Effective Leadership Approaches and End Results
Case study - 8 pages - Management
Many authors have already agreed that there is a direct connection between effective leadership and organizational success. Leadership has an effect on the organizational culture, common goals and views, efficiency, as well as process improvement. The ability to manage change and tackle...
My leadership plan
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In the world today strong leadership with moral or ethical values is much needed, especially in human service work. The increase of unemployment and poverty has many people turning to people in this field for a variety of needs; counselors for depression issues, social service agencies for food,...
Developing your leadership style through mentorship
Case study - 1 pages - Human resources
There is an old saying that leaders are made, not born. While some may disagree with this saying, I personally feel that nobody can truly be a “born leader” and that our individual leadership styles are developed over time, through trial and error. It is the manager's...
Do good leaders need to be intelligent ?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of...
Steve Jobs as a leader: US management and leadership
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
In the last century, we have seen major changes in the business world. Companies from all over the world have evolved from being small local companies to big international companies conducting activities all over the world. The modern business environment has evolved so much that management...
Test your leadership style
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
A good leader not only understands that communication is a very important aspect in the workplace, but also how to effectively communicate. Effective communication is the backbone to all successful business operations. “Lack of effective communication may lead to: misunderstandings,...
Leadership: Implementation and analysis
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Leadership, the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Often confused and associated with intimidation and insecurity, in my opinion, I am an individual who would like to be viewed as not a leader, but one who leads. When applying leadership to one's career, one is lead to...
Develop the skills of leadership and management
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Communication skills which are termed to be the most important require leaders to be strong communicators so that they can be able to influence their employees to achieve the organization's objectives and goals. Communication skills cover speaking skills where leaders are required...
Carlos Ghosn: Multicultural leader as CEO of Nissan and Renault
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
As we have seen in class “Cross-cultural management studies the behavior of people in organizations around the world and trains people to work in organizations with employee and client populations“. This case study is a perfect example of a good cross-cultural management. In this case...
Shotokan Karate and Leadership Characteristics: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Competencies
Case study - 15 pages - Human resources
Karate as a martial art consists of various components that make it attractive to all age groups and all ability levels: it is a group activity—providing socialization skills, it teaches self-defense skills as well as self-awareness skills, it provides an exciting outlet to competitive...
Code of Conduct: Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making
Case study - 2 pages - Criminal law
As a leader of an organization, there are many responsibilities that and leader must take on especially shaping the culture of ethics within the organization. Also as being a leader, operational management and responsibility play a bigger role in the organization when it come...
Wal-Mart leadership communication
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The concept of leadership is a continual shifting and embryonic process in this globalized society. There are many books that illustrate the characteristics and attributes of leadership and among those attributes communication takes a front seat. Effective communication is an element that is a...
The Tao of Leadership: An Analysis by Chrys Brobbey
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
“The Tao of Leadership” is composed of passages that relate to leadership in the Tao Te Ching, attributed to Lao-Tzu, who is believed to have lived in China sometime between 570 B.C. and 490 B.C. In his introduction, John Heider describes his book as one of China's best books of...
An Analysis of Be, Know, Do: Leadership the Army Way
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The Army's approach to leadership development is powerful - and is thereby widely applicable to civilians and other organizations such as NGOs. Three words can summarize the philosophy that lies behind the Army's leader development. Be, Know, Do are “the key characteristics of an Army...
Analysis of Obama's leadership abilities in relation to his policies and oratory skills
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Since his arrival to power in 2008, after his victory in the presidential election, the domestic and foreign policies of the President Barack Obama have been the focus of extensive analysis by numerous commentators. Having inherited economic instability and two wars from the previous government...
Case study: Leadership and management of Starbucks
Case study - 11 pages - Management
Starbucks' CEO, Orin Smith, and the Board of directors play a central role in the organizational context of the company since they can arbitrate between the internal and external constraints and thus decide what organizational structures and policies have to be implemented. Mission and goals:...
U.S Management & Leadership: Jack Welch's Leadership
Case study - 4 pages - Management
There are no doubts that Jack Welch, former Chief Executive Officer of General Electrics (GE), is internationally reputed for his extraordinary leadership style and business acumen within one of the most powerful American companies, more precisely, General Electrics. He definitely transformed GE...
Strategy of the Nutella brand and explanatory factors of its leadership
Case study - 13 pages - Services marketing
Nutella stands for fun and enjoyment for young and old, and has been so for over forty years. Distributed by the Ferrero Group, a Product Specialist of cocoa, the pot of Nutella has become indispensable and ubiquitous in family kitchens. However, the success of this spread is based on a secret:...
Sales strategies of the Dyson company: the leader in the electric household appliances
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
Founded in 1992, Dyson is currently the appliance brand that is most sold in England and America. Its headquarters is located in Malmesbury, in the United Kingdom. Since its origin, Dyson's goal has been to constantly improve the products of everyday life. Known for the longevity of its...
Chester Barnard: Theory of the leadership
Book review - 5 pages - Management
Introduction Chester Irving Barnard is an important author in the field of Management Science. Although his theories are not often used they are significant for this area. His theory of the organization is an innovative concept which integrates the functions of the management that lead to the...
Analysis of leadership styles
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
Leadership, without doubt, is one key element to a group's long-term success of achieving objectives in today's business, this paper aims to outline the literatures of leadership goals and engaging leadership style and discussing their relevance of organization context as well, followed by an...
Nokia: Fierce competition in the cell phone industry: Is it a risk for the leader?
Dissertation - 30 pages - Services marketing
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation. They focus on the key growth areas of wired and wireless telecommunications. Nokia is currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones, with a global device market share of 38,6% in 3Q 2007. We will focus...
Business strategy: How Dell Computer uses technology to gain competitive advantage and keep its leader position on the PC market ?
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
When Dell's CEO, Michael S. Dell and President, Kevin B. Rollins met in the fall of 2001, they were confident that the company was recovering from the global crash of personal computer (PC) sales. In fact, Dell is the master at selling PCs directly and bypassing middlemen and thus delivers PCs...
Canada as a global leader to lessen the gap between wealthy and poor nations
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
In 2006 there were malnourished people living in eighty countries around the globe. During this same period, as the world experiences its greatest wealth ever in history, 40 000 people, daily, die from hunger. With such a staggering disparity the world can no longer question if inequality...
The role of the leader in the performance of a firm
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
In recent times, organizations have had to adapt their activities and their management to the changing economic and technological environment. However they may not always be successful in doing so. The developments are a clear indication that the current economic crisis has claimed the heads of...
Strategies France must implement to stay a leader in the global wine market
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
Answers to a Questionnaire' is a short story which was written by James Graham Ballard, and published for the first time in the English literary magazine 'Ambit', in 1985. Ballard's style of writing is highly important to understand his works, he is a member of the 'New...
The weaknesses of Stalin's rivals contributed more to his rise as a dictator than did Stalin's own strengths as a leader - A comment.
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
Few dictators in modern World History have been as feared and rivaled as Josef Stalin (Iosif Dzhugashvili); being probably one of the most discrepant leaders in the 20th century, he served as the head of the Bolshevik party and Soviet government, Lenin's companion-in-arms and organizer of...
Transformational Change at British Petroleum : one goal two different leaders
Case study - 5 pages - Management
Before Robert Horton took over as CEO and Chairman of British Petroleum (BP) in 1990, the company's situation was difficult in terms of the lack of clearness of mission and strategic policy within the top 150 managers surveyed at the beginning of 1989. This survey revealed the managers feeling in...
The Falling Leader: An analysis of Sony's decline in the games console industry
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
The Sony Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate, focusing on sectors such as electronics, media, and entertainment. Their Playstation games consoles are produced by their Sony Computer Entertainment division. In 2005, Sony's position as the dominant player in the video games industry looked...
US Leadership and Management
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
Martin L.K. Was born in 1929 in Atlanta in United States of America and originally named « Michael King Junior ». His father was the Reverend Martin Luther King Senior. After traveling in Germany, his father change his name to Martin in honor of the German Protestant leader Martin Luther....
