What makes a leader effective? Our world as we know it cannot run without leadership. From presidents and prime ministers to teachers and parents‚ we are always under the leadership of others‚ and often lead others ourselves as well. For such a fundamental concept in current society‚ it is surprising that many do not know what makes a leader effective. First of all‚ leaders need to be capable people. They usually have some sort of education in the area they are leading in‚ as well as talent or
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Saying that the modern world has not been influenced by the past is like saying grass isn’t green. Not only have we learned from the past but some of the greatest inventions come from ancient times. We have the cuneiform and the wheel from Sumerians‚ and gun powder from the Chinese. Those are only some of the ancient inventions that have evolved to great modern world technology. Without a good base how can anything function right? Without them cars‚ the alphabet‚ and firearms may have never been
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Hitler was born in Austria in 1889‚ his father died when he was 14 and when he became 18 his mother died because of cancer. He lived alone homeless in the streets of Vienna and Vienna was a strong center of anti-Semitism which Hitler totally believed in; so by the age of 24 he left Vienna and went to Germany to escape from doing the military service in the Austrian army‚ however he was arrested and sent back to Austria where he was found weak and unfit to be armed. When the WWI started he decided
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Transactional Leader as the word implies business or exchange. Burns‚ 1978‚ opined that a transactional leader is someone who leads though social exchange. It is a process that I simply call trade by batter‚ you do this for me‚ and you get that in return. A politician can be a transactional leader when he seeks to exchange one thing for another i.e. making promises and pulling through with the promises after an election. Also most business leaders are seen as transformational when they give out incentives
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The topic I will be researching as my social problem will be World War Two and Hitler. This topic reminds me of the quote I’ve chosen by Abraham Lincoln‚ “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” This reminds me of Hitler because Hitler was a descent man before he gained power. In this social problem Hitler holds the power. He is able to control a whole army and make them kill the Jewish people. I will be talking about Hitler’s early years his
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Muhammad Ali I think that Muhammad Ali was one of the most influential people in the last hundred years. One of the reasons I think Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest is because he changed the way of boxing. Another reason he is influential is because he stood up for the civil rights movement my last reason is because he refused to fight black people in war. My first reason that I think Muhammad Ali is the most influential person in the last hundred years is because he changed the way of boxing
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old question. Are leaders made or are they born? My belief on this – I believe that a leader is made‚ not born. Why do I say that? Before going further‚ lets be clear on one distinction – when we say a leader is made‚ it does not mean that someone can be taught to become a leader by attending leadership courses. While it helps‚ it is not enough. Warren Bennis (a leading leadership researcher) believes that one cannot be taught to become a leader but one can learn to become a leader over the years through
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other countries ’ leaders. Hitler especially once he was firmly in power‚ totally disregarded the limits installed on Germany at the Treaty of Versailles‚ such as the ban on Germany to have any air force or submarine‚ and could only possess an inconsequential naval force of just six ships and an army of a mere one hundred thousand men. Additionally‚ they were not to have any forces placed in the Rhineland; the narrow piece of land running next to the border with France. Hitler condemned such constraints
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Roosevelt And Adolf Hitler Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler are often referred to as two of the most influential people of the first half of the twentieth century. FDR and Hitler were certainly the two most influential and powerful people in their time of economic depression and world war. These were two very different men‚ but they had their similarities. Both of these men brought their country’s out of an economic depression. The two were very impressive speakers. Hitler certainly had
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Charismatic Leaders February 19‚ 2014 SP2750 The German sociologist Max Weber is the person responsible for introduction the idea of charisma as being a type of leadership. Weber believed that leaders who possessed charismatic leadership qualities were highly esteemed persons. Talcott Parson is widely credited with importing Weber’s ideas to the United States. Lowell Bennion was the first person responsible for making available Weber’s original ideas in the United States. (Papers‚ 2009)
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