Dear Massey Hall and co‚ In the times that I have attended a concert‚ held in either the Roy Thomson Hall or Massey Hall‚ the performances and sound have been immaculate. However‚ a few things have been brought to my attention that I would like to alert to you about. I have been studying physics and the current unit in sound has given me insight information as to why some of the sounds that I hear have actually been damaging my hearing. I’ve noticed this happened because the sound waves have
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A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Leadership Behavior: Integrating a Half Century of Behavior Research Gary Yukl Angela Gordon University at Albany‚ Tom Taber State University of New York‚ Albany‚ NY A major problem leadership research and has been lack of agreement about which theory behavior categories are relevant and meaningful. It is difficult to integrate findings from five decades of research unless the many diverse leadership behaviors can be integrated in a parsimonious and meaningful
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Transformational Leadership and Performance Across Criteria and Levels: A Meta-Analytic Review of 25 Years of Research Gang Wang1‚ In-Sue Oh2‚ Stephen H. Courtright1‚ and Amy E. Colbert1 Group & Organization Management 36(2) 223–270 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1059601111401017 http://gom.sagepub.com Abstract Although transformational leadership has been studied extensively‚ the magnitude of the relationship between
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THE ABC‚ 123 of CORPORATE CULTURE Dr Stephanie Jones What is corporate culture? For many‚ it’s hard to define exactly‚ but it’s blamed when people don’t “fit in” to a new company‚ when two companies merge and have difficulties integrating with each other‚ and when a company tries to introduce a major change program. Yet culture is seen is intangible‚ indefinable‚ woolly and imprecise‚ described in vague terms of being “tough”‚ “soft”‚ “strong”‚ “weak” – but is somehow always there. Organizational
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The Reconstruction Era was a time of incredible upheaval and violence propelled by politics. The 5th amendments addition to the constitution in 1870‚ direct disenfranchisement was no longer permitted. Southern whites constructed alternative techniques in order to accomplish their goal— to silence black voices during elections. These methods included literacy test‚ electoral fraud (ballot stuffing)‚ poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause and violence. The Process of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to
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Empowerment in an organization Empowerments is the process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think‚ behave‚ take action‚ and control work and decision making in autonomous ways. It is the state of feeling self-empowered to take control of one’s own destiny. In an organization‚ empowerment is the redistribution of power and decision making responsibilities‚ usually to employees‚ where such authority was previously a management prerogative. Empowerment is based on the recognition that employee
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A School lunch hall Condensation slides its way down the window‚ leaving behind it a ribbon of smooth‚ murky darkness. The sheer suffocating heat and humidity inside suggests the number of drenched bodies seeking refuge from the relentless onslaught of rain. In one corner‚ a single teacher loses the battle to restrain a group of shouting children and is swamped in a wave of uniformed bodies. Buzzing with anticipation‚ their instincts triggered by the promise of food‚ the mass of children charges
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Leadership Traits Although research has shown that the presence of specific traits alone do not ensure successful leadership‚ it has been proven that successful historical leaders share certain key traits. According to Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin Locke‚ “leaders do not have to be great men or women by being intellectual geniuses or omniscient prophets to succeed‚ but they do need to have the "right stuff" and this stuff is not equally present in all people” (Kirkpatrick & Locke‚ 1991‚ p. 12)
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Cultural Differences and People Management Module Guide Hofstede‚ Hall and Trompenaars see the world as composed of national cultures with ’distinctive values‚ languages‚ management stules‚ and ways of doing business ’ (Holden‚ 2002:226). How useful do you think this approach is for today ’s interconnected and fluid business world? Word count: 1935 Introduction Nowadays‚ interacting with people from foreign cultures is part of our daily routine. In fact
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JOURNALISTIC AND COMMERCIAL NEWS VALUES Journalistic and Commercial News Values News Organizations as Patrons of an Institution and Market Actors SIGURD ALLERN Why do some events fill the columns and air time of news media‚ while others are ignored? Why do some stories make banner headlines whereas others merit no more than a few lines? What factors decide what news professionals consider newsworthy? Such questions are often answered – by journalists and media researchers alike – with references
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