Anna Pankrashova 1101586
Alexandra Sharenkova 1001741
Denis Pantukhin 1100579
Elizaveta Kozunova 100976
Nadezhda Ivanova 1001740
Pavel Zhuravlev 1101587
Management & Leadership SUAS 2012
During spring time we have been discussing a lot of issues about managing, management, being a good manager, leader and so on. Management&Leadership course in our opinion was very useful one, because it forced us to think about different related topics.
This final assignment we decided to make out in interview format, giving our opinions, asking our friends', family members' opinions, so that different aspects of topic «How to be an effective leader?» were covered. Using of this format is the best way to show the knowlege we gained and points of view we formed during the course.
Alexandra, 20, IB student from Russia:
World history teaches people a lot, and is being a rich source of good examples and cruicial mistakes. History shows us a lot of different instances of successful leaders and less successful ones. Let's take a look at Germany, 1930-40s. Seemed like country was united by strong leader, whose doctrine was accepted by the most of germans as the ruight one, and people were ready to fight for this doctrine. Hitler was extremely successful amongst all over the country and was seen as ultimate leader. He was expected to impvove things. But with this case we can see, how strong leader with wrong ideas, beliefs and strategies may cause a huge harm and destroy everything, he is responsible for. This example might seem a bit shocking, but it is still relevant. An effective leader should clearly see, what his company needs, how and by what means to improve existing situation, and predict possible outcomes of his actions.
Not to go far from history, I always recall my history teacher as one of the best leaders I've ever met. She was pretty strict when it came to homeworks, tests and