LSI GM591 Leadership and Organization Behavior September 9‚ 2011 According to my LSI‚ my Primary personal thinking style is avoidance at 80% and my back-up personal thinking style is affiliative at 75%. I agree with my primary personal thinking style‚ avoidance and my back-up personal thinking style‚ affiliative. With the avoidance style‚ I can live life more positively and I can confront the people that cause my distress. With the affiliative style‚ I can acquire stronger
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The senior capstone project was an eye-opening experience for me. I have been through some ups and downs as I was working on my project. The last couple of months has been an exceptional experience for me as it taught me some real-life lessons that I could use in my future. I have working on to develop a business plan for myself that I could turn into reality in near future. For my project‚ I was shadowing a local business owner. He taught me how to provide the ideal customer service‚ all the requirements
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Winning Personality Abstract Determining your leadership style and successfully implementing that style is important to organizational success as well as your personal success. My leadership style has the attributes of a transformational leadership style. My own individual personality traits and beliefs along with the organizational culture have cultivated this style. Through my leadership style and skills‚ I have found strategies that are useful in influencing my employees. As a result‚ I have
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2.2 Create a leadership strategy that supports organizational direction Organizations need leadership strategies in order to create confidence for employees and other stakeholders that there is a clear direction in which the organization aims to head. Understanding leadership culture is the first stage to creating an effective leadership strategy; the next step is to assess the relationship between staff and their leaders and bring emotional intelligence into play‚ this will become a necessity for
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In my opinion‚ the best description of the meaning of the cardinal Confucian virtue of Goodness is stated on page number 3‚ in book one. Under section 1.2 where the Master states “A young person who is filial and respectful of his elders rarely becomes the kind of person who is inclined to defy his superiors‚ and there has never been a case of one who is disinclined to defy his superiors stirring up rebellion. The gentleman applies himself to the roots. ‘Once the roots are firmly established‚ the
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Abstract This paper presents a relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance. Through some findings‚ it has been concluded that transformational leadership has positive relationship with the overall performance of organization which could be measured in terms of effectiveness‚ efficiency‚ relevance and profitability of the organization. There are‚ basically‚ four components of a transformational leadership: idealized influence‚ inspirational motivation‚ intellectual stimulation
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Examining the Failure of Arthur Andersen Hester Rall LDR 531 November‚ 28 2011 Tom Melpolder Examining the Failure of Arthur Andersen Introduction Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study of an organizations individuals‚ groups and structures and its impact on workplace behavior (Yukl‚ 2010). In reviewing the failure of the storied Arthur Andersen (AA) accounting firm we see the influence of individuals’ decisions‚ particularly that of its leaders‚ but also the lack of individual accountability
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My wife and I have developed a marketing plan for the opening of a new antique store in our neighborhood. There are three reasons we believe this will be a profitable opportunity. First‚ we both love antiques‚ and have learned a great deal about authenticating‚ pricing and conserving the value of these pieces. Next‚ we have business experience from our venture in consulting work. And thirdly‚ one of the major antique stores in our area has ceased operations. Develop a marketing plan for business
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Financial Analysis: To make a proper financial analysis of a specific company‚ you must compare 2 years of financial data‚ with a good competitor in the same industry. For instance when doing research on the PepsiCo. Inc. company‚ research must also be done with its well-known competition‚ Coca-Cola. The examples provided in this paper will show that Coca-Cola as it turns out is better speculation option. All financial data is from Appendices A & B of McGraw Hill Financial Accounting textbook used
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CASE STUDY 1: The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital [10 MARKS OUT OF 100 MARKS TOTAL] Semester 1‚ 2013 Background: The term capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity and debt. Each form has its own benefits and drawbacks and firm managers attempt to find the perfect capital structure in terms of risk / reward payoff for shareholders. See these podcasts:
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