Small Business Examination Judith Metcalf University of Phoenix Organizational Leadership LDR/531 John Soltys May 30, 2011 Abstract In today’s organizations many companies face various challenges. Some challenges can be thwarted by implementing appropriate training techniques. Managers, like employees, need just as much training when communicating with people of diversity. Smaller companies may not have as many issues as the larger corporations but the key lies in management’s ability
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Managerial Organization LDR/531 March 23, 2013 Managerial Organization One of the world’s leading electricity companies, Enron Corporation, suffered from a financial scandal, which involved the corporation and its accounting firm. The scandal happened during the 1990s and was a result of irregular accounting procedures. This scandal caused Enron to file bankruptcy in December 2001 (Thomas, 2002). The subject of this paper will discuss how organizational behavior theories could have predicted
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Position Paper James Schlairet LDR/531 Version 4 10 June 2012 Meredith Ward Abstract BNSF Railroad has decided to expand the work scope of the Spokane Mechanical Department. Each supervisor has the opportunity to
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Enron's Collapse LDR 531 December 12, 2011 Thomas Ach Enron's Collapse Enron was considered to be one of the largest scandals in American history. Americans were shock to find out about the unethical practices that were carried on by leaders and employees of the organization. Enron used many methods of trickery to appear more lucrative than the company really was. While Enron’s stock ascended so did its debt. Individuals within the company decided that they were going to trade millions
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Positive Influence Plan LDR/531: Organizational Leadership November 7, 2011 Positive Influence Plan Many elements formulate a team that can perform effectively together, stay on-topic, focus on the end-goal, and have the best results. The positive attitudes, emotions, and personalities along with the personal values of the individuals can increase the team’s satisfaction, motivation, and performance. The creation of a plan that has a positive influence on the team will be the cohesive
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Leaderships in Organization University of Phoenix LDR - 531 Patricia Nelson, MAOM ,SPHR February 11, 2013 Leaderships in Organization As the company I am currently employed with continues to expand the plans for restructuring continue as well. I have been provided with an opportunity to pick a position that suits me as well as benefit the company in order to continue to make the company successful. My position with the company to date has been the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Scientific
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Tyco International – Epic Failure Dionne Flinn March 25, 2013 LDR/531 Thea Miller Tyco International – Epic Failure A business is successful not only if it has the right “product” that consumers want, but also if it is managed and lead by strong, ethical and invested leaders. In the past two decades unethical, corrupt, greedy and incompetent CEO’s have brought down multi-million corporations and cost thousands of American workers their jobs. One such CEO, Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco International
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Leadership Approach Paper LDR/531 February 25, 2013 Leadership Approach A leader has the ability to lead and influence a group of people to follow in his or her direction to achieve organizational goals or in other words, getting people to want to do what you want them to do rather than just getting them to do what you want them to. The purpose of this paper is to explore the situational leadership theory as an approach to studying leadership and discuss the strength
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Trait Approach to Studying Leadership Angela Pierce LDR/531 – Organizational Leadership Trait Approach to Studying Leadership The trait approach was one of the earliest approaches that people have used for studying leadership. “Underlying this approach was the assumption that some people are natural leaders, endowed with certain traits not possessed by other people”(Yuki, p. 13, 2010). During this early period leadership theories suggested that managerial successes could be attributed to
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Leadership Approach David Ruiz Pineyro LDR/531 Organizational Leadership February 7, 2013 Prof. Jose Rodrigo-Pons Leadership Approach On this paper I am going to explain briefly one of the major research approaches for studying leadership. Also included on this paper will be a summarized explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of the leadership approach selected along with an example in which this approach has been used in an organization. I would like to commence by mentioning that
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