Leadership styles‚ entrepreneurial orientation and family business growth in Ghana. The research problem While the number of family business abounds in Ghana‚ one sees lots of these slowly dying and some going bankrupt (Wolf‚ 2004). The lack of continuity and growth in family businesses is a major concern because of the primary contributory role that family businesses play in the world economy (Lansberg 1999: 1). It is perceived that entrepreneurial activities in Ghana lack the dynamism and competitive
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Leadership Styles 1. Participative Leadership: It is also called as the democratic leadership style in which participative leadership values the input of team members and peers. The final decision is made by the participative leader. This type of leadership boosts employee morale as employees make contributions to the decision-making process. Shirish thinks this works great‚ when a company needs to make changes within the organization‚ the participative leadership style helps employees accept
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Running head: SERVANT LEADERSHIP Servant Leadership Servant leadership is considerably new within the study of organizational management‚ but is comprised of traditional concepts that teach the value and encourage the overall development of people. The scope of servant leadership is based in values that benefit employees‚ the organization‚ and the community as a whole (Gordon‚ 2012). This paper will serve as this writer’s comparative study of Greenleaf’s
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Ethical Leadership Influence plays a major part in leadership (Yukl‚ 2010). Powerful leaders can have a huge impact on the lives of followers and the organization (Yukl‚ 2010). Leaders will use power‚ but the primary issue is whether the leaders will use the power wisely (Yukl‚ 2010). At the expense the organization and the public‚ powerful leaders can move up in their careers and economic gain (Yukl‚ 2010). A leader can make unethical practices look legitimate and even influence the members
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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 20‚ Number 1 (2011) Leadership Experiences of Undergraduate Muslim Student Leaders: An Exploratory Case Study Wardah Guimba Lecturer‚ College of Education‚ Mindanao State University‚ Philippines E-mail: mataidtweety@gmail.com‚ cnoraini@gmail.com Che Noraini Hashim Asst. Professor‚ Institute of Education‚ International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia E-mail: mataidtweety@gmail.com‚ cnoraini@gmail.com Suhailah Hussien Asst.
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Leadership Final Assignment MBA 2010/2011 Modular Individual Leadership Assignment 1 Leadership Final Assignment Declaration 1 I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another‘s work and pretend that it is one‘s own. 2 I have used the APA convention to citation and referencing. Each contribution to‚ and quotation in‚ this project from the work(s) of other people has been attributed‚ and has been cited and referenced. 3 4 This project is my own work. I have not allowed
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Introduction Leadership is hard to specifically define‚ roles and attributes change to adapt to the environment and context needed. George and Jones define leadership as ‘ the exercise of influence by one member of a group or organization over other members to help the group or organization’ (2002‚pg. 375). This definition can be broken down with two definitions; Firstly exerting influence over other members and second aiding in a group or organization achieve its goals. ‘Leadership is something
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| "Relationship between Secondary School Teachers’ Leadership Styles and Academic Achievement of their Students” | | | Humaira Jabeen MS 2nd | [Välj datum] | INTRODUCTION Leadership is unique to a particular person to another. The skills adopt by leaders can be from experience‚ training or formal education. Adaptations of type of leaders are also unique and the ways the leaders lead are reflection of themselves. For instance‚ if a person is a visionary person‚ when he or she becomes
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Thesis/Comments I thoroughly enjoyed reading Primal Leadership and was pleased that I read Managing Emotions in the Workplace prior to beginning this book. After examining the causes and effects of emotions at work and understanding existing theories and the implications of managing emotions in the workplace‚ Primal Leadership took me a step further. Goleman‚ Boyatzis‚ and McKee note that the use of emotion in leadership functions is a primal task or function of a true leader. The authors
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Management and Leadership As a Naval Officer I had the opportunity to experience both leadership and management. Today’s Navy operates with fewer people and resources than before. Therefore‚ leadership and management are more important than ever. Very early in my career I was taught leadership and as I advanced through the ranks I experienced management. There are numerous distinctions between management and leadership. Good managers are sometimes leaders; good leaders are sometimes
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