Disruptive and sustaining technologies – the difference Disruptive technologies are technological innovations which‚ as their name suggests‚ disrupt the status quo. They may displace existing technology‚ or introduce an entirely novel concept to society. The digital camera and the telephone are two examples of disruptive technologies. Developing and marketing such technologies requires skill and some financial backings‚ as consumers may initially be wary of such technologies before adopting them
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REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty By Michael Lippstreu In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Georgia Institute of Technology May‚ 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Michael Lippstreu REVISITING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY: A CLOSER LOOK AT FOLLOWER DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES Approved
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The most important learning and take away from this TLE journey has been that I have confronted the questions that I have pushed back for some time. The transformational experience has provided me with a process and lot of tools to find my path and way on my journey that has started already sometime before I signed in EMBA program. This change is more comprehensive and longer-term development that is still ongoing. Based on the TLE journey I have also made development in the areas that I knew are
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Gandhi – The Transformational Leader Leadership is the ability to influence a group towards the achievement of a vision or a set of goals. Leadership could be defined simply as the ability to lead - that is to guide‚ direct‚ influence or inspire. Many leadership theories abound amongst which the theory of Transformational Leadership proposed by Burns and Bass provides wide ranging applications and some very prominent examples. Transformational leadership enhances the motivation‚ morale and
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Yuan Ye (Carol) IBT07148 Transactional and Transformational Leadership [pic][pic] To: Nour Akalay Management June ‚ 2008 Transactional and Transformational Leadership Leadership has been an important topic in the social sciences for many years. Recently‚ renewed interest in the concept of leadership has been aroused. “The resurgence of interest in studying the topic of leadership appears to be accompanied by an acceptance of the distinction
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I believe in transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is a style of leadership where a leader works with subordinates to identify needed change‚ creates a vision of what that change end result should be‚ and executes those changes with the combined help of his subordinates through inspiration and charisma. I find that it is far easier to tell a soldier to “do as I do” than to try and explain how to become successful in the military. I have continuously molded and changed my leadership
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Cycles of Conquest‚ by Edward H. Spicer‚ is notably a classic‚ “essential” book for readers learning about the history of cultural change in the southwest. Published in 1962‚ Spicer’s work offers a scope of the histories of southwestern Native Americans—based on available knowledge. Edward Spicer introduces the first part of his book by stating several times that the historical lens is distorted because it is the history of the Spanish and their contacts with Native Americans‚ rather than the history
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Traditional approaches to leadership focus on Transactional leadership while‚ the more recent studies are now focusing on Transformational leadership style. Transactional leaders are those who motivate their followers by clarifying task requirements and work role. Transactional leadership style may be considered a common management style that involves a chain of command and defined structure where subordinates are expected to do what their supervisor tells them to do. Forms of motivation include
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I chose Transformational Leadership over the other theories because it does not only describe many of the attributes and behaviors I usually demonstrate in my daily life activities‚ but also it displays the kind of leader I want to become in the future. Personality characteristic such as being dominant‚ self-confidence or having ethical or moral values are traits that are innate from me. As a leader‚ I like to help my teammates to achieve their goals by having a good leader-follower relationship
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Cycle Although some people may think that translations of original texts will ruin the meaning and the style that the original author wanted to present‚ it is not true for Robert Pinsky’s translation of The Inferno of Dante. Pinsky’s translation is not only essential‚ but it also presents the same picture that Dante wanted to. Even more impressive is that Pinsky also takes in the style that Dante writes in while translating the text. Pinsky keeps in mind the specific interlocking rhyme scheme
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