THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP There are eight major leadership theories 1. "Great Man" Theories Assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born‚ not made. These theories often portray great leaders as heroic‚ mythic and destined to rise to leadership when needed. The term "Great Man" was used because‚ at the time‚ leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality‚ especially in terms of military leadership. 2. Trait Theories It assume that people inherit certain
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURES‚ PROCESSES‚ AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY by Douglas A Peebles A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Capella University February 2007 UMI Number: 3253618 Copyright 2007 by Peebles‚ Douglas A. All rights reserved. UMI Microform 3253618 Copyright 2007 by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected
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Empowering Clinical Staff through Shared Governance Shared governance as a conceptual structure model for empowered decision making by frontline clinical nurses was first introduced by Virginia Clealand in 1975 ( Porter-O’Grady‚ 2004). Shared governance has at its core the underlying assumption that the bedside clinical nurse is best equipped at determining the most therapeutic care for their patient. It is the ideal model for delivery of care because it allows for collaboration between interdisciplinary
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times of volatility such as the recent global financial crisis‚ companies must put into perspective the necessity of altering their strategies and their long-term goals. Information technology can play a pivotal role in facilitating such changes in the way that the business operates and brings products or services to market. As these companies plan their strategies to weather the difficult period‚ they should in turn‚ also consider the possibility of utilising this time for change to amend their
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442 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A Framework for Diagnosing Board Effectiveness* Gavin J. Nicholson** and Geoffrey C. Kiel Pressure on boards to improve corporate performance and management oversight has led to a series of inquiries and reports advocating governance reform. These reports largely reflect an agency perspective of governance and seek to ensure greater board independence from and control of management. While board independence is important to good governance‚ we contend that frameworks
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CHAPTER 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS By: Philip Stiles “The increased interest in corporate governance has mirrored the rise in concern in business ethics generally with the voluminous literature on high profile scandals and failures in firms providing a common base for much descriptive and prescriptive work in both areas. Both subjects‚ too‚ share a key focus on agency problems‚ which has driven much theoretical and empirical work. Many commentators on corporate governance assume that boards
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WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? Nowadays people in the business world are talking about good corporate governance. Companies with good corporate governance are perceived by the public as a company that been handled properly by its management. Few companies had been names as among the worst in corporate governance like Enron‚ World.com and Barings. But what is exactly corporate governance? The term ‘corporate governance’ is coming from two words. The adjective ‘corporate’ comes from the noun
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Introduction: A discussion on corporate regulation and governance is of great importance in today’s economic world. A number of high profile collapses such as HIH‚ One Tel‚ Harris Scarfe‚ Ansett‚ focuses ones attention on governance issues. Nevertheless‚ corporate governance is not a static thing and even if basic structures remain the same‚ policies and procedures surrounding those structures should constantly be reviewed to ensure that the structure is working properly. Globalisation yields challenges
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What is E-Governance? It is the use of a range of modern Information and Communication Technologies such as Internet‚ Local Area Networks‚ mobiles etc. by Government to improve the effectiveness‚ efficiency‚ service delivery and to promote democracy Governance : An Information perspective Representative democracy relies on supposition that best way to make a decision is wider participation for all its citizens having access to relevant information. Government is by nature an information intensive
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GUIDELINES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES BY PUBLIC LISTED COMPANIES IN KENYA IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 11(3) (v) and 12 of the Capital Markets Act‚ the Capital Markets Authority issues the Guidelines set out in the Schedule hereto‚ for observance by public listed companies in Kenya‚ in order to enhance corporate governance practices by such companies. SCHEDULE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 2. Introduction. Principles of good corporate governance practices. 2.1 Directors
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