Assignment Topic: Leadership
Abstract
With the advent of networking, collectivization and team working, leadership has become a widely discussed topic in the world at the present time. No matter in the field of politics or economy, enterprises or small business, or south or north, leadership has already been accepted as a core quality, individually and generally. This essay is expected to analyze the qualities of good leadership, aims to identify and account for the most important qualities of good leadership, comparing different type of leaders and illustrating some successful examples.
Table of contents
|Sr. No. |Particulars |Page No. |
|1 |Introduction |5 |
|2 |Discussion |6 |
|2 a. |Samuel Moore Walton |6 |
|2b. |Bill Gates |9 |
|3 |Comparison of Sam Walton & Bill Gates |11 |
|4 |Conclusion |13 |
|5 |References |15 |
1. Introduction Leadership, it is the breath that animates all legal systems and all achievements of a business
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