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  • Ge’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership

    Ge’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership

    GE’S Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership Jack Welch finally seemed happy at General Electric’s Annual Meeting in March 1999. Their operating margins were at an all-time high at 16.7% and their revenue exceeded $100 billion. The Financial Times named General Electric two years in a row the “Most Respected Company in the World.” For any company this is a huge accomplishment and a great recognition. The Fortune poll voted them the country’s “Most Admired Company.”

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    Essay Length: 1,255 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: regina
  • Leadership

    Leadership

    Leadership Analysis Leadership: what is it? Leadership, as a process, shapes the goals of a group or organization, motivates behavior toward the achievement of those goals, and helps define group or organizational culture (Tomey, 2004). It is primarily a process of influencing other to perform to their greatest potential. According to DeSilets (2004), "leadership is provided on many levels, for both the department and the organization. It may mean managing activities and resources or negotiating

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    Essay Length: 1,391 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Fmc Leadership

    Fmc Leadership

    BACKGROUND FMC Corporation is based out of Chicago. In 1989, sales stretched over five major businesses totaled $3.4 billion. The five major businesses that FMC operates are: Industrial Chemicals, Performance Chemicals, Precious Metals, Defense Systems, and Machinery and Equipment. The company specializes in the production of military equipment, a variety of industrial chemicals, gold and other precious metals, agricultural chemicals and a selection of specialty chemicals, and an extensive range of specialized machinery and equipment

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    Essay Length: 923 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Mastering "takeaway Leadership"

    Mastering "takeaway Leadership"

    Mastering "Takeaway Leadership" Effective managers remove obstacles for employees -- and then step aside to let them do their jobs The recent flurry of CEO firings (Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) Carly Fiorina, Merck's (MRK) Raymond Gilmartin, Boeing's (BA) Harry Stonecipher) has again raised the issue of leadership. It's tempting to ask: Has the job of CEO for a megacompany become too complex to handle? Is it asking too much of just one person to expect him

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    Essay Length: 1,173 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: David
  • Japan’s Emergence as a World Power

    Japan’s Emergence as a World Power

    In the past Japan was known as a state of solitude, but within its borders their lived a thriving society that was militaristically weak, economically under developed, and governmentally primitive. This past I am talking about is during the early 1800’s. Japan may have been secure in its current conditions, but it saw the need to change, and through that change Japan emerged suddenly as a great world power by the 1900’s. Japan changed on

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    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Max
  • Politics and Power: Examples from Today’s Corporate World

    Politics and Power: Examples from Today’s Corporate World

    Politics and Power: Examples from Today’s Corporate World An effective organization focuses on strong leadership, power and political issues. These components are critical to creating an organization mindful of values, ethics, culture and innovation. Analyzing the use of power and politics are essential to understanding the behavior of individuals within organizations. There are two sides to power and politics. In one respect power and politics imply the shady side of leadership. However, power and

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    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Renewable Energy Source - Wind Power

    A Renewable Energy Source - Wind Power

    For many years, people have been harnessing the power of wind. Wind propelled boats down water and simple windmills were used to pump water and grind grain. But credit goes to the Dutch who refined windmills so that they could drain swamps and lakes, and in the 19th century, settlers took this concept with them to the New World. There, windmills were used to pump water for farms and ranches, and later to generate

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    Essay Length: 492 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Leadership of Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies

    The Leadership of Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies

    The Leadership of Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, Ralph tries his best to create a society based on survival. As time progresses, it is clear that Jack's feelings are towards living life and having fun. Jack's society eventually leads to corruption, killing innocent people, while Ralph's prevails as the boys are rescued. Ralph uses a repetition of hope towards being saved while Jack's technique with

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    Essay Length: 2,337 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • Space Matrix Analysis on Power Protection Relay in Malaysia

    Space Matrix Analysis on Power Protection Relay in Malaysia

    Objective: Although the SWOT Matrix has been done last week, and it is widely used in strategic planning, it has some limitation, which did not show how to achieve a competitive advantage. Hence, the SPACE Matrix, another useful matching tool, is used here, to identify whether aggressive, conservative, defensive, or competitive strategies are most appropriate. Financial Strength 1. Total revenue from Engineering Project decrease from 6M to 2.5M 2. Net profit drop from RM740,000 in

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    Essay Length: 754 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Lim
  • Leadership and Management

    Leadership and Management

    What is the difference between leadership and management? Not many people understand what the “leadership” or “management” term means. Many people thing that they are similar or interchangeable. I was one of those a few years ago. Honestly, it was not easy to understand and recognize the roles of a leader and of a manager because both exist within the same department or organization. In fact, the leadership and management roles need to be differentiated

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    Essay Length: 1,545 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Wendy
  • John Locke and Jean Domat: Two 17th Century Theories of Power

    John Locke and Jean Domat: Two 17th Century Theories of Power

    During the 17th century, Europe was the center of two competing types of government; Absolutism and constitutionalism. Would a single ruler or shared power be best for the people? John Locke and Jean Domat both have their own opinions on how a government should administer. Jean Domat is a political theorist who favors the idea of absolutism. He argues that individuals are given a certain rank in society, in other words, a type of predestiny.

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Janna
  • How Valid Is the Judgement That Mussolini's Rise to Power Was Mainly the Result of the Failures of the Liberal State

    How Valid Is the Judgement That Mussolini's Rise to Power Was Mainly the Result of the Failures of the Liberal State

    Word Count: 2,320 Mussolini’s rise to power changed the course of western history as it brought about the new political idea of fascism, which would later spread, to Germany, Spain and Portugal. Mussolini’s rise to power is one that is widely debated in history. The strongest claim as to how Mussolini rose to power comes from the idea that the Italian liberal state was to open minded to supporting him and that the workings of

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    Essay Length: 2,301 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Wendy
  • How the Axis Power Lost?

    How the Axis Power Lost?

    How the Axis Power Lost Germany: 1) The killing of 9 to 11 million civlizians that caused a decline in relations with countries, they could have been used as soldiers or factory workers. 2) Providing military support to China before WWII as it weakened Germany's relations with Japan. 3) Declaring war on the Soviet Union on 22nd June 1941, and not preparing German, Italian and Romanian troops for the winter ahead. The troops also advanced

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: NAZIMUS
  • Leadership Versus Management

    Leadership Versus Management

    Leadership Development: Allio, Robert J. (2005). Teaching versus learning Management Decision, Vol. 43, Issue: 7-8 pp. 1071-1077 The purpose of the article is to elucidate the limitations of contemporary approaches to developing leaders to present alternative approaches. Companies send their people to schools and seminars to produce better leaders. There is very little evidence that this kind of training makes a person a better leader. The author tells about how training programs can change the

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    Essay Length: 2,413 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Jon
  • Fuzzy Logic Approach to Enhance Energy Conversion in Solar Powered Vehicles

    Fuzzy Logic Approach to Enhance Energy Conversion in Solar Powered Vehicles

    The mounting demands for fossil fuels, the ensuing global energy crisis, the inadequacy and limitations of solar vehicle to answer the needs of the hour is where the roots of the paper takes origin. The idea of solar vehicles as a potential solution is acknowledged, and enhancing the vehicle to match the performance of the conventional vehicles is the challenge that researches are trying to outwit. Conventional photovoltaic technology is based on harnessing the sun’s

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    Essay Length: 390 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • Definition of Leadership

    Definition of Leadership

    DISCUSSION Definition of Leadership Leadership is defined as the ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group (Stephen, 2004). Leaders can emerge from within a group as well as by formal appointment to lead a group. It is important for all managers to establish themselves as leaders (Shami & Lau, 2000). Consequently it must be noted that all leaders do not necessarily have to be a manager (Senior,

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    Essay Length: 1,659 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Yan
  • Leadership

    Leadership

    The Local Church Philosophy of Ministry by Pastor Henry Stewart What is success in Your eyes, O God? We long to do things Your way and minister for Your glory. Make our efforts conform to the perfectness of Your nature and the revelation of Your Word. We pray. Amen. When speaking of a local church's "Philosophy of Ministry" what we are really asking is: "How do we know when we are doing ministry successfully?" Implied

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    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Compare Oedipus Rex and Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey; How Much Control Do You Think one Can Have on the Power of Fate?

    Compare Oedipus Rex and Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey; How Much Control Do You Think one Can Have on the Power of Fate?

    Compare Oedipus Rex and Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey; How much control do you think one can have on the power of fate? This paper is comparing Oedipus Rex and Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey, personalities and the control each one has on their fate. In order to have an understanding of these characters it is best to give a slight description of each play. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, is the protagonist of the play. Oedipus

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    Essay Length: 1,195 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: regina
  • Leadership and Management

    Leadership and Management

    Leadership and management are two notions that are often used interchangeably. However, these words actually describe two different concepts. The following report will discuss the differences and examine the roles and responsibilities of leaders in creating and maintaining a healthy organizational culture. What is leadership, and what is the difference between leadership and management? • Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a group that they follow, i.e. a leader is the spearhead

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    Essay Length: 962 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Vietnam’s Power Struggle

    Vietnam’s Power Struggle

    Vietnam’s Political Struggle “If you grew up in the 60’s, you grew up with war on TV every night, a war that your friends were involved in. And I want to do this song tonight for all the young people out there if you’re in your teens. Cause I remember a lot of my friends when we were 17 or 18, we didn’t have much of a chance to think about how we felt about

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    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Monika
  • 5 Forces Model - Bargaining Power of Buyers

    5 Forces Model - Bargaining Power of Buyers

    Bargaining Power of Buyers FedEx faces significant competitive pressure from corporate buyers in the overnight delivery market. This pressure is most evident in FedEx’s relationship with large corporate clients. These buyers have a great deal of bargaining power attributable to the large volume purchases they make. Negligible switching costs also contribute to buyers bargaining ability in the market. Buyers have a great deal of bargaining power because of the large volume of purchases they make

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    Essay Length: 610 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: David
  • Leadership Theories

    Leadership Theories

    Behavioral Theory Assumptions Leaders can be made, rather than are born. Successful leadership is based in definable, learnable behavior. Description Behavioral theories of leadership do not seek inborn traits or capabilities. Rather, they look at what leaders actually do.If success can be defined in terms of describable actions, then it should be relatively easy for other people to act in the same way. This is easier to teach and learn then to adopt the more

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    Essay Length: 297 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Anna
  • Different Leadership Theories

    Different Leadership Theories

    Different Leadership Theories and Where I Fit Into Them I have just been appointed supervisor, and since this is the first time I have been in a formal leadership role I want to do anything possible to ensure that I am successful. I decided to do some research on leadership theories on my own. I have also taken two personality tests online, which were the 5-factor IPIP Personality test by Tickle, and the other one

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    Essay Length: 1,288 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Victor
  • Leadership

    Leadership

    Today I am here to speak on a complex issue; Canadian peacekeeping in times of political ambiguity. Canadian peacekeepers in modern times must have courage and vision, yet the risks rewards and sacrifices that they endure in this process often take tolls. One man in the 1960's in Canada showed extraordinary leadership in shaping the kind of peacekeeping we as Canadians are so proud of today. The vision of a man like Lester B Pearson

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    Essay Length: 865 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Edward
  • Gangs: Power, Conflict, and Trust

    Gangs: Power, Conflict, and Trust

    Gangs have become a harsh reality in today's society. But despite what one might think, gangs illustrate many communication theories. This is done through the power gangs possesses, "gang warfare", and the trust between gang members. Gang power can be seen in many communication theories. There are several types of power that gangs and gang leaders fall under. An example of this would be referent and legitimate power. Referent power can be described as the

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    Essay Length: 850 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Top

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