the business and to improve its profitability. How easy is it for a Chief Executive to change a struggling business into a more successful one? Justify your answer with reference to Apple and/or other organisations you know. (40 marks) Depends upon/ points : * How respected the leader is: Steve Jobs acted as an inspiration to many in the digital world‚ one which grabbed my interest was from competitor Bill Gates who stated “Of all the leaders in the industry that I’ve worked with‚ he showed
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Impact of Leadership Style on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Nigerian Banks Ojokuku R. M1‚ Odetayo T. A2* and Sajuyigbe A. S3 1 Department of Management and Accounting‚ Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Oyo State‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Accountancy‚ Osun State Polytechnic‚ Iree‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria 3 Department of Business Administration‚ Osun State Polytechnic‚ Iree‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria The study examined the impact of leadership style on organizational performance
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The role of a Strategic Leader in an Organization Herman A. Mason Jones International University Abstract The notion of management has been in existence since time immemorial‚ and so has the concept of strategy‚ which finds it roots in military parlance. It was the responsibility of the military leader to organize and plan his military engagements in
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the concept of organizational culture as managers became increasingly aware of the ways that an organizational culture can affect employees and organizations. This interest led management scholars and practitioners to undertake research investigations resulting in numerous articles‚ including a complete issue of Administrative Science Quarterly (September 1983)‚ Organization Dynamics (Autumn 1983) and Journal of Management Studies (May 1986) being devoted to corporate or organizational culture issues
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Introduction Developing a change plan was important in determining if a curriculum leader (principal) will provide the organization the necessary skills‚ tools‚ services and knowledge to promote academic success. The role of the principal in American schools has been in a constant state of change since its emergence. The issue has been mostly around whether the principal is a manager of the building or a leader of the school. Additionally‚ there has been discrepancy in the expectations of the principal
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Writing How will this piece contribute to my knowledge or my specific project? In this article‚ by Jean Bartnunek compares the paths of mainstream organizational theory and organization development scholar. The author believes that theory does not work in practice. Who is the author? Jean Bartuneck is a professor of management and organization at Boston college. She brings many years of teaching with management experience. Her education history is stong in areas of management and society. Her
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Work Treating someone because of his or her disparity in sexual category is considered as sex discrimination. All workers and genders are applies to the law of sex prejudice at work. There are two types of sex discrimination‚ which is direct discrimination and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination is favoritism between gender and indirect discrimination is having less benefit because of our gender‚ which focuses on women. Sex discrimination can be experienced during general situations
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psychology of leadership to choose the leader of an organization 1.0 Introduction In recent years‚ the theory of leadership is increasingly being used in the study of management. The leadership theory can help to improve the leader’s comprehensive qualities and achieve the common goal of an organization. Western leadership theory‚ especially the US-led theory‚ there are two research directions: First‚ start from the leaders to study leadership theory; second‚ start to study leadership theory
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HOW TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN AN ORGANIZATION THROUGH DEMOCRATIC STYLE Malaysia is one of the countries that practice democratic system. Many countries around the world practice democratic system such as United States‚ India‚ South Africa‚ Singapore‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Japan and United Kingdom. In “Democratic Style‚” (2008)‚ the democratic leadership style means encouraging people to share their ideas‚ and then collect all the available information into the best possible decision. This
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Reframing the Role of Computers in Organizations The Transaction Costs Approach Claudio U. Ciborra Politecnico de Milano Piazza L. Da Vinci‚ 32 Milano--ltalia Universita’ di Trento Via Verdi‚ 7 Trento--Italia ABSTRACT The traditional role of computer-based information systems is to provide support for individual decision making. According to this model‚ information is to be seen as a valuable resource for the decision maker faced with a complex task. Such a view of information systems
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