who is accomplished‚ of good character‚ and a patron for the arts—an overall outstanding individual. Bill Gates is one of the few‚ his charitable acts bring out his good character‚ his intelligence exceeds the extraordinary‚ and his passion for art designate Gates as the modern day Renaissance person. Mr. Gates puts billions of his fortune toward enriching the lives of others. This aspect of Gates demonstrates his good character‚ a quality of a Renaissance person. “Let the man we are seeking be.
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Routinely remaining on top‚ Bill Gates’s garage startup Microsoft didn’t only come to dominate the PC market‚ but also packed an unmatched amount of software inside. Due to his forward thinking ingenuity‚ brilliant business strategies and proposals that paved the way for future tech‚ and his growing humanitarian efforts‚ Bill Gates should be included in Atlantic Monthly’s Top 100 Most Influential Americans List. Consistently running into trouble at a young age‚ Bills exceptional knowledge of computers
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Executive Summary Leadership is not a position but rather a process which involves the leader‚ the followers and the situation. Great leaders lead with the best interests of their employees in mind. A leader must lead according to the needs of the organization. The leader must not only be successful as a leader‚ but also bring success to the organization and its employees. This paper seeks to compare and contrast the leadership styles of two successful entrepreneurs. The paper consists of
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traits and uses it as an accepted guide to classify personalities. Both Bill and Melinda Gates possessed various aspects of each category listed within the realm of the Big Five. Bill was able to dominate the PC world because he possessed characteristics from the Big Five. He has a strong need for surgency‚ which includes dominance‚ extraversion and high energy with determination (Lussier & Achua‚ pg. 37). From early on it appears Bills’ desire was not only dominate his field but be a leader. It is stated
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Chapter 2 Case Study: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gates’ personality traits are for each of the Big Five Dimensions? Compare the two. Answer: Traits are distinguishing features‚ or characteristics or properties of an individual. The chapter discusses the Big Five Model of Personality traits and uses it as an accepted guide to classify personalities. Both Bill and Melinda Gates possessed various aspects of each category listed within the realm
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William H. Gates (1955- ) may be the greatest philanthropist of our time‚ if the sheer sum of wealth donated to philanthropic causes is the measure. By 2002‚ Gates had given sixty percent of his wealth to charity and contends that‚ over his lifetime‚ the total will be ninety-five percent. He is viewed as the twenty-first century’s Rockefeller or Carnegie. He earned his wealth as co-founder (with friend Paul Allen) and chief executive officer of Microsoft (a major software company and one of the largest
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STARBUCKS COFFEE CORPORATION SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STRATEGY JJT2 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TASK 1 Unknown Introduction Starbucks Coffee Corporation is a world renowned Fortune 500 company headquarter in Seattle‚ Washington USA. It was founded in 1971 with the sole mission to bring the unique Italian coffee experience to the masses. Its CEO Howard Shultz has successfully created a company brand where customers identify its coffee to a distinctive and premium experience. Starbucks Coffee
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is paid more attention depends on the key global actors‚ for instance the nation states‚ donors and global institutions. For example‚ the Gates Foundation‚ a philanthropic organization‚ aims mainly at developing and delivering vaccines‚
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References: Andrzej‚ Huczynski A.‚ and Buchanan A. David. Organizational Behaviour. 6th. Harlow‚ Essex: Pearson Education Limited‚ 2007. Aswathappa‚ K. Organisational Behaviour. Mumbai: Global Media‚ 2009. Bill Gates. The Biography Channel. n.d. http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520 (accessed March 7‚ 2013). Carpenter‚ et al. Flat World Knowledge. March 2009. http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/NC/B0/B58/085MB58.html (accessed March 9‚ 2013). David‚ Weidner. Successful CEOs Don ’t Have
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Anshuman Bakshi Mr. Smith Honors Sophomore English‚ 4 February 6‚ 2013 Homeless and Hopeless Why do we work so hard? Why do we go through school and college just to get stuck at work all day? The answer is poverty. Poverty is the fear and scourge of all—the hidden evil that forces us to embrace our inner motivation. Unfortunately for the destiny of humanity‚ the majority of people selfishly work only for themselves‚ but throughout history there have always existed the unique and selfless people
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