K-12 District and Classical Leadership Theories Introduction According to Plato‚ leadership is not just a power or decision-making authority; it is the system and process developed to establish the culture and how things are done in an organization or government. The nature of leadership should be driven by what is right and what is just. Plato believed that a monarch who served the best interest of the citizens was preferred to direct democracies that act to serve their own personal interest
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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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Task 2/Scenario 1: A patient has entered the hospital and needs urgent attention. The doctors and nurses rush to him and soon realise he is deaf. This is a major problem as the communication cycle is broken‚ as they can’t understand what the deaf person is trying to say. A communication cycle involves a kind of a code that has to be translated. You need to work out what the other person behavior really means. Communication is a cycle because when two people communicate they need to
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Leadership and Management Leaders and managers can both be found in successful organizations; however‚ leadership and management are two concepts that tend to be used in the same context‚ yet they do not mean the same thing. The two terms actually have a significant difference. Leadership is the ability to influences others to voluntarily pursue organizational goals‚ whereas management is exercising direction of a group/organization through executive administrative and supervisory positions. In some
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Leadership Essay When I was a kid I grew up shadowing my parents at different community events they were helping to organize. What ever they were doing‚ whether it be setting up for a banquet or planning the final touches of an event or taking part in an event there I was with my older sister always watching. As I got older I started to get asked to help‚ of course I started with the little task but somewhere along the line I was getting the big task‚ helping others complete their task and being
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several decades ago. This is happening because our society is finally reaching a time where people feel more empowered to share these troubling and heart-breaking experiences. It would be naive to think that more stories will not be shared‚ but it is a great beginning for those who have been assaulted to start sharing their stories and receiving some type of closure. One of the most infamous cases reported thus far is that against Larry Nassar‚ USA Gymnastics‚ and other leaders at Michigan State University
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What made Cesar Chavez an effective leader? Many individuals have attempted to start a union for farm workers. The only one to succeed‚ however‚ was Cesar Chavez. He was a man with great qualities. He had a clear goal‚ courage‚ he was willing to sacrifice and he was for the people and with the people. Cesar Chavez was an effective leader because he was for the people‚ practiced non-violent protest‚ and boycotted the grape industry. “Si se puede – It can be done!” was what Cesar Chavez said
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Democratic leadership style is the advisable leadership style which encourages participation in decision-making and it can be persuasive or consultative. However‚ there is no ’best’ leadership style because nothing can be absolute right and comprehensive. In this assignment‚ I will illustrate the successful case about GLANZ GROUP which adopted autocratic leadership style in the beginning of its foundation. Furthermore‚ I will also show the successful cases by adopting democratic leadership or combination
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GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP The path-goal theory‚ also known as the path-goal theory of leader effectiveness or the path-goal model‚ is a leadership theory in the field of organizational studies developed by Robert House‚ an Ohio State University graduate‚ in 1971 and revised in 1996. The theory states that a leader ’s behavior is contingent to the satisfaction‚ motivation and performance of his subordinates. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership was developed to describe the way that leaders encourage
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12/12/2014 Path-Goal Theory of Leadership Path-Goal Leadership Theory The Path-Goal model is a theory based on specifying a leader ’s style[1] or behavior that best fits the employee and work environment in order to achieve goals (House‚ Mitchell‚ 1974). The goal is to increase an employee ’s motivation‚ empowerment‚ and satisfaction so that they become productive members of the organization. Path-Goal is based on Vroom ’s (1964) expectancy theory[2] in which an individual will act in a certain
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