The Leadership Qualities of Oedipus and Kreon Having leadership qualities means having charisma‚ resolves and protecting your citizens from any aspects that can come to harm them. The playwright portrays Oedipus as the King who cares for his people above all else and Kreon as a royalty‚ who attends only to hedonic lifestyle. In the citizen’s eyes‚ Oedipus is seen as a good leader. He demonstrates great leadership through several events. When the Oedipus learned of the plague‚ he “sent away
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What was the most important reason for the abolition of the slave Trade? By the time that the slave trade had been abolished in Britain and her colonies in 1807 eleven million men‚ women and children had been snatched from their homes. For historians understanding the factors that led to the abolition of the trade remains an important task. Whilst there is clearly a consensus on the main factors that led to this seismic and historic event there is obviously a difference in opinion on the most
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Most common Leadership Types are: - Autocratic leadership. - Bureaucratic leadership. - Charismatic leadership. - Democratic leadership or participative leadership. - Laissez-faire leadership. - People-oriented leadership or relations-oriented leadership. - Servant leadership. - Task-oriented leadership. - Transactional leadership. - Transformational leadership. Autocratic Leadership Autocratic leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership‚ where a leader exerts high levels
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one of the most influential people in the world. He is cofounder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine‚ Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years. Gates was born and grew up in Seattle‚ Washington USA. His father‚ William H. Gates II was a Seattle attorney and his mother‚ Mary Maxwell Gates was a school
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Vladimir Lenin was an outstanding figure of significance during the Russian Revolution. Under his strong leadership and with the help of his loyal followers‚ Lenin enabled the Bolsheviks to come into power‚ overturning the Provisional Government in the second revolution of the year. This has long been regarded as an important factor that contributed to this seizing of power. However‚ it is not the sole reason‚ nor is it the most important one‚ with two others being the incompetence of the Provisional
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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In 1789 France was divided into a social hierarchy that deemed over 90% of the population struggling to feed their families‚ the France we know today was shaped by the work and death of thousands of French citizens fighting for equality and liberty. The corrupt Catholic Church and government system at the time was completely broken down. The revolution reshaped France as an egalitarian society with the shift of power. Before the French revolution in 1789 France was ruled by the social and political
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What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism
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The French Revolution of Kings‚ Queens‚ & Guillotines 3 Estates 1. How was French Society divided prior to the French Revolution? 1st Estate (less than 1%): Catholic Clergy Owned 10% of land in France Paid 2% of income for taxes Scorned Enlightenment ideas 2nd Estate (2%): Rich nobles Owned 20% of land Paid little or no taxes Disagreed with Enlightenment ideas 3rd Estate (97%): Commoners 2. Explain the different divisions of the 3rd estate. 3 types of people Bourgeoisie(middle class) Skilled
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Qualities of Leadership Jarad Bowens Leadership is one of those words that are not so easy to define. The attributes and qualities that make up a good leader vary from person to person and from situation to situation. The definition is so broad that there are over two hundred registered definitions on the books. However‚ the basic idea of leadership is understood to be that quality which allows a person to stand ahead of the masses and inspire them to move forward. There are several qualities
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