Comparative Study of Stoning Punishment in the Religions of Islam and Judaism Sanaz Alasti* Volume 4 – No. 1 –Spring 2007 * Sanaz Alasti is currently a CA S.J.D. (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor) Candidate‚ Golden Gate University School of Law‚ San Francisco‚ CA; LL.M‚ Tehran University‚ Tehran‚ Iran (2003); LL.B (Honors)‚ Allameh Tabatabae University‚ Tehran‚ Iran (2001). Abstract This Article under takes a comparative study of stoning in Islam and Judaism. In Islam stoning (rajm)‚ which
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recent years and remains strong. According to the 2007 Corporate Recruiters Survey‚ conducted by the GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)‚ hiring companies plan to increase their numbers of new graduate business student hires by 18% (GMAC‚ 2007). Projecting the overall increase in college hiring‚ Bizjournals.com states that at the master’s degree level‚ MBA graduates will be in the most demand. (Scott‚ 2007) Results from the Job Outlook 2007 survey referenced by Bizjournals.com showed that
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facing. By staying employee and customer focused‚ James Parker‚ was able to be successful through the difficult situation. The author of Leadership in Organizations‚ Gary Yukl‚ mentions that a leader’s influence and effectiveness can be altered by aspects of the leadership situation‚ which is described in contingency theories (Yukl‚ 2013‚ p. 163). James Parker was effective and successful in the leadership situation that he found himself in. Southwest Airlines was greatly influenced by Parker’s leadership
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© National College for School Leadership 2003 1 Leadership in Organizations Gary Yukl 2001‚ Prentice Hall Gary Yukl is Professor of Management and Leadership at the State University of New York in Albany‚ and a board member of the Leadership Quarterly journal. He is a well-known scholar and author on leadership. Leadership in Organizations was first published in 1981. This fifth edition was published in 2002‚ and the formerly 19 chapters have been consolidated into 15 (which includes
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organization is going through a process of merger‚ should the leader keep using the same style as the one he used before the merger? I would agree with what Gary Yukl says: "Effective leaders use a pattern of behavior that is appropriate for the situation and reflects a high concern for task objectives and a high concern for relationships" (Yukl‚ 2009). An effective leader should be able to react and interact with the environment surrounding him. As the popular wisdom says‚ what is permanent in
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Yukl has sated throughout the text that “influence is the essence of leadership”. The study of leadership has been divided into three areas: task-oriented‚ relation-oriented and participative leadership. There has been some sizable research on leadership behavior since the 1950s. Many of these studies taken on over this time period‚ mostly through questionnaires‚ has given rise to a number of taxonomies which Yukl proposes might be refined into the three jointly inter-reacting categories of task-
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the Costco Case Study found in Gary Yulk’s book entitled Leadership in Organizations (7th Ed.)‚ positive thoughts about how leadership has emerged and a feeling of confidence became eminent. Leaders really can be effective leaders and run a very productive company as shown by Jim Sinegal who is CEO of Costco. His outlook on the company is very inspiring and motivating for those reading the case study. In looking for more information‚ another article by Gary Yukl came up in a search query entitled;
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Assigned Versus Emergent Assigned leadership is primarily by appointment of people to formal leadership positions of authority within an organization. Assigned leaderships could be managers of sports teams‚ presidents and vice presidents of the universities‚ plant managers‚ the CEOs of hospitals‚ the executive directors of nonprofit organizations. On the contrary‚ emergent leadership is the exercise of leadership by one group member because of the manner in which other group members react to him
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book‚ Leadership in Organizations a study was done to help quantify some of the key activities and traits of successful managers (Yukl‚ 2006). Gary Yukl also discusses what I believe are intangible competencies a manager brings with him or her including: “Self-confidence‚ emotional stability and maturity‚ personal integrity‚ and an internal locus of control orientation (Yukl‚ 2006‚ p. 189). I think these are intangible competencies
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explain one major approach to leadership‚ and the strengths and weaknesses of leadership. According Leadership in Organizations 7th edition by Gary Yukl “Leadership has been defined in many different ways‚ but most definitions share the assumption that it involves an influence process concerned with facilitating the performance of a collective task”. (Yukl‚ 2010 p.14) Leadership can also be viewed as a behavior or even characteristics of a person personality. Some titles a leader may have are titles
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