Written report on ‘What effective General Managers Really Do” by John P. Kotter MAIN POINTS (1) General Managers face a challenge of deciding what to do when they are constantly being faced with a huge amount of potentially important information. In order to tackle this challenge‚ effective General Managers develop and implement flexible agendas. GMs create their agendas both consciously and unconsciously through a mostly internal process. They set goals and loosely connect them to the plan of
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1. Identify the author’s mission (task and purpose) in writing this book. The author’s purpose in writing this book was to explain the role of the ‘leader’ in the Marine Corps. To accomplish this the author used examples of corps values‚ ethos‚ individual courage and unit spirit. 2. What part of the book was the most effective in accomplishing the author’s mission? What part of the book was the least effective? The part of the book that I think is most effective at accomplishing the
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PUTTING IT TOGETHER: Classifying Chemical Reactions Purpose: To observe and differentiate between the four different types of chemical reactions. Variables: The independent variables are the sodium chloride‚ sodium carbonate‚ magnesium‚copper‚ copper (11) sulfate‚ silver nitrate‚ oxygen‚ lead(11) nitrate‚ sodium carbonate‚ copper (11) sulfate pentahydrate. The dependent variables are the chemical reactions that are being looked for. For example decomposition‚ synthesis‚ single displacement or double
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Leading and motivating a team effectively Learner name: Learner registration number: |Note: The ‘lines/box’ below a question is for guidance purposes only. Marks are not deducted for writing more. It is perfectly acceptable for all | |answers to be continued on additional forms provided they are attached to the assignment when making a submission. The availability of the form | |electronically allows learners to expand the ‘lines/box’ as required.
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number UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF TEAMS AND THE FEATURES OF TEAM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 1. How does a team differ from a group? Give 3 examples of the differences. (3 marks) hell 2. Leading the team is an important team role. Briefly describe 2 other roles that members of a team might fill using a recognised model (2 marks) 3. Describe the 4 stages in team development (4 marks) R6434c v2 13.01.11 4. Briefly describe
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Team A team is a cohesive unit of people who enjoy the privileges of making decisions and continuously work to improve the organization. The team helps to align the organization around the functions and has the ability to work toward a common vision. As rightly quoted by Katzenbach and Smith‚1993‚”A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose‚ performance goals‚ and approach for which they are mutually accountable
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leaders in our organizations and in our world. Great leaders create and communicate a vision and move people into action to achieve it. They ignite our passion and inspire us to do our best. Government leaders in the 21st century are experiencing change at a more rapid pace than previous generations. Rapid advances in technology have expanded the quantity of work we are capable of accomplishing‚ and also where it’s accomplished. We have a more highly educated workforce‚ yet face diminishing resources
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Barbara Norris facing many difficulties. The GSU which she lead is currently short-staffed and does not perform as she expected. Her staffs have low morale and low motivation to do their daily job. On top of that‚ there is a cultural issue where confrontation‚ blaming‚ and favoritism are typical in her unit. She also facing a budget problem where overtime has been eliminated due to cost cutting measure implemented on the hospital. The budget cut make it difficult to Barbara to allocate a right personnel
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1.0 Summary Institutional shareholders are more and more significant in companies. Most of them have a large proportion of shares. So the role of institutional shareholders has been sparked debate in the world. Whether the institutional shareholders have the responsibility to influence strategy of company should consider the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional shareholders and comprehensive analyze the situation of their investee company. Positive institutional shareholders should be encouraged
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02-088 Leading by Leveraging Culture Jennifer A. Chatman1 Sandra E. Cha 1 The first author wrote this chapter while a Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School‚ and is grateful for their support. Copyright © 2002 by Jennifer A. Chatman and Sandra E. Cha Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author
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