The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler‚ a scientist who studied the personality and characteristics of leaders. The model states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead‚ a leader’s effectiveness is based on the situation. This is the result of two factors – "leadership style" and "situational favorableness" (later called "situational control"). Fiedler created the least preferred co-worker (LPC) scale‚ where a leader is asked what traits can be
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This essay argues that contingency theory is a useful guide to the design of contemporary organizations. In particular‚ the essay claims that contemporary managers can draw upon the contingency theory research literature relating to relationship between organizational structure and technology‚ size‚ the environment‚ and strategy to design an organization that is well suited to its situation and circumstances and hence more likely to survive and prosper in the long term. This essay’s structure
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This thesis contains the design and development of a universal research portal. A research portal is designed to support researchers and other stakeholders‚ such as research spon-sors‚ at finding relevant research by structuring content of a specific scientific domain‚ make the content accessible‚ and present it to the stakeholders. The research portal pre-sented in this thesis is community-driven and fosters collaboration within the research community as users can contribute own research and knowledge
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The Universal commercial Code ( UCC) has been created to foster the free flow of commercial activity in the United States by making laws that are both reasonable and practical. Article 3 of this code deals with negotiable instruments. These contracts for payment serve as a substitute for actual money and make the flow of commerce move along at a faster rate. There are certain requirements that must be met for an item to be qualified as a negotiable instrument. First the instrument must be in
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humanity‚ with examples including the creation of new life‚ the permanence of death‚ and the inability of humans to defy physics and utilize magic. In literature‚ these laws offer a common topic of exploration‚ both in terms of what constitutes a universal truth and what happens when such a truth is rejected. Two examples of works that explore the latter theme are Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or‚ The Modern Prometheus and Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
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other issue is regarding the quality acceptance level of all the modules. We have come up with the recommendation which will help to solve the issue of quality problems of all the modules including the twelve types of modules. Background: Universal Computer Company is producing computers. It has different plants as profit centers producing single line of products or range of products and the parts made at one plant are transferred to another plant for further production. Crawley Plant
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The external relations section of Universal Fabrics is a rather small unit. Mr. Stanford is only responsible for the two attendants and a secretary. It is important to understand that the unit is allocated a substantial budget‚ and thus although Linda and Louise are only ‘attendants’‚ they are close to the top of their organisational world. Zaleznik (1963) describes a main pattern of inner conflict called competition anxiety. This anxiety refers to the feelings generated in people who are climbing
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Universal Values and the Justification of Internationality By Shaya Aldosari Introduction: Does cultural plurality deny any possibility of universal morality? Universality means‚ among many definitions‚ internationality. It also means the eternal validity of human ethics. Before the so-called postmodernism‚ humanity used to believe in transcendental values and ideas that hold good of everyone1‚ that is‚ every ‘animal rationale’ which according to Aristotle is the only animal who is capable
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topic - the psychoanalytic approach vs. the humanistic approach. One supports and provides reasoning for mental disorders and specific behavior‚ while the other states that behavior is based off of personal decisions. Although both the psychoanalytic and the humanistic approaches are well developed theories it is conclusive that the psychoanalytic approach is more useful and instrumental in treating mental disorders. Both approaches defined: The psychoanalytic approach‚ proposed by Sigmund Freud
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(Davies & Bhugra‚ 2004). The biological approach and psychoanalytic approach are both deterministic. They both claim that innate componants are responsible for our behaviour. The biological approach claims Behaviour is caused by specific brain structures or that genetic makeup. For example if you have a gene for for a specific behaviour‚ you will exhibit that type of behaviour. Valentine(1992‚ cited in Davey & Sterling‚ 2008). The psychoanalytic approach deterministic as it claims the unconscious
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