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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.Abstract:
"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.read more
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Influence of the open-mindedness culture on organizational memory: an empirical investigation of Spanish SMEs
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical study of 164 small and medium enterprises in the Spanish construction industry was conducted, and the results were analyzed using structural equation modeling validated by factor analysis, resulting in the conclusion that the existence of an open-mindedness culture is a prior step in the utilization of OM.
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Academic library leadership in the digital age
TL;DR: In this article, a survey was conducted to elicit responses from individuals who hold senior library leadership positions in American academic libraries throughout the USA, and the participants were identified through several means: the web sites of the ALA and its divisions; the Web sites of American universities; referrals; and the author's professional contacts.
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Public administration mentorship: conceptual and pragmatic considerations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the value of informal and formal mentoring for the preparation of senior administrative ranks in the public sector, through the construction of a conceptual framework identifying essential features of mentoring roles.
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A comparison of department chair tasks in Australia and the United States
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report a portion of the findings of the third phase of a study of Australian and U.S. academic department chairs in colleges and universities, seeking to clarify how chairs in the two countries define the tasks that exemplify their role as chair.
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In Search of the ASEAN Leader: An Exploratory Study of the Dimensions that Relate to Excellence in Leadership
TL;DR: The work of the ASEAN perspectives on excellence in leadership (APEL) research project was initiated in 1991 and funded by the University of Brunei Darussalam.
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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.