we make sense of leadership in the 21st century? Malcolm Higgs Henley Management College‚ Henley-on-Thames‚ Oxford‚ UK Keywords Leadership‚ Intelligence‚ Behaviour‚ Organizational change Introduction For centuries we have been obsessed with leaders‚ and with identifying the characteristics required for effective leadership. In more recent times the area of leadership has been studied more extensively than almost any other aspect of human behaviour (Kets de Vries‚ 1993; Goffee and Jones
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3 SKILLS EVERY 21st-CENTURY MANAGER NEEDS SYNOPSIS Vatsala Mishra 2012183 Section C The past decade has seen a sudden and drastic change in the way work is done. Corporate culture has now embraced the dynamics of modern management thinking and is rapidly aligning itself with the evolving organizational environment. The HBR article ‘3 Skills Every 21st Century Manager Needs’ is a commentary on the evolving corporate structures that are more collaborative and less hierarchical. The 3 skill-sets
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Understanding 21st Century Skills” in English Language Classrooms In an increasingly complex‚ demanding and competitive world‚ students need to go beyond the traditional 3Rs and embrace the 4Cs – communication‚ collaboration‚ critical thinking and creativity. This is the view of the 21st century Skills movement which is helping to redefine the goals of general education for today’s world. “21st Century Skills” is commonly refers to a growing global movement for redefining the goals of education
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Obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible but yet most neglected health issues in America causing an escalating global epidemic of overweight. Also known as “globesity” that is taking over the United States (Controlling the Global Obesity Epidemic). Although‚ obesity may not be the Black Death‚ it is still a severe health crisis that needs to be treated immediately (Griffin). Statistics show that two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children struggle with either being overweight
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The Bangladesh Garment Industry: Challenges of the 21st century Introduction Readymade Garment (RMG) Industry occupies a dominant position in the export-manufacturing sector of Bangladesh. The advent of the RMG sector happened during the early 80s in Bangladesh. Since then‚ due to supportive policies of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB)‚ this industry has experienced a significant growth. In 1988‚ the export-oriented RMG sector overtook the traditionally dominant jute sector in terms of gross export
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ABSTRACT Advertising is a subset of marketing‚ a form of communication intended to persuade people to purchase or take any action with respect to the products or the services. In today’s world‚ firms don’t hold back in spending millions of dollars on advertising and marketing. The obvious reason being that the competition is very high and every firm wants to sell its product and make it a brand. Effective advertising techniques used in advertisements make a world of difference in sales prospects
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IMPACT OF WORK STRESS ON EMPLOYEES’ PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANIZATION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY There has been an increasing amount of talk about “employee stress” over the past decade. Quite what it is and how best to combat it are two aspects which are rather less-documented. Stress is a more subjective topic than most we have so far encountered. People may have widely differing views about its causes‚ impacts and‚ even‚ very existence. The workplace of the 21st century
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The reason that so many people will cheat when they are on a "diet‚" is because of the fact that the diet is way too restrictive. Some of these fad diets that people choose won’t allow several groups of nutrients‚ such as the low-carbohydrate diets for instance. After you have been on plans like these‚ or say for example‚ plans like those single food diets‚ it is very easy to cheat. When you are not satisfied day after day of being on a diet plan‚ then you will have all the more reason to go off
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This is an essay i submitted to an essay competition recently. “THE RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION SECURITY IN 21ST CENTURY SRI LANKA” Information security is rapidly increasing in relevance and importance to 21st century Sri Lanka. The widespread growth of Information Technology has been the major deciding factor of this. Although we must realize that even though the relevance of information security is majorly increasing because of the advance in technology‚ we must not assume that the concept
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loose‚ no sound will be produced. In a similar way with stress‚ too much stress can harm people. But what about no stress at all? While the anticipation might sound alluring‚ the fact is that people do need stress—at least to a degree. Dr. Selye‚ H (1936) says “everybody is under some degree of stress all the time. The only way to avoid stress is to die” (as cited in the American Institute of Stress‚ 1979). Dr Selye also indicates that stress would be recognized more as a psychological condition than
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