class‚ which students were failing. The department head identified that the change in direction required new textbooks‚ altered assessments‚ and increased student participation to be successful. The department head first had to identify his/her situational leadership style to effectively implement changes to improving the class while gaining buy-in from faculty and students. The premise for change existed because of the failing scores. The flexibility of the department head was imperative in the success
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Glossy‚ lifeless flakes drifted down‚ glistening in the bright light of the harvest moon. The sheer darkness overpowered by the scented white puff of the winter snow. I emerged‚ dreary from the recent routine sleepless night. My displacement only heightened by rejection and segregation affiliated by my isolation. My only loyalty was attached to the abandoned‚ out-casted convenience store‚ disconnected from the community‚ the place I called home for the past 6 months. I cherished the indifference
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To become a more effective leader‚ incorporating my desire to strengthen my Situational Leadership style‚ I feel I need specific benchmarks to track my progress. I also feel I need tools to aid me in this growth. The foundation of Situational Leadership is constant evaluation and change‚ which can become confusing and overwhelming for new leaders. The two SMART goals I have created for myself will help. The first is very specific. In my job as a Clerk 1 in Revenue Collections‚ we are tasked with
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Abstract Situational Leadership‚ one of the most widely used leadership approaches in the business world today was developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in 1969. It is a leadership approach that focuses on leadership in different situations and is based on the premise that different situations demand different kinds of leadership. This approach stresses that a leader has to adapt his style of leadership according to the situation of his group. There are four different leadership styles based
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irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper killed his enemy‚ he felt
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My Experience of English writing Although writing is a small part of English study and will be ignored usually‚ it still plays an important and necessary role in our study. But that the topic was about the experience of English writing‚ I would not recall the past. In junior middle school‚ English writing is not demanding. Most of the exercises and examinations are simple narration by writing though pictures and a little word number. Just describe the story in the pictures in detail as
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Ken Blanchard’s seminars‚ books and theories focus on leadership. His main contribution for management practices is the leadership theory Situational Leadership II. The main fundament of his theory is that there is no single “best” style of leadership‚ it all depends on the task and on the person/group who is executing that task. According to the Situational Leadership II theory‚ there are two main concepts that should be analysed by the manager. Those concepts are the subordinate’s level of development
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five types of transitions that a person can experience. The transitions include developmental‚ health illness‚ organizational‚ situational‚ and multiple (Situational Transitions Class Notes‚ 2012). A situational transition in particular is when a person experiences a reshaping in their lifestyle (Hampton‚ 2010). That being said‚ immigration is considered to be a situational transition. Today in western cultures‚ immigration is commonly seen. Although many of us may not realize‚ immigrating is difficult
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In simple terms‚ a situational leader is an individual who can use different leadership styles based on the situation. Blanchard and Hersey created a model for Situational Leadership in that allows you to analyze the needs of the situation you’re dealing with‚ and then adopt the most appropriate leadership style. Many of us do this anyway in our dealings with other people: we try not to get angry with a nervous colleague on their first day; we chase up tasks with some people more than others because
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CHALLENGES OF WRITING ENGLISH 1. Sometimes we miss to focus on many tiny but important issues of our life. This subject heading reminds me of one of those many in my life. It reminds me of the most aged challenge in my life that I took without even realizing how I am going to meet it. So many challenges have been attained in this life. Yet‚ the challenge of writing good English could not be achieved fully. The whole challenge is now at a stage of ‘The challenges in writing English’. 2. English‚ being
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