Is the author really dead? “The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.” – Roland Barthes Must the author be dead to make way for the birth of the reader? In his essay “The Death of the Author‚” Roland Barthes asserts that the author is dead because he/she is no longer a part of the deep structure in a particular text. To him‚ the author does not create meaning in the text: one cannot explain a text by knowing about the person who wrote
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Transformational Leadership and Performance Across Criteria and Levels: A Meta-Analytic Review of 25 Years of Research Gang Wang1‚ In-Sue Oh2‚ Stephen H. Courtright1‚ and Amy E. Colbert1 Group & Organization Management 36(2) 223–270 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1059601111401017 http://gom.sagepub.com Abstract Although transformational leadership has been studied extensively‚ the magnitude of the relationship between
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Nelson Mandela Leadership “After climbing a great hill‚ one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” Nelson was the first black President of South Africa and he was one of the most important figures that helped end apartheid in S.A. He believed in consensus. He used a general feeling to empower the people and motivate them. Nelson was tolerant and persistent. For an end to apartheid he was put in jail for 20+ years‚ but nevertheless he never gave up on his main purpose. Nelson’s
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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership During the past 50 years‚ leadership scholars have conducted more than 1‚000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles‚ characteristics‚ or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced a clear profile of the ideal leader. Thank goodness. If scholars had produced a cookie-cutter leadership style‚ individuals would be forever trying to imitate it. They would make themselves into personae‚ not people‚ and others would
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assignment will examine models and styles of leadership. A reflective analysis will be given of how I led a research team‚ the impact of Emotional Intelligence on effective leadership will also be discussed. “The word leader is derived from the Anglo Saxon ‘lede’‚ meaning ‘to go’. So an organisation that has a leader assumes it is going somewhere”. Adair 1970. There are many theories of what makes a good leader‚ and also several models of leadership. One of the experts in the field John Adair‚
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1. What are the attributes of having an unique culture Vs. a common culture? Organizational culture can be understood as a set of values and basic assumptions‚ developed collectively and that guide organizational behavior. Directs the way to perceive‚ think and feel the reality within the organization‚ as it serves as a model for dealing with the problems of adaptation and interaction. Organizational culture can be understood through: Observable artifacts (manifestations of an organization’s
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Leadership styles play a huge part in the success of a leader. Understanding what brings an employee satisfaction‚ what major motivations they have‚ and what is interesting to the subordinate lays the foundation for organizations leaders (Prentice‚ 2004). Understanding these factors can enable a leader to use custom applications and methods for each employee based on those characteristics. One thing I have learned over the years is to be a great leader‚ you must have followers. Prentice describes
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Leadership By: SSG Member-Meneh‚ Sylvanus 88M SLC Class #003-2013 What is Leadership? Leadership is the art of influencing and directing people in such a way that will win their obedience‚ confidence‚ respect and loyal cooperation in achieving common objectives. To become an effective Leader‚ there are certain traits and characteristics that must be present in an individual. No one is born a Leader; certain individuals are born
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Leadership has been an integral virtue of an individual to be successful and effective in business‚ politics‚ sports or the military. It is stated by Howard (2005) that leadership can be regarded as an ability of an individual to influence a group of people to respond to organisational goals and as a means to enhance others’ performance by forming operative groups‚ motivating and giving a right direction to them. It means that‚ as far as a business is concerned‚ achieving an organisational objective
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