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    Dallas Hasty Dr. Dutch July 28‚ 2014 Organizational Culture and Leadership Behind every successful leader is a vibrant culture that engages and energizes employees. In almost every case‚ that culture has been defined‚ shaped and personified by the leader. Shaping a culture is a formidable task‚ since many of the valuable qualities a leader might have are never taught in a classroom. Culture is defined as "the set of key values‚ assumptions‚ understandings‚ and norms that is shared by members

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    Understanding Intimate Partner Violence through Role Theory: A Concept Paper Introducing Role Theory Role theory is a sociological framework that has been used to explain sets of relational patterns between people across varying contexts. It seeks to explain one of the most important characteristics of human social behavior – the fact that how people act‚ behave and speak are not separate‚ unique‚ disconnected but rather‚ are reflective of certain patterns and arrangements that depend on

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    CONTINGENCY contingency plan is a plan devised for an outcome other than in the usual (expected) plan.[1] It is often used for risk management when an exceptional risk that‚ though unlikely‚ would have catastrophic consequences. Contingency plans are often devised by governments orbusinesses. For example‚ suppose many employees of a company are traveling together on an aircraft which crashes‚ killing all aboard. The company could be severely strained or even ruined by such a loss. Accordingly‚

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    the existing processes‚ identifying IT levers and designing and building a prototype of the new process. In this context it can be mentioned that‚ some of the biggest obstacles faced by reengineering are lack of sustained management commitment and leadership‚ unrealistic scope and expectations‚ and resistance to change. Re-engineering emphasized a holistic focus on business objectives and how processes related to them‚ encouraging full-scale recreation of processes rather than iterative optimization

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    Recent Development in Role Theory Author(s): B. J. Biddle Reviewed work(s): Source: Annual Review of Sociology‚ Vol. 12 (1986)‚ pp. 67-92 Published by: Annual Reviews Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2083195 . Accessed: 09/10/2012 22:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover

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    APPLYING LEADERSHIP THEORIES Scott Jones EDA 575 Dr. Betty Nardelli September 17‚ 2014 The leadership theories at the location I have chosen have not only been vastly different‚ but have actually adjusted and changed as both the leader’s time has been extended and the location’s needs have changed. Although there have been “outward changes” in the leadership styles‚ I do not believe those changes actually represents the leader’s foundational beliefs which I believe‚ at their core‚ follow

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    research on gender equity in educational leadership published since 1997until 2010. Even though women attaining jobs in school leadership has increased‚ women still do not fill administrative positions in comparison to men. The majority of research related to women and leadership examines the barriers women face in entering or moving up in the leadership hierarchy. Looking at the differences and similarities in how men and women take on and exercise leadership roles‚ the authors of the articles suggest

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    The Leadership Quarterly 18 (2007) 298 – 318 www.elsevier.com/locate/leaqua Complexity Leadership Theory: Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge era ☆ Mary Uhl-Bien a‚⁎‚ Russ Marion b‚1 ‚ Bill McKelvey c‚2 a Department of Management‚ University of Nebraska-Lincoln‚ P.O. Box 880491‚ Lincoln‚ NE 68588-0491‚ USA b Educational Leadership‚ School of Education‚ Clemson University‚ Clemson‚ SC 29631-0710‚ USA c The UCLA Anderson School of Management‚ 110 Westwood Plaza‚ Los Angeles

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    A Question of Motivation Florence Adepoju‚ Traci Howard‚ Ashley Jackson‚ & Nadia Syahmalina BMGT 364: Management and Organization Theory Professor Steiger September 23‚ 2012 Introduction  The case study‚ A Question of Motivation‚ explores the various types of leadership styles that affect the motivation of the employee. Jonathan and Dan have two different managerial styles. Jonathan‚ a supervisor in the supermarket‚ varies the duties of his subordinates (Robbins & Judge). In contrast

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    2 – 2hr Workshop - Contingency KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS Contingency: a theory meaning one thing depends on other things. Contingency approaches: approaches that seek to delineate the characteristics of situations and followers and examine the leadership styles that can be used effectively. Fiedler’s contingency model: a model designed to diagnose whether a leader is task-oriented or relationship-oriented and match leader style to the situation. Situational theory: Hersey and Blanchard’s

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