LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ASSIGNMENT 1‚ BRIEFING SHEET‚ JANUARY 2013 JEFFREY P.BEZOS : AN ENTREPRENEUR LEADER Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico and from an early age he showed his mechanical attitude developing intense and varied scientific interests. This is why his parents send him in a special program for gifted children where Jeff could nature his love about gadgets (Byers‚ 2006‚). When his family moved to Florida‚ he discovered his ’great passion’‚ computers so
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Leadership Styles Case Study The type of leadership practiced at the NCF was‚ transactional leadership. “In Transactional leaders are focused on creating a bargain for individual interests who eventually go their separate ways‚ rather than the mutual effort of people who are interested in collective interests and have a common purpose” (Manning‚ 2003‚ p. 50). The leader at the NCF engages the employees to comply with the values regarding dual relationship by bargaining with them using something
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their own unique style and strategy when leading. The leadership role requires an individual to have the skills needed to lead a group of people. These skills include the ability to identify a problem and being able to initiate steps that lead to a solution. A leader adopts a leadership style to influence the behavior of people around him. These leadership styles can be categorized based on people and situations. The behavioral approach is comprised with different several theories but power orientation
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Terri Kelly (W.L. Gore)‚ Ellen Kullman (DuPont)‚ or Bob McDonald (Procter & Gamble). Use the Internet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness of the selected CEO. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy‚ and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values. Evaluate how the values of
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This describes‚ in essence‚ the perspective of the Industrial Age/transactional-style of leader towards their subordinated. Though to be clear‚ there is a distinction to be made between the transactional-style‚ proper‚ and that style as it was in history‚ subject to the social‚ economic‚ technological contexts of the Industrial Era. The transactional leader “does not individualize the needs of subordinates or focus on their personal development. Transactional leaders exchange things of value with
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Upon completing the leadership style quiz‚ I determined that I retain a Transformational leadership style. In the context of Transformational leadership‚ my highest score occurred in individual consideration category‚ explained as "leaders who act as coaches and advisors to their team. Leaders with individual consideration encourage others to reach goals that help both them and the organization" ("Foundation of Nursing Leadership - What is your leadership style‚" n.d.). My results to this quiz did
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Steven Jobs Leadership Style Steven Jobs is a successful strategic leader and the co-founder of Apple Inc. Jobs spent six months at Reed College in Portland‚ OR before dropping out and spending 18 months dropping in on creative classes. In 1974 he took a job as a technician at Atari Inc.‚ then left to travel to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. The “Apple Computer Company” was then formed in 1976. He made great impacts on leading Apple Inc. to become one of the most successful companies
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My Personal Leadership Style Western Governors University My Personal Leadership Style I am a person that will utilize a systematic approach to fix an issue. I attempt to figure out the specific cause and find viable solutions to resolve it. I will diagram a plan of attack and set a predetermined objective to labor towards to eliminate the issue. I pursue and receive input from all affected by the issue and contemplate how my decisions will impact others. This type of leadership falls under
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Gates’ leadership style and management practice are legendary. He is known for detail which is quite logical for a computer programmer and astute businessman. Control is basic to Gates’ nature. This is apparent in his management practice. He is obsessed with detail and follow-through. As a CEO‚ he believed that his managers must be evaluated in terms of their personal influence. So‚ each manager was expected to act like his own little CEO in his own little right. Gates cannot be blamed for this
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Abstract When I think of bad or evil leadership‚ I think the power between leaders and followers are often locked in a complicated dance of sorts. Leadership today is a phenomenon‚ which implies that a leader‚ by nature‚ is someone wise and inspirational. However‚ it is better to understand that sometimes a leader is driven by darker forces‚ as well as their followers. Leadership can be painted in shades of gray‚ sometimes in black and bad leadership is as ubiquitous as it is insidious. This
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