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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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Position power and women’s career advancement
TL;DR: In this article, an instrument for assessing job advancement potential in organizational contexts was developed and administered to a sample of professional females, and the Power and Fast Track Job (PFTJ) scale included items measuring organizational power, employee recognition, mentorship, and job flexibility/autonomy.
The Leaders Role in Quality and Safety Improvement
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of 47 abstracts were selected and of these 32 full papers were retrieved and a manual search was made of the author's library of English language management quality and safety books and papers.
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The leadership enigma: toward a model of organizational optimism
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make their case for the efficacy of the transformational leadership perspective and explain how, much more so than sceptical perspectives, transformational leaders prepare public organizations for the challenges they must face in the upcoming millenium.
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Developing Organizational Adaptability for Complex Environment.
TL;DR: The need for adaptability in leaders and organizations is essential as discussed by the authors, where the challenges presented by the complex and uncertain environment dictates that one of the essential qualities for success, as a leader, is the ability to develop organizations capable of adapting.
Dissertation
Challenges Hindering Sustainability of Small and Medium Family Enterprises After the Exit of the Founders in Kenya
Abstract: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
Entrepreneurship in the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
2012
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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.