65 Leadership Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
A Captains Leadership on the Court
A Captains Leadership on the Court
In sports it takes many leaders to run a team to victory and those leaders may not always shine in each play ran but they are there to help push others through when tough times call. There are 4 different types of leadership theories that will be explained with....
Bagel Hockey Case
INTRODUCTION
Toronto Training Academy has a cafeteria that is open seven days a week, located in its residential hall. Because the school is mostly attended by commuters, the campus is practically unoccupied during the weekend, causing the cafeteria to have very little business except for a few b....
Book Review of The IBM Way-Buck Rodgers
AN INTRODUCTION:
Among common masses, IBM is known for its leadership in terms of computer technology. THE IBM WAY by Buck Rodgers, written in 1986, brings out a new face of IBM, in terms of sales, in terms of marketing and in terms of customer satisfaction. The book brings out the importance o....
Concept of leadership in relation to Throntons PLC
Thorntons PLC is a chocolate manufacturing and retailing company, a very well known brand in the UK. The following report is based on a case study on Thorntons PLC.
In this report the concept of leadership and management in relation to Thorntons will be reviewed. Secondly, their stated aim of placi....
educational leadership
This author was challenged as a new principal to use the situational model of leadership to create a vision and mission statement for the school that would be effective is listing the school's underlying strategy. According to Hersey, Blanchard, and Johnson (2008), a strategy is a general, integ....
Empirical Research Activity (ERA) on leadership titles
Empirical Research Activity
Leadership styles and product satisfaction.
Introduction
Within a group there are many roles. However, the leadership role is the most important and most valuable role, as it influences and directs the behaviour of others in the group. A leadership style refers t....
Entrepreneurs and Leadership
These are the people that Start-up a business and constantly seek new opportunities in order to move their business to a higher and new level.
What makes a successful Entrepreneur?
* Motivation: They have to be willing to succeed and take his business forward. Has to be able to confront diffic....
Ethics and Leadership
In recent years, ethics in the corporate workplace has primarily focused on unethical accounting practices. Cases from corporate giants like Enron, Tyco and Adelphia Communications have been in the spotlight for this very reason. While these cases clearly illustrate unethical practices, it is import....
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation w
Evaluate the impact of Lenins death in 1924 on party leadership and the debate over modernisation within the Bolshevik Party.
Following Lenins death in 1924, debate about Russias economic future became tangled in a leadership struggle between Trotsky and Stalin. The conflict largely took the....
GE Leadership Program
APPLICATION ASSIGNMENT CHAPTER 9, # 3:
# 3: Go to www.gecareers.com and click on leadership programs. Review the entry-level leadership and experienced leadership programs. Overall, what type of development activities are included in these programs? Choose one program and descri....
Good and Moral Leadership in Reference to Australian PrimeMinsiters
Raymond Gaita condemns the Howard government but thinks It is obvious that politicians must sometimes lie and be in other ways deliberately untruthful, denying people the truth and sometimes deliberately leading them into error (2004:22). Like Walzer (1992) and Machiavelli, he thinks politicians....
Herb Kellehers Leadership Style and Effectiveness
Herb Kellehers leadership style and effectiveness:
In 1966, Texas businessman, Rollin King, had an idea for an airline - a new kind of airline - one which could fly passengers cheaply and quickly across short distances. At the time, it was considered an outlandish idea. But King approached th....
Impact of Physical Apperance on Peoples Perceptions of Leadership Capabilities
Does physical appearance affect people's perception of leadership capabilities? We make judgments on other people all the time either subconsciously or purposely but where does our initial judgment or first opinion come from? We would all hope that we would be judged on our education, experience, s....
Leadership
To me, I think that this message is telling us as people that what we do will reflect on others. We should not think that we are any better than one another, so therefore we should treat our peers as though we are on the same level so they will realize that everyone is equally treated. It states t....
Leadership
Leadership
ORGANIZATION Organization is the process of arranging material and personnel by functions to attain the objective of the command. Organization establishes the working relationships among command personnel and establishes the ....
Leadership
Research Paper
On
Leadership
I want to focus this research paper on the aspect of leadership.
Leadership, what does this term actually mean? To me leadership means, to be loyal, be able to take over responsibility, be fair and have certain skills that make you stand out.
Everyone has probab....
leadership
Leadership and motivation techniques differ from person to person. For this reason, effective managers must self assess and recognize their leadership style, and recognize how their leadership techniques affect their team. Leadership is influenced by many factors. A good leader must find it impera....
Leadership
Daft defines management as a distinct function, responsible for directing and coordinating other parts of the organization. In my opinion the most critical issue currently facing management within the military organization is the ineffectiveness of leadership. I believe that without effective leader....
Leadership analysis of Remember the Titans
An Analysis of Remember the Titans
LED 601-Theories, Practices, and Ethics of Leadership
Even for the most Gifted Individuals, the process of becoming a leader is an arduous, though rewarding journey of continuous learning and self-development. The characters in Remember ....
Leadership and Achievement
Leadership and its Impact on Achievement
E7033: Managing Change
Argosy University
October 23, 2004
Abstract
Regarding the area of managing change, the writer reflects on a change situation that is currently underway in her workplace. The purpose of....
Leadership and Change Management
Summary of Key Concepts
The Intersect Investments simulation is not unfamiliar territory to big business there have been many organizations that have gone through or are going through a similar reorganization structure and culture. The CEO, Frank Jeffers, has made it clear to his team what the visi....
Leadership and Change Management Research
Leadership Research
In todays business world reports abound regarding failing businesses and poor management practices. The big three automakers, Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford are on the brink of bankruptcy and looking to the government for help to keep them afloat. Sears and K-Mart lose mil....
Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts
Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts
Keith Todd
University of Phoenix Online
MBA520
December 18, 2006
Instructor: Joe Ferrado
The purpose of this paper is to assess CrysTelss current situation, provide methods and theories concerning, change, lead....
Leadership and Organizational Changes
Leadership and Organizational Changes
December 18, 2006
MBA/520 Transformational Leadership
Introduction
CrysTel is taking the necessary steps necessary in the advancement of its organization by adding new technological products to its company. In order f....
leadership concept - Gene One
Gene One entered the biotech industry with gene technology to eradicate disease in
tomatoes and potatoes. As a result no pesticides were used to grow these plants and
consumers received homegrown natural products. This situation helped Gene One to
grow into a $400 million company in a pe....
Leadership Concepts
Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts Worksheet
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario or Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading
Employee Recognition
Intersect Investment Services (IIS) has done a lot for their senior leadership team. They have promoted Annie....
Leadership Concepts Worksheet
Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario or Simulation Reference to Concept in Reading
Stages of Team Development There are 5 stages of team development, forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. The leadership team has been working with each other for a long time and has had tim....
Leadership Essay: Great Sport
In a world of critical decision making, many organizations find it challenging to find a happy medium between the team, senior, and executive managers.
Great Sport is a fast growing company looking to introduce new prototype equipment that will enhance the company vision of being a leader in sp....
Leadership in Apollo 13
The flight of Apollo 13 was going to be a "routine". But no one knew the disaster that was going to take place. This disaster would show the leadership of the brave man on the crew and down in mission control.
After the explosion things get loud people start to panic and a leader emerges. G....
Leadership in remember the titans
Good morning. Today I am going to talk to you about leadership in the film Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin. First of all, how many of you have seen this film? Well, Im just going to briefly explain the basic outline of the film to you all. In 1971, racial integration was just reachi....
Leadership in Teaching
Running head: Leadership Styles Research
DECLARATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE
When researching this different types of leadership styles, the declarative style that I chose as my style allows the leader; to guide, and mentor not just to lead. The material was not as forthcoming as other leadership st....
Leadership in the 21st Century
In the Webster dictionary leadership is defined as the office or position of a leader or the capacity to lead. (Websters Dictionary) Leadership as we have found out cannot be easily defined. Throughout the semester we focused on defining leadership and giving our perceptions and ideas on leadershi....
Leadership in the Business World
Leadership is a topic often discussed in the business world due to corporate scandals, companies rising in stature, and what is the "newest" trend, as well which stores are successful and which not in catering to that trend. In terms of the corporate world, leadership is one of the major ....
Leadership Research
Leadership Research
The Good Sport Corporation is like just about any other company that can be found when it comes to leadership. Good Sport is filled with many leadership challenges. Generic research can be the source of solutions for Good Sport. In this Leadership Research paper, Team C will se....
Leadership Research
Good Sport experienced success in the last few years, but is on the verge of considerable change as they move forward with the latest design and manufacturing trends in the fitness equipment industry (University of Phoenix, 2008). This paper explores the challenges the leadership/management team o....
LEADERSHIP RESEARCH BENCHMARKING
Running head: LEADERSHIP RESEARCH BENCHMARKING
Leadership Research Benchmarking
University of Phoenix
Table of Contents
Page
Introduction 4
Individual Company Synopses 4
Adelphia 4
Adnexus Therapeutics 5
Blackstone Group 6
Boeing 7
E....
Leadership role in organisations from Modernist and Postmodernist perspectives
Abstract
In this essay the author is looking at the key issues of leadership, and the leadership role in the well known company Ryanair - the biggest low cost air company in Europe. These paper exams the role of the leadership in organisation, looking from modernist and postmodernist pe....
Leadership Strategies - 12 o'clock high Movie report
Introduction
Set in Archbury Airfield, England, during World War II, Twelve OClock High is full of engaging individuals whose character development reveal insights into the different approaches to leadership and their resultant effectiveness. The movie centralizes on the American 918th Bomb....
Leadership that gets results
LEADERSHIP THAT GETS RESULTS
Daniel Goleman
Article A60471886, Harvard Business Review, March 2000
A. Focus of the Article:
Indeed leadership has been a much spoken about in various fields pertaining to various contexts. And despite a lot of literature being available on it, leadership still d....
Leadership Trait Theory
The Trait Theory focuses exclusively on the leader and reveals that some personality traits may lead people naturally into leadership roles. Early researchers have focused on trying to identify the traits that differentiated leaders from non-leaders. They focused on "what" an effective leader is,....
Leadership Vs Mangement
Leadership and management are two seperate concepts. people has a tendency to view tem as the same.Leadersare followed amd managersgive rules.A leader has a strtegy for change and a manager maintains the stratus quo. Leaders creates work teams and mangers fill the postions.A leader motivate and....
Leadership vs. Management
The Difference Between Leadership and Management
I. Introduction
There is certainly a difference between management and leadership, although the two concepts often are found together. Usually, leadership is aligned with personality and vision and it differs from mere manageme....
Leadership worksheet for Gene One
Contents of organizational culture
The leadership team of Gene One is focused on beliefs, values, and assumptions of organizational culture. These contents of organizational culture help Gene One to become a $400 million company in eight years. A strong passionate and energetic leadership t....
leading change
Running head: LEADING CHANGE: GOOD SPORT
Leading Change: Good Sport
University of Phoenix
Leading Change: Good Sport
Introduction
Organizations have different structures, generally determined by their strategies, and that these structures have a bearing on employee attit....
Leading Change at Good Sport (the company)
Leading Change
Introduction:
Good Sport is a company that manufactures fitness equipment such as treadmills, exercise bikes, stair steppers, and rowing machines. The company is based in Coral Springs Florida and mainly sells equipment to hospitals located in Flo....
Life of Chinua Achebe
Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe's satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the....
Management and Leadership
MANAGEMENT AND LEADESHIP
Management and Leadership
Dawn Singleton
MGT/330 Management: Theory, Practice, and Application
Roxanne Cox
October 3, 2005
Abstract
This paper discusses the differentiation between management and leadership and examines the rol....
Management and Leadership at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart - Management and Leadership Paper
The Wal-Mart Corporation, spanning 13 countries and 7,390 locations is the largest retail company in the world. One of the main reasons for this is the effective use of corporate culture to promote a healthy organizational environment. Wal-Mart's cul....
Management and Leadership Ethics
Management and Leadership Paper
Jerrell Clayton
MGT/330
Management: Theory, Practice, and Application
Kathryn Hayman
July 6, 2005
Management and Leadership Paper
According to the modern perception, managers are principally administratorsthey write business plans, set budgets and mon....
Management and Leadership Paper
While many treat the words manager and leader as synonyms, they are actually quite different. It is important for any manager to understand that one can be a manager without leading effectively. An individual can also be a leader without being a manager.
This paper will discuss the roles and re....
Management vs Leadership
Management Vs. Leadership
Felicia Danielle Johnson
University of Phoenix
MGT330
Bill Schraer, MOT
August 7, 2006
Management Vs. Leadership
I have heard the cliché passed around you lead people and manage things. I am not sure who came up....
Management vs. Leadership
There is a challenge in the business world today and it lies on two notions of management and leadership. Management is defined as a process of getting activities completed effectively and efficiently with and through other people (Sharma, 1995). There are many definition for leader or leadership ....
Organizational Behavior & Leadership
Contents of the paper:
1. Introduction of the organization X and its LeaderV -------------3
2. Analyze of the leader effectiveness ----------------------------------------4
3. Reason for change-----------------------------------------------------------------5
4. Recommendatio....
Organizational Health
In this article I will discuss this individual via scenarios that show the astounding effect this persons poor leadership had on his superiors, peers, and subordinates. These scenarios will be discussed in segments as per Siddharthas Four Noble Truths as adjusted to conform to post-modern life ....
Remember The Titans - On Leadership
Coach Boone is a great example of a leader. He knows he faces a tough year of teaching his hated team. But, instead of listening to the hating town or administrators, Boone pushes his team to their limits and forces good relationships between players, regardless of race. His vision for the team invo....
role of trust in leadership
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This research topic will be talking about the role of trust in leadership. And how trust plays an important role in various organisational behaviours like; motivation communication team building and empowerment, and why is it important for a leader to build trust and credi....
Self Reflection Report to Improve Leadership Skills
Self-Reflection Essay
What better way exists to examine key concepts of organizational behaviour than to reflect on one's own experiences and beliefs as they apply to workplace successes and failures? In this report, I intend to review a variety of theories relative to organizational behaviour b....
servant oriented leadership
Servant Oriented Leadership
During my second sea year I feel as if I have grown a great deal as a person and a midshipman. Not only did I experience so much while at sea, but I learned a lot life as well. The sea year was not only a time for me to learn my trade as a merchant seaman, but it wa....
Teamwork and Leadership
Teamwork and Leadership
Issues in flight operations and crew resource management
Abstract
The aim of this review was to pursue the need for teamwork and leadership in flight operations. Then look at how this can be applied through the use of Crew Res....
The Leadership Contest: Trotsky vs. Stalin
1) Explain Trotskys contribution to the success of the Bolsheviks up to 1922.
In October 1917 Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks wanted to start the new revolution to overthrow the Provisional Government. Leon Trotsky strongly advised him to wait. Then, during the night of the 6th of November,....
transformational Leadership
In which way could adhocracy culture be beneficial to transformational leadership?
Keywords: culture, transformational leadership.
Group members:
Bock, Claudia
Bouwman, Evelien
Chevalier, Laure
Pille, Christophe
Terpstra, Pieter
Culture is the way of life of a group that is express....
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP at Good Sports Inc.
Running head: LEADING CHANGE
Leading Change: Good Sport
Bradley S. March
University of Phoenix
Introduction
A shrewd, second century Chinese writer, Sun Tzu observed in his book that it was important to understand the motivation of neighboring rulers before entering into....
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