Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on 18th July 1950‚ he is an English business man best known for the Virgin Group of more than 400 companies. Branson was born in Blackheath in London‚ he was the eldest son of a barrister.He attended Scaitcliffe School until the age of thirteen. He then attended Stowe School until the age of sixteen. Branson has dyslexia and had poor academic performance as a student. His first business venture when he was only 16 was a magazine called Student
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Assignment 4: Sir Richard Branson‚ Chairman‚ Virgin Group‚ Ltd. Case Study Mysherri Rhodes Instructor: Bess White Bus 520: Leadership and Organization February 25‚ 2012 Describe Branson’s leadership style in terms of the leadership models addressed in Chapters 10 and 11 and evaluate the likely effectiveness of that style in the U.S. today. Sir Richard Branson‚ founder and chairman of Virgin Group Ltd.‚ has created a multi-billion dollar enterprise‚ which includes: airlines‚ records
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Richard II‚ known as Richard of Bordeaux from his birthplace‚ was born on Jan. 6‚ 1367‚ the younger son of Edward‚ Prince of Wales (the Black Prince)‚ and Joan‚ daughter of Edmund‚ Earl of Kent. After his father’s death‚ Richard became the heir apparent‚ was created Prince of Wales in the later part of 1376‚ and on June 22‚ 1377‚ succeeded Edward III‚ his grandfather‚ as king of England. While he was underage‚ the control of the government had been left to a government that came increasingly under
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Richard Branson’s Leadership Holding more than 200 companies in more than 50 countries‚ including the recent Virgin Galactic‚ a space-tourism company‚ the virgin group is a business force like few others (Biography.com‚ 2014). Employing approximately 50‚000 people worldwide this international investment group was originally set up as a mail-order record business the Virgin Group has gone on to grow in various business sectors ranging from mobile communications‚ transportation‚ travel‚ financial
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Describe Branson’s leadership style in terms of the leadership models addressed in Chapters 10 and 11 and evaluate the likely effectiveness of that style in the U.S. today. Sir Richard Branson is one of the world’s most influential business leaders. As an entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of the international brand Virgin he is known for the success of his company and its products established in the 1970’s. Sir Richard Branson started his business in a small record store that allotted
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Branson’s leadership orientation and group performance. This is accomplished by determining Branson’s leadership orientation‚ specific situational elements‚ and the leader orientation that was found to be most effective as the control level changes. First‚ the different situational elements must be analyzed. Leader-member relations between Branson and his management are very strong. He has a great deal of trust in them and management has the utmost respect for Branson. This means that Branson will
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Leadership can be defined as the ability to lead a group of people successfully in an organization. Hall‚ et al (2008) have mentioned that an effective leader has to be visionary‚ motivating and responsible in order to successfully run a business organization. In business the two key leadership styles‚ which are widely used in today’s corporate world are autocratic leadership and democratic leadership (Johnson‚ n.d.). Autocratic leadership may be explained as “a leadership style where the manager
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is to describe the personality of Sir Richard Branson as well as applying the roles of social perception and attribution. Sir Branson is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Virgin brand started in the 1970’s. Virgin is one of Great Britain’s most respected brands and consists of ventures in travel and tourism‚ leisure and pleasure‚ social and environmental‚ media and telecommunications‚ finance and money‚ health‚ and shopping. As a youth‚ Sir Branson was introduced to many factors which shaped
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Introduction Leadership and management are two different subjects but both are essential for an organizations growth. Leadership is “A relationship through which one person influences the behaviour or actions of other people” (Smith P et al 2012)‚ whilst “Management is more about getting things done on a day-to-day basis and ensuring consistency” (Smith P et al 2012).In simple context Managers helps in doing the right thing where as Leaders do the right things. Having a strong Leader and Management
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¡§LEADERSHIP IS A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BASED ON MUTUAL INFLUENCE AND COMMON PURPOSE BETWEEN LEADERS AND COLLABORATORS IN WHICH BOTH ARE MOVED TO HIGHER LEVELS OF MOTIVATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT AS THEY AFFECT REAL‚ INTENDED CHANGE.¡¨ LEADERS: HERB KELLEHER ¡V CHAIRMAN‚ SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BILL GATES ¡V FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT HERB KELLEHER NATIONALITY: American BORN: March 12‚ 1931‚ in Camden‚ New Jersey EDUCATION: Wesleyan University B.A 1953 New York University
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