QUESTION Participative leadership style is always more effective than autocratic/directive leadership styles. Discuss. Executive summary Academic and empirical research on workplace leadership covers wide ranging information on leadership theory and characteristics that make a leader effective. The focus of this report is to identify information on behavioural and contingency perspectives of leadership. The path-goal Leadership theory is one of the anticipated contingency theories as it
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Computer technology during the 70’s 80’s and 90’s Computer technology took a great leap in development during the 70’s when schools‚ businesses‚ and universities began to use computers. The 70’s would have to be the beginning of the technology of computers‚ as we know it today. The personal computer became big in the 80’s. Now computers are being updated daily‚ if not hourly. During the 70’s computers and computer use began to become known by everyone. This period was a time for development and
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The experiment performed by Judy S. DeLoache concluded how the more noticeable an object is‚ the harder it becomes for children to appreciate the object as a symbol for something other than what it already is‚ making it obviously more difficult for the younger participants of the experiment that are attracted to the object to detect its relation to the different rooms it stands for. The hypothesis concluded by Delouche led to many other intriguing ideas of what the experiment produced‚ like how if
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period. The latest management changes have once again disrupted stability. In July 2012‚ M&S announced widespread changes across the company‚ including a new head of general merchandise‚ style director and a new head of food. A number of external and internal factors explain these changes. External Factors Consumer spending & Competition External factors can be described as things affecting the company beyond its control. Firstly‚ the retail industry in which M&S operates has weakened
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The 1920’s‚ a time revered in american history as a period that cultivated many changes in the everyday lifestyle of American citizens and all around social norms found in society. Many aspects of American culture experienced change during the roaring twenties‚ including movies‚ music‚ and also literature. As the twenties came along author’s struggled to adjust to the changes society was undergoing. While some writers embraced the changes others expressed disapproval in the passing of the old ways
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Baseball has been America’s pastime since the late 1800’s. White men were the only ones who played the sport. Major League Baseball denied the access of allowing black players to play on the same field as the white players. They believed it would increase the amount of black fans coming to the stadiums and push away the white fans from coming to watch baseball anymore. In 1945‚ a new commissioner of baseball was hired‚ Happy Chandler‚ and he was more supportive of integrating the major leagues. People
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Participative Management in the Indian context Evolution of participative management in India Pre- Independence era: Participative management in India has taken to its roots quite early in time . This concept was introduced to the Indian soil by a few humanistic textile mill owners who sought the advice of workers’ spokesmen so as to solve industrial disputes. After a few such minor incidents‚ business houses in India responded to the need of industrial democracy. The Tata Iron and Steel company
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people described are all examples of different styles of clothing in the 1930’s. These fads were all the usually worn outfits of this era. Men and women’s fashion and trends were set and inspired by Hollywood star’s appearance on television. “Because of the need to save money‚ the average women could no longer buy new clothes every few months. Instead‚ they had to remake the clothes they already had‚ reusing any material that was on-hand.” (1930’s Fashion for Women‚ n.p.) The Great Depression brought
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of the most crucial time periods of music‚ leading to the music evolution into the music we hear today‚ especially for rock fans like myself‚ is the 1960’s. America during the 1960’s was a time a change‚ it was a time of new ideals in an ever growing country‚ in an attempt to leave behind the remnants of a republican’s dream society of 9 to 5’s‚ in a suburban wonderland with the wife and kids. to be replaced with a society that emphasis
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1970s Music The 1970s created a perfect musical bridge from the rebelliousness of the 1960s and the happy songs of the 1980s. Following the counterculture of the 60s‚ the 70’s created a trend of relaxing music as well as dance music. People may have grown tired of the fighting that happened the previous decade and many of them sought a refuge in dance clubs and other places to enjoy a good time. Out of this idea came the Disco movement. Of course‚ there was still the bands and artists that continued
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