ARE LEADERS BORN OR MADE: A critique of Great Man and Trait theories. Assignment prepared by Philip Barry 387169 August 08 Introduction Leadership continues to be one of the most debated and studied topics in management and indeed society as a whole. This can be evidenced by the fact that if you search for leadership on Goggle 175‚000‚000 worldwide hits are recorded. Success in many arenas‚ whether it be business‚ the military‚ politics or the wider community is often primarily
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Theory X and Theory Y Understanding Team Member Motivation What motivates employees to go to work each morning? Many people get great satisfaction from their work and take great pride in it; Others may view it as a burden‚ and simply work to survive. This question of motivation has been studied by management theorists and social psychologists for decades‚ in attempts to identify successful approaches to management. Social psychologist Douglas McGregor of MIT expounded two contrasting theories
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Diachronic personal identity in philosophy refers to what makes a person the same person over time. Solving this question of diachronic personal identity is valuable because it gives conditions for what makes up a person’s identity across time. There are different theories to explain what makes a person at an earlier time the same person at a later time. Three of these theories are the soul theory‚ the body theory and the psychological continuity or memory theory. Each theory offers a unique perspective
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler Review by: Mary McIntosh Feminist Review‚ No. 38 (Summer‚ 1991)‚ pp. 113-114 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395391 . Accessed: 20/03/2012 23:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers
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The LMX theory suggests that when subordinates believe in themselves they become empowered to do better at a given task improving production and job performance. LMX theory has shown that leaders who motivate and offer subordinates tools to improve skills and gain confidence will result in employees performing better. In the case of a Tale of Two Coaches‚ there is strong evidence of the LMX theory in both case studies. Both Coach K and Coach Knight use motivational tactics and training to improve
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society. Equity theory is social justice theory‚ designed by Adams in 1963. It claims that individuals review the inputs and outcomes of themselves and others‚ and in situations of inequity‚ experience greater cognitive dissonance than individuals in equitable situations. This kind of equity is perceived as social justice in society (or company‚ or any other environment that involves individuals). Equity theory draws from exchange‚ dissonance‚ and social comparison theories in making predictions
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Management ............................................................................ 6 The Gilbreths: Time-and-Motion Study ........................................................................................... 6 Max Weber (1864-1920): The Theory of Bureaucracy...................................................................... 7 Henri Fayol (1841-1925): Principles of Management ....................................................................... 8 The Work of Mary Parker Follett .
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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The 2003 film Dogville demonstrates the reinforcement of the power relations through the societal processes mentioned above. While civilization is supposedly rational‚ the poststructuralist movement claims that social life and interactions are disciplinary and carceral‚ exemplifying microscopic power relations (Foucault‚ Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison). The power of reason‚ embodied in Tom’s attempt to use reason and morality as guidelines‚ merely allows the segregation of the well-disciplined
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in” to those situations. There are a number of theories that attempt to account for our personalities and explain how we come to be the way we are. Theories of Personality Theories of personality are explored in order to have a better understanding about different personalities that people exhibit. 1. Trait theories According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV-TR)‚ personality traits are “ enduring patterns of perceiving‚ relating
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