Max DePree’s book “Leadership is an art” represents an important contribution to the area of leadership‚ both from a theoretical and practical point of view. The approach of the author is a humanitarian one. The focus is being made on the philosophical aspects of the theme‚ even if there are numerous pragmatic pieces of advice and recommendations included in the book. Leadership is a process and a concept of fundamental importance for the area of management today. It is a concept of high complexity
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Beckmann research Max Beckmann is a German painter who produced a wealth of work with the rise of German expressionism in the early 20th century. Today he is commonly labelled as an expressionist artist although at the time he rejected both the term and the movement itself. In the 1920s he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)‚ an outgrowth of Expressionism which brought a more cynical and socially critical philosophy to the art world. Beckmann was born into a middle
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Max Beckmann "Still-Life With Three Skulls" 1945. The ’Great War’ had a lasting and profound effect on Beckmann. In 1915 he suffered a mental breakdown and for this reason was discharged from the German army. In artistic terms‚ the sickening experience of senseless mass death on the battlefield brought new bleakness to his paintings. Beckmann’s use of a traditional Vanitas-style still life tells us a lot about what his thoughts are about the world he is part of‚ especially after his war encounters
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The Night This represents a part of the post-World War I movement‚ Neue Sachlichkeit‚ or New Objectivity. His use of colour is very dark with only a few specks of bright colour with is appealing to the painting as a whole as it is picturing a dark part of the world war. The people in the paint aren’t looking in the same direction bring no focus on a particular part of the painting‚ showing theirs a story behind each section of the painting. The use of black to define each person as well as to
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[Management] Art of leadership ----Jack Ma （Date: Dec 16‚ 2012） Contents Abstract 3 1. Jack Ma’s character 3 2. Employee oriented 4 2.1 Establish relationship with employee 4 2.2 Motivate employee 5 2.3 Grow up with employee 5 3. Innovation 6 4. Conclusion 6 5. References 7 Abstract It takes to be leading political characteristics such as self-awareness‚ clarity of speech‚ keen intellect‚ and an ability to relate to people. The reason
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In our modern capitalistic result-oriented society we are facing a constant increase of attention about leadership. Everyone either aspires to become a leader or is looking to find one. Having said this‚ is it really possible for everyone to be a leader or not? Is leader ship a God-given aptitude? Or is it just a matter of applying scientific techniques? Like in any analytic approach we have first of all to look at the past. History has been sprinkled with great examples of leaders‚ exceptional
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the art of leadership WINTER - spring 2013 Instructor Email Office hours Marc Idelson marc@idelson.net Tuesdays 5:25-5:55 p.m Objective The prime objective of this course is to acquaint students with the topic of leadership. Teaching This course delivers a balanced blend of behavior theory and business practice. Each unit teaches central concepts and skills in an important area of leadership development. The course is made more valuable and the impact greater by the self-evaluation questionnaires
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Max Weber on Religion Max Weber‚ a German social scientist born in 1864‚ felt religion played an important role in society. Weber attended the University of Berlin where he studied economics and law‚ along with several other subjects including philosophy‚ religion and art. He had three tools of sociological inquiry that focused on explaining human actions. Weber’s first principle of Verstehen is the German term for “understanding.” This principle states that we cannot explain the actions of humans
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The Ironic Social Theory of Max Weber: The ‘Iron Cage’ Steven Seidman Wiley-Blackwell publishing Ltd. Max Weber has long been recognized as one of the founders of modern sociology. He has had an immense impact on how we understand the development and nature of our capitalist society today. Looking at almost all the major world cultures‚ Weber was able to analyze the different factors that he believes have contributed to the modernization of our society. He is well known for his work
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