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Leadership Attributes Of Mark Zuckerberg
MGT 210.20
Report On: Leadership of- Mark Zuckerberg
Submitted by:
Arif Ishtiaque Zaman- 1330299630
Sarika Iqbal-

Semester: Fall 2014
Submitted to: Syed Riaz Mahmood Ali
Department: Bachelor of Business Administration
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

To complete our project, first of all our team is very grateful to Almighty Allah for the hard work, dedication, team effort and patience we have put to finish our project work on time. The team would also like to thank our team members as all of them devoted their full support and cooperation and gave valuable time to the project work. Finally we are very grateful to our course instructor Syed Riaz Mahmood Ali who inspired and suggested us to do the project, and supported us in every possible way. The team is very thankful to him and it is our honor to have Syed Riaz Mahmood Ali as an instructor.

Table of Contents
History of Mark Zuckerberg 4
Technology Sensation 4
Transformation from a Hacker to a CEO and then to a Leader 5
Personal Traits 6
Situational Leadership style 8
Traits of Effective Leader, as seen in Mark Zuckerberg 9
Dominance 9
High Energy 9
Intelligence 9
Flexibility 10
Integrity 10
Locus of Control 10
Self Confidence 10
Sensitivity to Others 11
Stability 11
Leadership Grid Theory 11
Leadership Continuum Theory 12
PATH-GOAL THEORY. 12
The Myers-Briggs Test 13
Theory Y 14
Maslow’s Self Actualization 14
MCCLELAND’S NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT 15
Five IMPORTANT LESSONS MARK ZUCKERBERG TAUGHT US ABOUT Business 15
Lesson 1: Be passionate about what you do 15
Lesson 2: Constant evaluation 16
Lesson 3: Be willing to experiment 16
Lesson 4: Be aware of opportunity 17
Lesson 5: Make something useful 17
Conclusion 18

History of Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerbreg was born on 14 May 1984 at White Plains, New York. He is best known as CEO of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg is a technology innovator, CEO, Internet Tycoon and philanthropist who earned multi-billionaire status by his mid-20s. As the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of
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