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    There are many theories galore in business. Most have a lot of practicality behind them. The Leadership Member Exchange Theory is one of those theories. Human beings tend to form relationships with others. Some relationships are good. Some aren’t. This theory examines the relationship between a leader and his group members and the unique ways these relationships can develop. People who are closer to the leader and usually have more responsibility and higher access to available resources are called

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    or serious enough to be criminal. Whereas a criminal act is an act which causes harm to someone else enough to warrant a decision-maker passing a law which forbids the act.   The Marxist theory in general splits society in half‚ the rich and the poor. With the poor being exploited by the rich. This theory appears to be the basis for all Marxist perspective including the Marxist explanations of crime and deviance. Karl Marx stated that crime was the product of poverty and the traditional Marxist

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    Tourism MODULE NUMBER : U54028 Critically Evaluate Whether the requirement for Emotional Labour in Hospitality and Tourism is ethical. Module Leader: Peter McGunnigle Student Name: Mrignaini Chauhan Student Number: 09078935 Submission Date: 08/12/11 Word Count: 2200 (excluding Appendices) Critically evaluate that whether the requirement of Emotional Labour in hospitality and tourism work is ethical. The endeavour of this essay is to critically evaluate whether the use of emotional labour

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    Candidate No: 879088 BH3319 Theory and Practice of Leadership Five Principles of a Sustainably Effective Leadership Philosophy Candidate No: 879088 Word Count: 3260 1 Candidate No: 879088 This inquiry is set out to define the components that make up an effective leader‚ whilst taking into account different situational contexts. The concept of leadership has proven highly ambiguous‚ where countless definitions have tried to pinpoint exactly what makes up an effective leader. The following definition

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    statement is a much broader‚ big dream concept. In servant leadership theory leaders are able to balance the day to day operations with conceptual thinking. The outcome of being able to conceptualize is building a future for the organization and being able to change course if needed. Increasing persuasion skills would also be a benefit to any leaders skill set. Persuasion can sometimes be considered a negative or a weakness. Some leadership styles outline ways to directly tell followers

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    1. "Great Man" Theories: Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. The term "Great Man" was used because‚ at the time‚ leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality‚ especially in terms of military leadership. Critique : Sociologist Herbert Spencer suggested that the leaders were products of the society in which

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    The Trait Approach The trait approach was one of the first systematic attempts to study leadership‚ according to Peter Northouse (2004). This approach has been studied for many decades‚ and scholars have identified five major leadership traits in the past 50 years: intelligence‚ self-confidence‚ determination‚ integrity and sociability. In addition‚ in recent years‚ there has been a renewed interest in understanding the relationship between personality traits and leadership. The Big Five Personality

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    Discuss and critically evaluate the most commonly cited characteristics found in successful entrepreneur? There has been extensive research conducted on the characteristics that successful entrepreneurs possess. These attributes vary widely across literature‚ however there are common key traits that are required to achieve any form of success. Frederick et al (2013) suggest entrepreneurs are risk takers‚ optimistic‚ have sound judgement and an ability to manage. While a review of literature

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    action. In The Human Side of Enterprise‚ Douglas McGregor related Maslow’s ideas about personal needs to management. McGregor contrasted two views of management-the traditional view‚ which he called Theory X‚ and a humanistic view‚ which he called Theory Z. According to McGregor‚ managers adopting Theory X assume that workers generally dislike work ad must be forced to do their jobs. They believe that the following statements are true of workers: 1. The average person naturally dislikes work and

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    statement made by a young person who has given up sport and leads an unhealthy lifestyle: ‘I think sport is boring. I am no good at it‚ I don’t enjoy it and I can think of better things to do on a Saturday afternoon’ Using attributional theoriesevaluate critically the reasons why this young person does not participate in sport. How might you persuade this young person to once again take up sport? It is evident from this statement that the young person concerned has developed a poor attitude towards

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