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Leadership of Bill Gates
| Leadership | | Leadership of Bill Gates |

Group 11

July 30, 2012

North South University
Summer 2012
MGT321

Section: 12
Report
Prepared for:
Mohammad MujibulHoque (MJB)

TOPIC – Leadership of Bill Gates

Prepared by: Group 11

TEAM PROFILE

Information | Signature | Rafat Mahmud 103 0093 530Email: rafat.m.alvee@gmail.comContract no: +8801737165879 | | Arjumand Ara Shabnam 113 0032 530Email: arjumand.shabnam@gmail.comContract no: +8801671693289 | | Faisal Jahan 092 0381 030Email: faisal-jahan@hotmail.comContract no: +8801911905620 | |

Letter of transmittal

To
Mohammad MujibulHoque
North South University
Bashundhara, Dhaka.
Subject: Submitting the project paper on the leadership of Bill Gates.
Sir,
In this project we have tried to implement our learning on leadership from this course. We would like to thank you for offering the opportunity to work on this topic. We have tried our best to make this report precise and dependable.
Now we really will be grateful if you accept our report and appreciate our works by going through it. If you have further queries regarding this report, we gladly remain standby whenever you ask for it.
Sincerely yours,
Rafat Mahmud _______________
Arjumand Ara Shabnam _______________
Faisal Jahan _______________
CONTENTS

Leadership 7 Characteristics of a good leader 7 “Born to be a leader” 8 Education and way from childhood 9 The sroty of a living legend 10 Path-Goal theory analysis 12 Charismatic Leadership 15 Bill Gates as a Charismatic Leader 16 Bill Gates as a model Leader 17 Quotes of Bill Gates 20 Conclusion 21 References 22

Acknowledgement

Creating this project has been a great assignment for all of us. Since the beginning of our work we have been through much confusion, but still we managed to find the solution. First of all, we would like to thank almighty Allah for


References: 1.http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520 2.http://www.nidokidos.org/threads/14268-A-BRIEF-BIOGRAPHY-OF-Bill-Gates 3.www.nidokidos.org/threads/14268-A-BRIEF-BIOGRAPHY-OF-Bill-Gates 4.http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/styles/charismatic_leadership.htm 5.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Management_style 6.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_bill_gates_a_charismatic_leader 7. http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Bill-Gates-Leader-Innovative-Technology/181406
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