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On Becoming a Leader

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In this paper, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke, and others, in a new book.
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"In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.

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High School Principals' Perceptions of Central Office Administrator Support for Planning, Coordinating, and Evaluating Teaching and the Curriculum.

TL;DR: Lawson et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the perceptions of high school principals in the area of central office instructional leadership support from the perception of the high school principal, and found that successful high school administrators feel supported as the instructional leader specifically in the areas of planning, coordinating, and evaluating teaching and curriculum.
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The relationship between organizational culture and the transfer of management, functions and roles in the SMES succession: A case study between Hungary and North of Portugal

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a study about the analysis of the relationship between organizational culture and the transfer of management, functions and roles in the succession of SME's.
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Improving Graduate Business School Programs by Strengthening the Delivery System

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose to improve Graduate Business School Programs by Strengthening the Delivery System by improving the quality of the delivery system of the course material and the curriculum.
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Managing and Motivating People on a Joint Venture Project

TL;DR: The authors discusses the general subject of motivation in the workplace and reviews motivating factors that apply on any job or project, including salary increases or promotions, dealing honestly and fairly with everyone, being sensitive to employees' needs as people, setting the proper example, possibly visiting the site of the work, and proper use of humor.
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The Closing of the American Mind

TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.