...ORG 560: Leadership Development January 20, 2013 Transformation into Leadership Any business runs efficaciously when it is controlled by a competent and persuasive supervisor. While mentors motivate their subordinates, it is not the only thing managers can do. A virtuous supervisor can configure the workplace in the position he desires. He epitomizes the principles of the establishment and most significantly, it has been perceived that effective leaders enjoy a capability to proliferate the productivity of the business. Background In 1992, the Department of Corrections built a prison in my hometown of Lancaster, California. Many of my friends applied for the five hundred job openings as a correctional officer. Although I was reluctant to apply for a career in such as a harsh environment within a state prison, these same friends convinced me to submit my application. After a rigorous twelve month hiring process coupled with a sixteen week academy, I was sworn in as a full time peace officer in April of 1994. As a peace officer, I was stationed at the Lancaster State Prison as a correctional officer. My leadership skills were negligible at this point in my career, as I only had attained entry level positions prior to the acceptance of this employment. Working as a correctional officer gave me the foundation of leadership as I supervised inmates on a daily basis. Effective communication with a diverse group informally enhanced my leadership skills...
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...In the article of “Seven Transformations of Leadership”, the authors, David Rooke and William R. Torbert, point out what is leaders’ action logic and how they influence leaders’ success by breaking down seven types leadership, Opportunist, Diplomat, Expert, Achiever, Individualist, Strategist, and Alchemist. It is a realistic statistic based on a 25 years of extensive surveyed research and sampled managers and professionals, between 25yrs-55yrs, at American and European Companies. It says every leader type differs from other by how those leaders interpret their surroundings and react when their power or safety is challenged. Once leaders who want to make an effort to understand their own action logic, they then can improve their ability to lead, so first of all a leader must understands what kind of leader you are. Expert typed action logic takes 38% that says the most of leaders and managers in the research belong to this leadership. They try to exercise self control by perfecting their knowledge, both in the professional and personal lives and they are so completely sure they are right because they usually use personal data to support their ideas and use loud voice persuading others. While they tend to work individually due to their untrusted character to their subordinations they may become hard to communicate very well. The most important is they lack of enough emotional intelligence to deal with this threating leadership. With so many leaders and managers represent...
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...GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership 1. Jack Welch was hired to take on the role as the CEO at General Electric (GE) and responsible for rebuilding the organization. Jack was faced with several obstacles prior to taking on this position at GE. One obstacle was that prior to his assignment a powerful leader had a great impact on reorganizing GE’s business strategy. Another obstacle was that several companies were moving towards globalization and GE now had to compete in this market. Therefore, Welch had to react rather quickly before foreign companies replaced GE or any other company. The last challenge was that during 1981, the economic markets were experiencing a recession. Welch’s vision of reconstructing GE was that it became the most competitive, diversified, branded and profitable company in the near future. He suggested an effective strategy to help the company by fixing, selling or closing it. Therefore, he chose to make changes to the business strategy by doing away old culture and adapting effective new ways. First, he began by restructuring the company’s current departmental managers. These managers had to agree and commit to doing away with the old GE culture and accepting new ways. Second impact was that the company’s revenues increased by 9 billion dollars from 1981 through 1986 (Exhibit 1). However, GE’s operating earnings increased from 0 in 1981 to $36 billion in 1986 drastically during the same period (Exhibit 1). Therefore, the new...
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...GE’s Two Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership 1. Jack Welch was hired to take on the role as the CEO at General Electric (GE) and responsible for rebuilding the organization. Jack was faced with several obstacles prior to taking on this position at GE. One obstacle was that prior to his assignment a powerful leader had a great impact on reorganizing GE’s business strategy. Another obstacle was that several companies were moving towards globalization and GE now had to compete in this market. Therefore, Welch had to react rather quickly before foreign companies replaced GE or any other company. The last challenge was that during 1981, the economic markets were experiencing a recession. Welch’s vision of reconstructing GE was that it became the most competitive, diversified, branded and profitable company in the near future. He suggested an effective strategy to help the company by fixing, selling or closing it. Therefore, he chose to make changes to the business strategy by doing away old culture and adapting effective new ways. First, he began by restructuring the company’s current departmental managers. These managers had to agree and commit to doing away with the old GE culture and accepting new ways. Second impact was that the company’s revenues increased by 9 billion dollars from 1981 through 1986 (Exhibit 1). However, GE’s operating earnings increased from 0 in 1981 to $36 billion in 1986 drastically during the same period (Exhibit 1). Therefore, the new...
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...Drivers, start your engines! NASCAR is defined by speed, adrenaline, and heart pumping action as cars zoom around the track at speeds up to 220 miles per hour. It is apparent why over six million people tune in to these races across the country. Although most of the glory goes to the winning driver, the entire crew is what makes these victories possible. As an intern for a company that works for NASCAR I have seen many different leadership skills and techniques that are applied throughout the industry. As a company and industry it has been able to grow and develop using these skills. Transformational leadership is the motivation, morale, and performance of followers through a variety of techniques. The best way to achieve transformational leadership in NASCAR is teamwork. Teamwork is essential in a business with so many varying elements; a driver needs a pit crew, vehicle engineers, a crew chief, and many other behind-the-scenes team members. But it takes much more than just the crew members for a racing team to be successful. The key to high performance in this industry is finding a racing team that has positive norms, cohesion, and innovation. One way to develop a high performance team is to look at the business as an open system. This means that the entire industry of NASCAR can only sustain itself by interacting with its environments and each team should view itself this way as well. NASCAR crews must be aware that their environment is constantly affecting the...
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... The imperatives for transformation were twofold. First, the company wanted to become global and position itself as a best-practice international accounting firm in the African continent. Second, it wanted to achieve race and gender diversity at all levels within the organisation. Ben Adams was appointed to manage the change. Analysis: Key changes that Ben Adams drove: Adams took several key steps like creating a new identity, creating a vision/strategy and communicating it effectively thus getting the buy-in of employees, insuring short-term wins and managing resistance to change in order to support the transformation process. However this paper will focus on two key steps that he took and address if Adams was effective in his leadership of these two areas. 1 Developing a vision/strategy & Effective communication to obtain employee buy-in Adams pursued active management by taking into account employees’ views of the firm. He took a participative approach towards formulating an effective transformation strategy for the firm. Organisation of a conference with a cross-section of employees balanced between race and gender helped solicit recommendations on a transforming strategy and encouraged buy-in from StratAFin staff. There was free-flow of information and the effects of transformation on employees and the firm were discussed. He consolidated all information into one common vision, value system and strategy to ensure unity. A transformation covenant with seven objectives...
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...10.1 HSC topic: Operations -> is about planning & controlling operations with the aim of minimizing cost, maximizing productivity, improving efficiency and achieving strategic business goals 25% of indicative time The focus of this topic is the strategies for effective operations management in large businesses. | Outcomes The student: H1 critically analyses the role of business in Australia and globally H2 evaluates management strategies in response to changes in internal and external influences H3 discusses the social and ethical responsibilities of management H4 analyses business functions and processes in large and global businesses H5 explains management strategies and their impact on businesses H6 evaluates the effectiveness of management in the performance of businesses H7 plans and conducts investigations into contemporary business issues H8 organises and evaluates information for actual and hypothetical business situations H9 communicates business information, issues and concepts in appropriate formats Content Students learn to: examine contemporary business issues to: discuss the balance between cost and quality in operations strategy examine the impact of globalisation on operations strategy identify the breadth of government policies that affect operations management explain why corporate social responsibility is a key concern in operations management investigate aspects of business using hypothetical situations and...
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...on TD transformation planned. The transformation of TD is based on “ARMY 2 10 Plus 10” planned which started in 2004 and will continue until 2020 and beyond. The focus of this transformation planned is strategic transformation on the changes of equipment to cope up with current environment; the changes in threat and technological advancement on military hardware act as driving force for TD transformation. The transformation focuses on training and operational equipment together. However this transformation planned is not definite because of uncertain financial budget. TD could not decide on the equipment early on and must wait for the approve budget. Other than uncertain budget, Army also faces with the problem of underperforming contractors which resulted in delay in delivery and cancellation of project. Issues The transformation planning is not details enough since the type of equipment that going to be change or procure could not be decided earlier due to uncertain financial allocation that will be provided by the government. The loose planning may spell disaster in the process of transformation. The underperforming contractors also raised the eyebrows; where contract had been terminated which cause valuable time and money. Discussion The type of transformation is strategic in nature because the army is modernizing their forces to suit with current environment in order to maintain her competitive edge (Cumming & Worley, 2008, p. 12). This transformation is needed...
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...Operations Management for MBAs Operations Management for MBAs Fifth Edition Jack R. Meredith Scott M. Shafer Wake Forest University VICE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER EXECUTIVE EDITOR PROJECT EDITOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING MARKETING MANAGER MARKETING ASSISTANT PRODUCT DESIGNER MEDIA SPECIALIST SENIOR CONTENT MANAGER SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR PHOTO DEPARTMENT MANAGER DESIGN DIRECTOR COVER DESIGNER PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT George Hoffman Lisé Johnson Brian Baker Amy Scholz Kelly Simmons Marissa Carroll Allison Morris Ethan Bernard Lucille Buonocore Anna Melhorn Hillary Newman Harry Nolan Wendy Lai Ingrao Associates This book was set in 10/12 ITC Garamond light by MPS Limited and printed and bound by RRD/Jefferson City. The cover was printed by RRD/Jefferson City. This book is printed on acid free paper. Copyright © 2013, 2010, 2007, 2002, 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, website www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to...
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...Alice Watson BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT A Cup of Books Hypothetical Business Plan A CUP OF BOOKS A CUP OF BOOKS 1. Executive Summary This business plan outlines the main goals and features of A Cup Of Books a second hand as well as new bookstore with a café within. This business plan includes: * Business Goals -Two short term -Two long term * Business idea/description/outlook -Situational analysis -Description of motive * Operational Plan -Inputs - Process Transformation - Outputs - Quality management * Marketing Plan -Target Market identification -Marketing mix * Financial plan -Budget * Human resource plan - Staff number - Staff role -Staff acquisition - Staff training and development - Employment contracts 88 words 2. Goals 2.1 Short-term goals: 2.11 To establish a customer basis in the wider area by receiving a thousand likes on Facebook and 500 followers on Instagram, within 12 months so to establish the brand and product name and create popularity amongst younger generations. 2.12To create goodwill within the local area by creating a regular business rate as part of peoples morning routines via either morning discounts or loyalty coffee cards, so to ensure the businesses reputation is positive and therefore create a good atmosphere in association to the store and returning customers, all within 12 months. 2.2 Long-term goals: 2.21 To become the sole bookstore within 50km radius due to directing the target...
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...TRANSFORMATION Leadership at HP | Under supervision of DR. Ahmed Farouk | | This report will present transformation process of hp corp. By discussing the following topics: Organization background, organization culture specifically “hp way”, One of the leaders who leaded the company towards a great transformation, hp before and after the transformation and finally discussing the role of the human resource in the transformation process. | | | 1/30/2012 | | CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………… | 03 | 2. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………….2.1 HP Background …………………………………………………………………………………..2.2 HP Mission Statements …………………………………………………………………………..2.2 HP Vision Statements ……………………………………………………………………………2.3 HP Workforce …………………………………………………………………………………… | 0505111212 | 3. THE RISE AND FALL OF "THE HP WAY" ……………………………...................................... 3.1 Rising the HP Way ……………………………………………………………………………….3.2 Losing the HP Way ……………………………………………………………............................ | 131316 | 4. HP SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATION ……………………………………………………….. 4.1 HP Before The Transformation …………………………………………………………………4.1.1 Lewis Platt ……………………………………………………………………………4.1.2 HP's Carly Fiorina: The CEO of HP …………………………………………………4.1.3 HP's Carly Fiorina: The Transformation leader ……………………………………...4.2 Hp Transformation ………………………………………………………………………………...
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...It is generally accepted that the first step in maximising performance and gaining the people advantage is through an organisations culture. Why is this the case? “Culture can be defined as the set of key values, beliefs, understandings and norms shared by members of an organisation” (Kitmann et al., 1986; Smircich, 1983). For a company to maintain an advantage over their competitors they must first look internally to ensure they have effective employees. ANZ recognised just how important this is when they identified the need to make changes to the organisation, “... then we needed to change the hearts and minds of the people inside the organisation” (ANZ Case Study, 2012). Managing corporate culture is important for two reasons, the first reason is that managers are unable to be present for every minute during business hours so culture will shape the way employees work without constant supervision and secondly, maintaining a strong corporate culture influences the employees decision making so they make the best decision for the organisation. The effects of culture are not limited to the internal environment but also the external environment, the culture of the workplace controls the way employees behave amongst themselves as well as with people outside the organization. Because the culture of an organisation is highly visible they facilitate adaptation to the external setting plus integration of internal processes. Negative corporate culture has effects on immediate stakeholder...
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...Metamorphosis is the process in which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. The lowly caterpillar wraps itself into an ugly cocoon and over time the miraculous transformation occurs and out of that cocoon emerges this beautiful butterfly. Bill Rago, the main character in the movie Renaissance Man, goes through a similar transformation in his life. Bill is a divorced, passive-aggressive, advertising executive who reaches rock bottom when he loses his job and is forced to seek out unemployment. His unfortunate circumstance lands him a temp job as a civilian teacher on a military base. The problem is that he does not have any teaching experience and he is given a class of eight students who supposedly lack the basic comprehension skills to be successful in the military and are required to pass his class in order to complete basic training. Bill had to learn how to assert himself with this ragtag bunch in order to complete his assignment. According to Randy Paterson, assertiveness is a communication style in which a person realizes that they are in control of their own behavior and decision making (19). Bill, played by actor Danny DeVito, needed to learn that he dictates and controls his life and not other people or life circumstances. In order for him to transform and regain control of his life, Bill had to begin to assert himself in all areas of his life. One thing that portrayed Bill Rago’s lack of assertiveness, was the fact that he minimal self-control at best....
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...The RIGHTS about the process of transformation of OTICON In 1987 the firm analysed itself and made a judgment to transform itself for survival. Decided to select a person from outside organisation to lead who was capable of taking risks, well experienced in different fields and proven track record. Transformation from a rigid structure to flexible knowledge based company. Introduction of sense of equality among the employees eliminating the vertical structure. Creation & implementation of the theme – “think the unthinkable” Excellent communication regarding transformation and holding a press conference to float the information in turn turning the employees themselves in to ambassadors of the theme or vision that was created. Initiated the change in employees for the transformation by “empowering” them by providing the necessary support and training and giving them the freedom as to what role they need to play in the transformation. Integration was effective in organizing employees from different functionalities to form a cross functional team exposing them to different corners of business. The WRONG about the process of transformation of OTICON The employee retrenchment process could have been done in a better way as it created some amount of fear initially. The transformation started in a bad way with retrenchment and later on the good things were put into picture...
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...The Design Space of Metamorphic Malware Andrew Walenstein†, Rachit Mathur‡, Mohamed R. Chouchane†, and Arun Lakhotia† University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, U.S.A. McAfee Avert Labs, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A. arun@louisiana.edu rachit_mathur@avertlabs.com mohamed@louisiana.edu walenste@ieee.org ‡ † Abstract: A design space is presented for metamorphic malware. Metamorphic malware is the class of malicious self-replicating programs that are able to transform their own code when replicating. The raison d'etre for metamorphism is to evade recognition by malware scanners; the transformations are meant to defeat analysis and decrease the number of constant patterns that may be used for recognition. Unlike prior treatments, the design space is organized according to the malware author's goals, options, and implications of design choice. The advantage of this design space structure is that it highlights forces acting on the malware author, which should help predict future developments in metamorphic engines and thus enable a proactive defence response from the community. In addition, the analysis provides effective nomenclature for classifying and comparing malware and scanners. Keywords: Metamorphic Malware, Virus Scanner. 1. Introduction Metamorphism is the ability of malware to transform its code. This ability was first introduced in viruses and was later used by worms, Trojans, and other malware. There now exist several metamorphic engines—programs that implement...
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