Values of Effective Leader
Exploration Paper
Topic: Values
Structure of assignment:
1. Introduction
2. Research
3. Results of research
4. My view on values in terms of management
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
Paying attention to our values helps us to:
❖ become self-aware ❖ make ethical decisions ❖ prioritize our tasks ❖ develop credibility as a leader
Reasons why values are important to managers:
1) Understanding one's own core values is essential to becoming self-aware. And self-awareness helps us to understand how people perceive us; also it allows us to identify the personal qualities that we would like to change. Values influence our choices, but our choices also influence our values with time. If we don’t pay enough attention to examining the correspondence between our actions with our values, our actions may be guided by immediate concerns and instant gratification rather than our values. Process of changes in values takes a lot of time, but usually it begins with changes in behavior. Over time, we start to take for granted the choices that we repeatedly make even if they are initially inappropriate with our values, and our values begin to float as well. Clarification and requalification of our personal values can stop that float.
2) People who internalize and act on standards of justice and human rights achieve a high level of moral development, and they make ethical decisions. During our lifetimes, we pass through different stages of moral development. Small children, at the preconventional level of moral development, make choices on the basis of the immediate consequences of their decisions. People who have not developed further than the preconventional level of moral development, only choose an ethical alternative if it's in their immediate personal interests. People who step forward to the conventional level of moral development make decisions on the basis of the formal rules and
Topic: Values
Structure of assignment:
1. Introduction
2. Research
3. Results of research
4. My view on values in terms of management
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
Paying attention to our values helps us to:
❖ become self-aware ❖ make ethical decisions ❖ prioritize our tasks ❖ develop credibility as a leader
Reasons why values are important to managers:
1) Understanding one's own core values is essential to becoming self-aware. And self-awareness helps us to understand how people perceive us; also it allows us to identify the personal qualities that we would like to change. Values influence our choices, but our choices also influence our values with time. If we don’t pay enough attention to examining the correspondence between our actions with our values, our actions may be guided by immediate concerns and instant gratification rather than our values. Process of changes in values takes a lot of time, but usually it begins with changes in behavior. Over time, we start to take for granted the choices that we repeatedly make even if they are initially inappropriate with our values, and our values begin to float as well. Clarification and requalification of our personal values can stop that float.
2) People who internalize and act on standards of justice and human rights achieve a high level of moral development, and they make ethical decisions. During our lifetimes, we pass through different stages of moral development. Small children, at the preconventional level of moral development, make choices on the basis of the immediate consequences of their decisions. People who have not developed further than the preconventional level of moral development, only choose an ethical alternative if it's in their immediate personal interests. People who step forward to the conventional level of moral development make decisions on the basis of the formal rules and
References: 1. http://community.livejournal.com/marketing_club/14212.html 2. http://www.cfin.ru/management/practice/man_today/lichn.shtml 3. http://www.summittraining.co.uk/news-detail.asp?fldNewsArticles_ID=126 4. http://www.ipsihologia.com/?p=206 5. http://quality.eup.ru/MATERIALY7/ckk.html ----------------------- [1] A Likert scale is a psychometric scale commonly used in questionnaires, and is the most widely used scale in survey research. When responding to a Likert questionnaire item, respondents specify their level of agreement to a statement. (www.wikipedia.org)