Legacy of Enron ’s Collapse. Business History Review‚ 83(1)‚ 173-177. Retrieved July 12‚ 2009‚ from Academic Search Complete database. Robbins‚ S.P.‚ & Judge‚ T.A.(2007). Organizational behavior (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education. Yukl‚ G. (2006).Leadership in organizations (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Education.
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opportunity one comes along. Even though there may not be only one-way to organizational success‚ all should agree that many factors can contribute to its effectiveness. One significant factor is the study of the company’s organizational behavior. (Yukl‚ 2006) This paper will attempt to explore some aspects of the organizational behavior of WorldCom which may have led to its business failure. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND WorldCom was a company that was initially bound for success. It was founded in 1893
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That is why I would like to start this essay on leadership development from speaking about my background‚ previous experience that influenced my leadership style. Here I will rely on the "theory of traits of a leader" (Kirkpatrick & Locke‚ 1991; Yukl‚ 2010) while describing the sequence of my failures and achievements over the period of the life that pretty comprehensively illustrate the strong sides of my personality in terms of leadership and the pitfalls. My school life began rather early
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Hester Rall LDR 531 November‚ 28 2011 Tom Melpolder Examining the Failure of Arthur Andersen Introduction Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study of an organizations individuals‚ groups and structures and its impact on workplace behavior (Yukl‚ 2010). In reviewing the failure of the storied Arthur Andersen (AA) accounting firm we see the influence of individuals’ decisions‚ particularly that of its leaders‚ but also the lack of individual accountability and a willingness to do whatever the
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Ken Blanchard – Situational leadership Ken Blanchard’s background and era in which he worked: Ken Blanchard – Kenneth Hartley Blanchard was born in 1939 in New Jersey and was raised in New York. He received a master’s degree from Colgate University‚ and a bachelor’s and PhD from Cornell University. He is a guru‚ an American author‚ a speaker and an influential business consultant. He is known as one of the most effective and sophisticated storytellers and leadership expert for his phenomenal book
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“In order to win a man to your cause‚ you must first reach his heart‚ the great high road to his reason.” Abraham Lincoln (cited in Crowley‚ M (2001) As one of the most successful transformational leaders in political history‚ Abraham Lincoln inspired loyalty and willingness for self-sacrifice among his followers by raising their level of motivation through the development of a shared vision‚ morality‚ loyalty‚ trust and communication.—as evidenced by changing their attitudes toward emancipation
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Management and leadership Management and leadership: the same as the other or not? Mohsin Darwish 20090628 Class 9 Bahrain Polytechnic Abstract: Looking at management and leadership‚ there appears to be many thought on the subject and this literature review looks into some of them. It appears that nowadays leadership is considered distinct from management but that was not always the case‚ the study of (J Bruce & Hinkin‚ 1998) shows that some similarities exist between the two‚ another
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Leeds Metropolitan University March 21 2013 Management and Leadership Development Module Tutor: Dr. Ruchi Sharma Student Id: 77094015 The phenomenon of Leadership style has its clear and visible existence from the beginning of the civilization. Greek heroes like Lenin from Russia‚ Lincoln and MacArthur had one thing in common i.e. ‘LEADERSHIP’. Over the years the forms of leadership has changed. Earlier people believed that leadership comes from birth but now a time has come
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Morality in Transformational Leadership Style I. Leadership This article aims to discuss the weakness of transformational leadership style. As we know there are two kinds of leadership styles namely the transformational and transactional leadership. Leadership occupies a strategic position and is absolutely necessary in an organization‚ where relationships happen between two people or more in achieving organizational goals. So that the position of a leader in the organization has a very important
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Stewart‚ R.‚ J. Barsoux‚ A. Kieser‚ H. Ganter.‚ and P. Walgenbach (1994) Managing in Britain and Germany‚ New York: St Yukl‚ G.‚ and Falbe‚ C.M. (1990) ‘Influence tactics and objectives in upward‚ downward‚ and lateral influence attempts’‚ Journal of Applied Psychology‚ Vol Yukl‚ G.‚ Kim‚ H.‚ and Falbe‚ C.M. (1996) ‘Antecedents of influence outcomes’‚ Journal of Applied Psychology‚ Vol Yukl‚ G. (1998) Leadership in Organizations‚ Fourth edition‚ New Jersey‚ Prentice Hall.
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