Disruptive and sustaining technologies – the difference Disruptive technologies are technological innovations which‚ as their name suggests‚ disrupt the status quo. They may displace existing technology‚ or introduce an entirely novel concept to society. The digital camera and the telephone are two examples of disruptive technologies. Developing and marketing such technologies requires skill and some financial backings‚ as consumers may initially be wary of such technologies before adopting them
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I believe in transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is a style of leadership where a leader works with subordinates to identify needed change‚ creates a vision of what that change end result should be‚ and executes those changes with the combined help of his subordinates through inspiration and charisma. I find that it is far easier to tell a soldier to “do as I do” than to try and explain how to become successful in the military. I have continuously molded and changed my leadership
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Gates of Fire By: Steven Pressfield Subject Person- Spartan Warriors Place- Greece 480 B.C. Event- Battle of Thermoplae. Concept- Xeones recounts his life leading up to the battle. Object- Greek city-states consisting of 300 Spartan Warriors‚ 400 Thebans‚ 700 Thespian Volunteers And around 900 Helots Fought The Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Reason For Choosing Book Prior to reading this novel I had some knowledge of the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched the movie 300last year
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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald Article: Remote transformational leadership E. Kevin Kelloway‚ Julian Barling‚ Elizabeth Kelley‚ Julie Comtois‚ Bernadette Gatien Article information: To cite this document: E. Kevin Kelloway‚ Julian Barling‚ Elizabeth Kelley‚ Julie Comtois‚ Bernadette Gatien‚ (2003)‚"Remote transformational leadership"‚ Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ Vol. 24 Iss: 3 pp. 163 - 171 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437730310469589
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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PAPER: Journal Article | Arnold‚ K.A. and Loughlin‚ C. (2010) Individually considerate transformational leadership behavior and self sacrifice. Leadership & Organization Development Journal‚ 31(8) pp.670-686 | UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PAPER AIM/PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER | The aim/purpose of this paper is:a) To investigate how and to which extent leaders engage in individually considerate transformational leadership behavior with focus on the developmental‚ supportive and self sacrificial aspects
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Question 1 Transformational leadership: Transformational leadership is a leadership that creates positive change in the followers‚ they take care of each other’s interests and work in the group as a whole. James MacGregor was first who brought the concept of transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is used for creating high-performance workforce which is very important. Transformational Leadership starts with the development of a vision‚ a view of the future that will excite
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leadership of women tend to have more relationships oriented rather than task relationship and vice versa. (Eagly‚ Alice H & Johnson‚ Blair T. 1990). Recently‚ the transformational and transactional leadership construct became a popular subjects in leadership studies. (Jane M. Howell & Bruce J. Avolio 1992). Generally‚ transformational form of leadership is held to be an outstanding type of leadership be based on transactional leadership but not vice versa. Transactional leadership develops the positive
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have defined how a soldier should act in modern day. From Greek mythology’s Hercules to Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Middle East‚ men have been given prime examples of strength‚ heart‚ and a passion for defending their country. In the novel‚ Gates of Fire‚ author Steven Pressfield shows an unseen viewpoint of the Battle of Thermopylae. In this novel we see the Spartan army‚ unlike any other of its time‚ leading a prime example in strength in individual characters‚ heavy training and passion
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