BOOK REVIEW AND LEADER ANALYSIS Submitted to Dr. Joseph Martelli by Maddula Ravi Chandra Student I.D: 491593 Email I.D: maddular@findlay.edu In partial fulfilment of course requirement for MBA Course Number: MBA610_01_FA2013 Course Title: Leadership and Organisation Behaviour. The University of Findlay 10-9-2013 ABSTRACT This book review is an analysis of the leadership qualities of J.R.D.Tata described with reference to theories from "Daft" (2011) and his biography "Beyond The Last
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The Introverted leader by Jennifer Kahnweiler‚ is a handy guide for those who have a presence in the business world‚ but struggle to succeed because of their quiet and reserved nature. The main focus of this book is explaining to the reader how to embrace and enhance the natural talents of introverts‚ while also moving past any fears‚ reservations or difficulties this personality type often faces. In this paper‚ I will give a brief synopsis of the books content‚ I will connect common themes between
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Toma Ivanovic COM 1290 Oakland Community College‚ Auburn Hills Professor Moon Book Report: On Becoming A Leader Chapter One: Mastering the Context There is a trend of real leadership in the world today from the Kennedys‚ FDR‚ to Gandhi. There is a necessity to have leaders. A couple reasons are they are accountable for companies‚ organizations‚ and the running of a nation. People need to be led. There was a study done at the University of Michigan that talked argued that there are ten dangers
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O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” details the struggles of a platoon that represents the entire U.S. Army throughout the war effort in Vietnam. O’Brien writes about of the strange tactics of the people within First Lieutant Cross’ Platoon; whether it is bad leadership‚ drug use or the struggles of being Native American within Vietnam. O’Brien addresses the issues that were taking place in Vietnam by using the platoon to mirror what he saw was wrong. The initial issue O’Brien saw when he
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I want to be a platoon Sergeant because I want to push the squad leaders to do everything they are capable of for helping the Let 1’s succeed in the program. In addition‚ I want to make sure every squad leader is taking their job seriously and is completing all their assignments. One of my favorite things to do is to motivate cadets and students to do more than they think they can do. It may be hard at the moment to give it your all‚ but when you’re done completing the assignment or task it will
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on both resources and planning of my platoon. In reality‚ the additional requirements are a precaution more than a necessity‚ which increases the difficulty for myself and my mid-level leaders to fully accept the change. Therefore‚ much of the frustration for me personally has been in the difference of leadership styles of my supervisor and myself. Additionally‚ the strain between the mid-level leaders and the leadership of the platoon can be
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Sebastian Junger is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. Who‚ within a time period between 2007 and 2008 follows an American platoon deployed to Afghanistan. Korangal Valley to be exact‚ which is roughly twenty five miles from the border of Pakistan. The United States goal was to put our American troops there to over throw the Taliban regime. We intended to help Iraqi’s clear and secure neighborhoods‚ and to protect their local population. Sebastian followed the second of Battle Company‚ part
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Students are taught about what war was like in the past but they have never been able to see what it looked like. Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon showed the main character (Chris Taylor) and his companions throughout the war. The movie showed what happened during the Vietnam war and how it changed the view of soldiers from the beginning of entering the war to the end. Some major themes were Empathy vs. Ruthlessness because we see Sergeant Elias being understanding when taking over the village because
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Upon receiving the order‚ I immediately directed the mobilization of Platoon-1‚ marching on foot one soldier at a time with a maximum safe distance between soldiers. I anticipated that we would be the target of the enemy’s sniping and artillery shelling along the way. By dawn of the next day‚ just as we were near the edge of a village‚ VC (Việt Cộng) guerrillas ambushed us. They opened fire from thick bushes on the right side of the road. The dry sound of heavy discharges from CKC‚ red-butt rifles
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We Were Soldiers vs. Platoon After watching both of these films I noticed how combat was portrayed in the movie Platoon was different from the movie we were soldiers In the movie we were soldiers it was portrayed around several different officers it was focused on them and how they carried out their mission and how they took care of their men also they showed how on a platoon level and squad level were able to follow the battalion commander on the battlefield some example of the
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