had displayed during games. In counterpoint, Mike Krzyzewski, who had served as a player under...
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...GLOBAL VARIATIONS OF CHRONIC DISEASE Name: Institution: Chronic diseases all around the world have been causing lots deaths and having devastating effects on families (CDC, 2011). In this essay, I will discuss coronary heart disease symptoms, detection, prevention, causal mechanisms, treatment, and effects. I will also analyze its global variations and recommend how public health officers can be able to promote prevention and treatment measures. Coronary heart disease is a disease that develops over a long time. This disease involves accumulation or deposition of plaque in the coronary arteries that supply the heart muscles with oxygen and nourishments. The plaque hardens with time and it can burst at time and formation of a clot can occur in the artery causing more narrowing or blockage. In the long run, the accumulation leads to a decrease of the coronary artery diameter. This causes limitation of the oxygen and other nourishments supplied to the heart muscles. This weakens the heart muscles hence impairing the function of the heart resulting to angina, myocardial infarction, heart attack/heart failure and finally death (Krasner & Riegelman, 2013). A coronary heart disease has several causes or factors that are affiliated to it. These factors are classified into modifiable and non-modifiable depending on whether they can be prevented or not. Some of the modifiable factors are: smoking...
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...Rome had many problems that led the their fall. The most important reasons are weak leadership, military weakness, and disasters/disease. First of all the romans suffered from the Plague according to document F “The population of Rome decreased from a million to 250,000.” Which means 750,000 people died from the Plague alone. Document F also states “Fifty thousand persons had lost their lives in the flood.” These disasters left many families heartbroken and depressed. Also document A states the one of the Roman emperors Claudius Gothicus died from the plague. These natural disasters also affected very important people of Rome which affected how Rome functioned and how it was ruled. Next is Military weakness. Rome’s military was in no way...
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