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Wren, Thomas J. (1995): The Leaders Companion: Insights on Leadership Throughout the Ages. New York: The Free Press.
Valenta, Jiri, and William C. Potter. (1984): Soviet Decision Making for National Security. London: George Allen &am Continue Reading...
Leadership
Leaders and managers, while seeming the same, are not synonymous. In general, managers conduct and organize affairs, projects, or people -- the tactical side. Leaders have followers, not subordinates -- they inspire, motivate and set the Continue Reading...
According to Murphy, such checklists provides teams with greater focus, a better ability to function as a team, and ultimately a smaller margin for error. The article makes good use of credible sources to bring across the point that checklists are i Continue Reading...
People and services are not easily moved among the various countries. Although securing work and permits in the United States for Mexican and Canadian immigrants, NAFTA has also caused considerable concern in terms of legislation.
This is particula Continue Reading...
Rather, the organizations or the future will have to create mutual dependencies and new organizations structures that enable networks of management and "virtual" or "boundary less" organizational structures that facilitate organizational effectiven Continue Reading...
Global concerns: Russia, missile shields and cyberterrorism
Thus domestic concerns such as internal instability and even energy scarcity have global repercussions that affect NATO nations. That is why, despite the end of the Cold War, tensions bet Continue Reading...
Yet another factor caused by globalization and generating mutations in the traits required from a manager is that of an intensifying competition. In order to respond to this threat, the contemporaneous leader has to meet the following criteria:
He Continue Reading...
Global Human Resource Management
McDonald's Company, responding to the growing need to train its employees and managers to provide excellent customer service to its 18, 380 branches worldwide, has established the Hamburger University. The Hamburger Continue Reading...
Conclusion:
The resolution of this policy counsel meeting is the endorsement of a refinement of Australia's terror policy with respect both to the preservation of constitutional rights and in terms of approach its relationship to the United States Continue Reading...
other intangible assets such as patents and management strength. Finally, those future earnings are discounted to arrive at a net present value. Interbrand discounts against current interest rates and also against the brand's overall risk profile to Continue Reading...
Leadership Through History
Frederick Taylor is generally considered the first pioneer in the field of management that used a scientific approach. Later individuals would expand on theis system, such as Henri Fayol, who added the theory of administra Continue Reading...
The intervention in Iraq can be said to have had a humanitarian purpose; nonetheless, the U.S. then remained in the region to reconstruct the society and the country as a whole. This in turn brought up important financial gains as well as business o Continue Reading...
This attribute of ownership and passion makes everyone associated with the project realize that "the buck stops here" as it relates to each project. There is an element of transparency as well in having strong ownership and passion for projects that Continue Reading...
All the research completed on how to attain lasting, permanent change in any organization is predicated on first concentrating on how to share ownership of the change, no matter how large or small, with those associates most affected by it. Second, Continue Reading...
Hambrick, D. et al. (1998). When Groups Consist of Multiple Nationalities: Towards a New Understanding of the Implications. Organization Studies 19(2): 181-205.
The researchers examined the ways in which international companies are increasingly co Continue Reading...
Leadership
[Institution's State]
Blog 1: Theories and Models of Leadership and Management
An organization is a collection of multidimensional components and there are complex equations between all of these components. It encompasses various indivi Continue Reading...
The Toronto Stock Exchange has long attracted issuers in the mining industry because the level of investor knowledge of this sector has traditionally been higher in Canada. Thus, the TSX has a competitive advantage in attracting new mining issues si Continue Reading...
Leadership Challenges in the Modern Workplace
Leadership challenges in the modern day workplace
The working environment has existed at least since the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Back in those times however, the working environment was stri Continue Reading...
Leadership in an Organization / Leadership: A Necessity for Success
Leadership Styles
Supervision and Motivation
In the current global competitive environment, leadership plays a key role for the survival of businesses. As Peter Drucker popularly Continue Reading...
Moreover, the company takes a strict and innovative approach to procurement. Each link in the supply chain must guarantee the best quality at the lowest price. Bombardier systematically applies the Six Sigma quality program to all of its manufacturi Continue Reading...
You need a stable foothold and insight into the dynamics of the marketplace from which to be able to peer effectively into the future.... Marketing research can provide real value by helping to provide the radar that will alert the enterprise to per Continue Reading...
Global Warming
How global warming induced natural resource shortages will cause violent conflict in the Middle East
Background on Climate Change
Political Responses
Implications for the Middle East
Global warming, or climate change, is no longer Continue Reading...
" It caused missionaries to deal with peoples of other cultures and even Christian traditions -- including the Orthodox -- as inferior. God's mission was understood to have depended upon human efforts, and this is why we came to hold unrealistic univ Continue Reading...
Leadership & Management, Health Care
Leadership & Management in Health Care
President Clinton's Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, used to tell a story about her mother, who was 86 at the time but still a full-time attor Continue Reading...
Global Economy
Key Player & Background
As the spokesperson for an interest group representing an economic think tank, I am issuing this policy statement to detail the implications for the U.S. economy of a sovereign default in the Eurozone. As Continue Reading...
The problem with this strategy was that it determined higher indirect costs that the company did not take into consideration when making this decision.
c) General Motors is one of the most successful U.S. companies. But GM was forced to modify its Continue Reading...
Leadership and Culture: Successful Change Management
The Benefits of Secondary Education to an Organization
Secondary education enables the employees to utilize the theoretical knowledge they gained in the work environment. In addition to expanding Continue Reading...
Where, many can be able to acquire and construct such materials that can be purchased on the black market. As a result, this increases the odds that these types of weapons will be used in the future, to create a super terrorist attack. This is signi Continue Reading...
One author notes, "Leaders must champion the processes of quality throughout the organization, benchmarking successful organizations, incorporating innovations in quality, and setting standards and measurements in every department" (Haughey, 2003). Continue Reading...
There are also some words that are used, which do not translate into English such as privacy. This is because the cultural traditions of Russia do not understand such concepts, which makes translating certain ideas more challenging. (Richmond, 2009, Continue Reading...
Global Strategic Management
Strengths
Siemens has a number of key strengths that have allowed them to become one of the largest industrial conglomerates in the world. The first key strength is their focus on innovation. Siemens has always been driv Continue Reading...
Leadership
The author of this report has been asked to answer four major questions when it comes to business, leadership and the skill sets required to excel in both. The first question will center on the role of Chief Executive Office. The role its Continue Reading...
Leadership Reflection
The author of this report has been ask to offer some reflection on leadership in light of what has been discussed, learned and pondered during the author of this report's current master program studies. Indeed, leadership is a Continue Reading...
This internal reflection may reveal a problematic absence of ethical orientation, a core lack of accountability, a flawed set of procedures or a misapprehension of the company's best competitive advantages. Naturally, the scale and scope of the comp Continue Reading...
Conclusion
Standing at the pivotal point of a changing world economy offers companies and business organizations new opportunities, but they must heed the lessons learned thus far, and make wise and pragmatic business decisions. These business cho Continue Reading...
When individuals feel honored and respected, they are more likely to take pride in their work and be as productive as possible.
Communication benefits leaders and their organizations by cutting costs. Miscommunication is at the root of interpersona Continue Reading...
This paper helped in identifying the differences and similarities between the two nations and their cultures. The paper also presented the fact that theories and studies hold true for all the business environments.
Gratchev, M., Rogovsky, N., & Continue Reading...