Stephen Batchelor Professor Markovic Western Heritage 26 March 2012 Darkness At Noon Many critics consider Arthur Koestler’s novel‚ Darkness At Noon‚ to be one of the most insightful literary works regarding the qualitative attributes and characteristics of a totalitarian regime. Because of Koestler’s personal experience as a Fascists prisoner under Franco‚ one can understand and appreciate the deep connecting parallels between Nicholas Rubashov‚ the protagonist‚ and Arthur Koestler‚ the author
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Journal of Management Studies 44:1 January 2007 0022-2380 Belbin’s Team Role Model: Development‚ Validity and Applications for Team Building* Aitor Aritzeta‚ Stephen Swailes and Barbara Senior University of the Basque Country; University of Hull; Highfield House Consultancy abstract This paper brings together research into and using the team role model developed by Belbin (1981‚ 1993a) in an attempt to provide an exhaustive assessment of construct validity in light of the conflicting evidence so
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Principles of Management Assignment 2003/ 2004 ¡§The key theme of this module is change. What did Charles Handy mean when he commented that change could not be managed? If he was right what can a manager do in the face of change? Explain the responsibilities of a manager to their organisation and its employees during periods of change.¡¨ Word Count: 1940 Pages: 10 Contents Page Page Front page 1 Contents page 2 1. Introduction 3
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Summarize of TQM (Reviewer) Productivity vs. Quality – this is the common knowledge that if a business sells more goods‚ the more income How quality is defined? – quality is defined as simply meeting customer satisfaction How quality is measured – Business employing the traditional view measures their level of competence and customer satisfaction on their own then match it with a benchmark to see where the business is How quality is achieved – check the finished product for defects but for total
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CHAPTER 4 Personality and Values LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Define personality‚ describe how it is measured‚ and explain the factors that determine an individual’s personality. 2. Describe the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework and assess its strengths and weaknesses. 3. Identify the key traits in the Big Five personality model. 4. Demonstrate how the Big Five traits predict behavior at work. 5.
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performance. As an assessment tool for leaders it helps to identify five key personality dimensions: Extroversion‚ Agreeableness‚ Conscientiousness‚ Emotion Stability and Openness to Experience. Other personality attributes‚ Locus of Control‚ Machiavellianism‚ Self-Esteem‚ Self monitor and
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Individual Behavior Chap 5: Personality and Values personality - Enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior. heredity - Factors determined at conception; one’s biological‚ physiological‚ and inherent psychological makeup. personality traits - Enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) A personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies people into 1 of 16 personality types. • Extraverted (E)
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CHAPTER 3 LEADERSHIP: THE INTEGRATIVE VARIABLE TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. There is no singular purpose of leadership. 2. Influence can cause some behavior in some person for a specific purpose based on a power base. 3. Michael LeBoeuf refers to organizational theory‚ industrial engineering‚ and behavioral science as the dynamic triangle. 4. Conceptual skills are more operational than managerial. 5. Universal theories search for an explanation of leadership unrelated to
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Trait Theories of Leadership Before I briefly explain my topic it is necessarily to define the term ’ ’leadership ’ ’. Many authors until now have defined or tried to define leadership‚ but the most common and useful definition is given by Gary Yukl (2010)‚ who defines leadership as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it‚ and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Theories of
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Machiavelli and Erasmus Compared by GENNADY STOLYAROV II Two scholars who lived simultaneously during the Renaissance could be considered the principal representatives of two colossally different schools of thought‚ humanism and pragmatism‚ which may be termed diametrical opposites in many respects. In their theories regarding government‚ war‚ toleration‚ and the perception of the individual‚ Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) and Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) differed dramatically‚ though with
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