disorganization theory believes that most of the gangs or delinquent groups all resided in areas that either had persistent poverty and unemployment or high minority residence. Basically this theory didn’t think it was necessary to blame the crime rate on aspects outside of the person’s control‚ such as ethnicity‚ culture‚ or traits they inherited rather than developed on their own. While the differential opportunity theory focused more on gangs and crime rate having more to do with opportunity
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discussion of informal groups. There is very little information available that compares these two processes of leading in leadership research. In fact‚ most research is done on formal leaders‚ those in a “position” of leadership. This complicates the analysis of the process of leading due to ways that these leaders may use the various forms of authority and power (Bass & Steidlmeier‚ 1999; Fairholm‚ 1998; French & Raven‚ 1959) available to persons in these positions: legitimate‚ coercion‚ and reward
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A path that leads to a life of gangs. In an article Youth Gangs and Adolescent Development: New Findings‚ New Challenges‚ And New Directions: Introduction to The Special Section is presenting five new studies being conducted on youth gangs. A broader developmental perspective‚ underscoring the need for ongoing inquiry linking the heretofore separate literature on youth gangs and antisocial peer influences from criminology and developmental science (Boxer 201). Gangs have been present in America for
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The Ethical Leader in the Workplace In today’s society‚ many Americans do not believe that ethics are essential component of the workplace. We can look at Enron‚ Arthur Andersen and numerous other organizations to see what can happen when managers behave unethically. While many individuals say that he/she is ethical‚ we often find ourselves in situations where living up to our ethical beliefs is difficult. These are the situations that separate good (and effective) leaders from everyone else
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Greenleaf’s The Servant Leader The Servant Leader discusses the importance of leaders who adopt a service oriented attitude in which they care for the needs of others before their own. A servant leader need not be an actual servant or have ever been a servant to become a servant leader. Rather‚ a servant leader is born with or adopts an "others first" disposition. Climbing through the ranks may help to create a servant leader‚ though it is not necessary. When leaders choose to see that the
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effective leader The typical project environment could be described as agile and ferociously competitive. To deliver the success of a project and more importantly to sustain business in the highly competitive environment will need an effective leadership. The key ingredients of effective leadership leading to success are getting the right people in the right jobs. Leadership is development of a clear and complete system of expectations in order to identify‚ evoke and use the
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One way to use restitution is using road gangs. Road gangs not only provide prisoners with skills to use after prison‚ but also provide an area with a much-needed service better roads - without the high cost of usual repairs (“Paving...”). First off‚ road gangs are groups of prisoners that are trained to use the proper equipment necessary in order to build and maintain roads. The building and maintaining of the roads that they do are the prisoners ways to pay back the community for the crimes that
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Why Does Botswana Need a National Vision? Ē times & values in general have changed so significantly both domestically & around ē world. Bots finds itself having to introspect‚ position itself as well as maintain its valued culture & integrity. How the Vision was produced Ē work of defining Vision 2016 started in Aug 1996 by Presidential Task Group. They made a booklet entitled “A Framework for a Long Term Vision for Botswana”. Their task was to manage a process for consulting Batswana to discover
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unless those ideas can be communicated to others in a way that engages them. Put even more simply‚ the leader is the inspiration and director of the action. He is the person in the group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction. In business‚ leadership is welded to performance. Those who are viewed as effective leaders are those who increase their company’s bottom lines. To further confuse the definition of leadership‚ we
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¬Student Leadership Student leaders come in all shapes and sizes. They choose to lead based on their skills and preferences. Whether in social groups‚ athletics‚ or within the classroom‚ student leaders demonstrate certain traits that benefit both themselves and those they are leading. Generally speaking‚ leaders are classified as role models within the student body. They are the students who challenge the status quo‚ who ask questions and demand answers. They inspire athletic teams and social
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