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Webcasts
Moral Crisis: IESE Symposium Draws Ethics Experts From Around The Globe
May 2010
IESE's 2-day International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society, which is now in its 16th year. The event brings together experts from universities from all over the world to debate ethical...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Business Ethics And Human Resource Management
Sep 2007
Many companies have established a mind-set that so long as they meet any legal requirements placing constraints on their actions, "Anything else goes" in order to compete in today's global...
Provided by Center for Positive Management Leadership
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White Papers
Five Critical Skills For Team Leadership: How Is Managing A Department Different From Leading A Team?
Apr 2010
Team leaders are responsible for leading teams of people who may not report to them. Without organizational authority, team leaders must influence others and inspire them to meet the goals of the...
Provided by Cornelius & Associates
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White Papers
Today's Leadership Challenge: The Leader As A Source Of Vision
Mar 2010
In today's environment, now is not the time for short-sighted actions or short-term fixes. In this "Today's Leadership Challenge" paper, the authors spotlight the leader as a source of vision....
Provided by Cornelius & Associates
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White Papers
Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles And Practices For A model Business Ethics Program
Sep 2007
Many leading businesses no longer debate the legitimacy of the role and importance of ethics; rather, they are forging ahead, finding new ways to put ethics into practice. A few recent examples...
Provided by Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
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White Papers
Deliberative Business Ethics
Jan 2010
Social norms are an important input for ethical decisions in any business context. However, the cross-cultural discovery of extant social norms presents a special challenge to international...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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White Papers
A Corporate Culture Pattern To Manage Business Ethics
Dec 2007
Within the general frame of proposals for an adequate management of business ethics, this paper is based on the vision of corporate culture as a pattern to achieve such purpose. If one consider...
Provided by University of Alicante
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White Papers
Business Ethics - What?
Mar 2010
Business ethics is a branch of applied ethics. It treats ethical aspects of human actions within the sphere of business organizations and professional activities. As such, it is concerned with...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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White Papers
Business Ethics: An Overview
Oct 2008
This paper provides an overview of business ethics. The author describes important issues, identify some of the normative considerations animating them, and offer a roadmap of references for those...
Provided by Bowling Green State University
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White Papers
On Pushing Back The Boundaries Of Economics: The Case Of Business Ethics
Sep 2008
This paper attempts to go beyond the traditional boundaries of economics to examine an important area too long neglected in modern economics - ethics. In this paper, orthodox economic methodology...
Provided by Pittsburg State University
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White Papers
The Critical Importance Of Business Ethics For Effective Leadership
Dec 2010
Leadership in business must set the standard and "Walk the talk" when it comes time to ethical behavior. There can be no compromise of ethics. There can be no "Waiver of ethics." A leader must...
Provided by Business Expert Webinars
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White Papers
Ethics In Brief: Challenges In Business Ethics
May 2008
This paper opens by noting the apparent gap between published codes of business ethics and actual business performance. It proposes that business ethics should be taken as seriously by Christians...
Provided by Kirby Laing Institute For Christian Ethics
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White Papers
Ethics In Business - From Compliance To Commitment
Mar 2008
It seems that, by and large, human resource professionals have been quite happy to have the accountability for their company's business ethics and code of business conduct rest with their legal or...
Provided by RANA Group
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White Papers
The Leadership Diversity Puzzle
May 2009
They say it's never a bad time to invest in leadership. But is that still true, even during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression? Unilever, the food and personal care products...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Ethics Programs: Federal Imperative, Cultural Opportunity
Oct 2010
When contractors speak of their success, they rarely mention ethics policies, though ethics has become a defining issue for the design and construction industry. Driven in part by regulatory...
Provided by FMI
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White Papers
The Effect Of Total Quality Management On Leadership: Case Of Nigeria
Jan 2008
This paper, in effect, has taken the approach of finding the solutions to the problems facing poor leadership in many of the African countries, especially Nigeria. The paper is significant because...
Provided by Elizabeth City State University
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White Papers
Reaping The Business Value Of Managed Services: Recommended Next Steps For Business Leaders
Nov 2010
Some organizations look towards wholesale IT outsourcing to assist them in achieving their business objectives, but today many more is looking for ways of taking delivery of more discrete managed...
Provided by EITC
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White Papers
Gambling And Corporate Social Responsibility
Nov 2010
The now famous quote from Donald Rumsfeld former US defence secretary that there are "Known Knowns", "Known Unknowns" and "Unknown Unknowns" is fairly apt for businesses these days. Bill Eadington...
Provided by European Association for the Study of Gambling
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White Papers
Ethical Corporate Culture And Guidelines For Ethical Leadership
Aug 2010
The ethical relativist's creed is "When in Rome do as the Roman do". For the ethical relativist nothing is sacred and nothing is wrong. At the opposite end of the spectrum is the creed of ethical...
Provided by International Journal of Trade, Economics, and Finance (IJTEF)
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White Papers
Great Culture? How Do You Know? Why Should You Care? Tying Your Communication Strategies To Culture And Measurable Impacts
Jun 2009
Many companies espouse their strong cultures, but, interestingly, they're unable to point to why they believe this or to any evidence that the culture is indeed "Strong" or that the culture has...
Provided by Strategic Communications
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White Papers
The Evolution of Corporate Cultures: A Grounded Theory
Jan 2010
People vary their accounts in different contexts. The explanation suggested by the data is that discourses are based on the impact and likelihood of participants repeating information to other...
Provided by Webs
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White Papers
Comparing Men's And Women's Perception Of Modality Of Teaching Business Ethics
Jan 2010
This paper is the second report of a research project involving collecting information via e-survey about occasions in which graduates of a California private University have encountered ethical...
Provided by National University
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White Papers
Culture And The Adoption Of Practices: An Assessment Of The U.S. Automotive Manufacturing Sector
Jun 2009
Sustained competitive advantage is a function of the practices a company's management adopts in implementing its strategy. However very little research has been undertaken to show how culture...
Provided by SRU
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White Papers
Educating Global Leaders: Exploring Intercultural Competence In Leadership Education
Feb 2010
The globalization of the world has brought about massive shifts over the past two decades. With the increase of international travel, the quantum leaps in global communication brought about by the...
Provided by Bethel University
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White Papers
Task And Relationship Orientations Of Thai And American Business Students' Based On Cultural Contexts
Sep 2008
Global managers and educators should understand that cultural differences cannot be cured and, therefore, they should be accepted if professionals are to build strong relationships in order to...
Provided by Nova Southeastern University
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White Papers
A Transdisciplinary Andragogy For Leadership Development In A Postmodern Context
Feb 2009
The paper looks at the complex nature of the postmodern world in which leaders find themselves and questions the appropriateness of the current discipline-based structure of MBA education in terms...
Provided by University of South Africa
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White Papers
Intercultural Competence In Leadership Education: Keys To Educating Global Leaders
Feb 2009
The globalization of the world has brought about massive shifts over the past two decades. With the increase of international travel, the quantum leaps in global communication brought about by...
Provided by Bethel University
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White Papers
The 4R Model Of Leadership: A Virtue-Based Curricular Model For Business Education In A Global Context
Feb 2009
This paper presents a virtue-based, graphic working model of leadership used in teaching business leadership in an MBA program. The 4R Model offers a theoretically sound, conceptually simple and...
Provided by Bethel University
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White Papers
The Cross-Cultural Leader: The Application Of Servant Leadership Theory In The International Context
Dec 2008
Leadership theories have evolved from a focus on traits, to behaviors, to contingency theories, to more contemporary approaches including servant leadership theory. This paper provides an overview...
Provided by Troy University
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White Papers
When East And West Meet: An Essay On The Importance Of Cultural Understanding In Global Business Practice And Education
Apr 2009
As today's business decisions and choices are increasingly influenced by the diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives of various corporate stakeholders, it is critical for business managers...
Provided by Illinois State University
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White Papers
Investigating The Value Of And Hindrances To Servant Leadership In The Latin American Context
Mar 2009
Since the early 1990s, servant leadership has grown as a discrete area of leadership studies, particularly in the North American and European contexts. While this if valuable, to date, little has...
Provided by Bethel University
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White Papers
Leadership Styles: Women Take The Lead
Jun 2008
When your people believe they are part of the solution, whether you have embraced their input completely, minimally or not at all, the opportunity to be included and valued results in willingness...
Provided by Sostre Enterprises
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White Papers
Significance Of Leadership In Productivity Management
Mar 2008
Leaders should ensure the creation of strategies systems and methods for achieving excellence, stimulating innovation and building knowledge and capabilities. The value and strategies should help,...
Provided by International Association of Engineers
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White Papers
Leadership Styles And The Moral Choice Of Internal Auditors
Apr 2010
According to the theory of reasoned action, the intention of an individual is influenced by personal attitudes, the social norms and weighing of these two considerations. These motivational...
Provided by Curtin University of Technology
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White Papers
Closing The Leadership Gaps: Preferred And Perceived Leadership Style Among Life Insurance Agents
Oct 2009
The success of an insurance organization is very much tied to the effectiveness of leaders of the insurance companies in managing their human capital. Insurance leaders and managers are constantly...
Provided by Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
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White Papers
The Dilemma Of Leadership Styles And Performance Appraisal: Counter Strategies
Dec 2010
There are many ways of looking at leadership and many interpretations of its meaning. Leadership might be interpreted in simple terms, such as getting others to follow, or "Getting to do things...
Provided by Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology
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Webcasts
The Changing Face Of The CIO
Jan 2011
As CEOs increasingly turn to technology to help them cope with a rapidly changing business environment, chief information officers (CIOs) are no longer simply 'the IT guys'. Increasingly, they are...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Error Management: A Pre-Emptive Move That Can Reap Long-Term Gains
Jan 2011
Dave Hofmann, Associate Dean and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of North Carolina, thinks that error management is underrated, and says that has the effect of hurting the...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Facilitating Upward Communication: Leaders Must Do More To Break Existing Strongholds
Jan 2011
Oftentimes, what separates good leaders from bad ones lies is their art of communication. Much has been said about preferred leadership styles which advocate openness, tolerance and active...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Taking The Lead
Aug 2010
Peter Grauer, the Chairman and CEO of Bloomberg, is a man with a mantra and he repeats it every chance he gets: "We have an aspiration at Bloomberg to become the most influential news organization...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Intergroup Leadership: A Unifying Force
Jan 2010
As the name suggests, intergroup leadership involves a fair amount of interaction among team members. On paper, it may look simple enough, but in reality, it's a lot harder to put into practice....
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
CEO View: Paul Desmarais, Jr. Of Power Corporation Of Canada
Sep 2010
In 1925, Power Corporation of Canada pioneered the development of the hydroelectric industry, supplying power to homes and business across the country. But today the company is no longer about...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Merck Orchestra: Using Mendelssohn To Teach Leadership
Oct 2010
A symphony conductor, in many ways, has a great deal of mystique about what they do says Jon Chilingerian, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD. To most audiences the conductor...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Women And Leadership
Jan 2010
Dumas also knew that something else was expected of her. One of her biggest challenges was her management-style mismatch with the chairman. He was a broadbrush, big-picture thinker, who frequently...
Provided by Chief Executive Group
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White Papers
Leadership - Character And Traits
Feb 2010
A few individuals are natural leaders no matter what they do in their career path because of the positive energy they project. Even in hard times, they always discover a way. And the wonderful...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Business Leadership Now
Mar 2008
Are you the owner of a small business? A professional in private practice? Or an executive in a small company? If you are any of these and you don't think of yourself as a "Business leader," shame...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Four Ways Leaders Need To Communicate
Mar 2008
The leader is the broker of a message. The manager is a broker of information. And yet, managers can be leaders. It all depends on the significance of the message and what they do with it. Adept...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leadership Skills: How To Shape Perceptions So You Can Get Full & Willing Cooperation
Mar 2008
When you first became a supervisor or manager, you tried to project an image of confidence... an image that said you expected performance from others. In a sense, you intuitively knew that...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Lead Your Organization Away From Being Too Independent In Working With Trends
Mar 2008
If you are a leader in your enterprise (whether formally by job or informally by credibility), you have an opportunity to ask questions that can expose the weaknesses of internally dominated...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Why Leaders Always Follow Their Instincts
Mar 2008
What separates a rich person from an ordinary person? The answer to that question is attitude. If one believes that the individual is capable of succeeding, it will happen. All it takes is some...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Become An Effective Leader
May 2008
Recent evidence has shown that there is a Personality Profile for someone who can be called a natural born leader. In this personality profile there are a set of innate characteristics that can be...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leadership Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Apr 2008
What you believe your leadership style to be has very little to do with what it actually is. As in marketing, perception is reality, and in this case, your leadership is defined by how your...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Inspire To Lead And Lead To Inspire
Apr 2008
Inspiration comes at both ends of the leadership equation. Leaders are called to guide and lead from many different directions but there is always an element of emotion and inspiration. The call...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
What Makes A Good Leader?
May 2008
One of the best ways to begin improving your leadership style is to emulate successful leaders. So, the author asked a number of executive and community leaders the author knows to give their...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leadership Values And Loyalty
May 2008
No matter it is religion, sports, or politics, a leader has an inseparable role in any arena. Hence, it is not an exception in the case of a business environment. A leader plays an inevitable role...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leadership Qualities - Characteristics Of Leadership
Jun 2008
One of the best books on leadership is "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. Collins researched a number of companies that were able to sustain outstanding growth over a period of 15 years while their...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
7 Ways To Succeed As A Leader In A 24/7 World
Oct 2008
Blackberries and Wifiand blogs (oh my!). And your list likely goes on - email, IM's, forwarding your phone number, wireless everything and 24 hour news channels. While it might be trite, we truly...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Webcasts
Controlling Your Inner Elephant
Jan 2010
Richard Daft, Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management and an expert in leadership issues, discusses how he combined research in management, psychology, neuroscience and Eastern spirituality,...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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White Papers
A Leadership Development Program To Master Five Crucial Skills
Oct 2008
Leadership is kind of like being pregnant. You can't be a little bit of a leader. You're either a leader or you're not. A lot has been written on what makes a good leader. Extensive research on...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leading With A Light And Gentle Touch
Nov 2008
There is a paradox at the heart of facilitation as there is at the heart of all people management; and that is, that to get people to do great things, we, the group leaders, need to allow things...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Lead Your Business Through The Recession
Dec 2008
What on earth should business leaders do in a recession? What should managers and executives do in THIS recession? One by one, countries are succumbing to recession as a result of the global...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Growing Leaders Or Leader-Followers?
Dec 2008
What makes one leader draw leaders and another followers? Think about it? Some leaders attract others who want to not only do what their coach is doing, but more. Others become leader-followers....
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Seven Step Solution For Successful Inclusive Leadership
Oct 2009
People can't follow your lead and you can't influence them to excel if they don't know who you are. If employees don't know something as simple as the name of the CEO, there is probably a lot more...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Loyalty The Key Quality Of Business Leaders
Jan 2009
There is no quick way to develop business leadership management skill - either among the members of your organization or for that matter, within you. It takes time to become a leader, you must...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How True Leaders Execute Plans Without Fail & Celebrate Their Victories
Jul 2009
Execution is everything. Plan all you want, dream all you can, then turn that key or you've accomplished nothing. Execution is what separates those with lofty ideas from those who end up winning...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Webcasts
Richard Daft On Leadership
Jan 2010
A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Professor Daft has published 12 books, dozens of papers, and presented at more than 45 universities around the world. His latest...
Provided by Vanderbilt University (Owen)
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White Papers
Leaders Invent Themselves
Sep 2009
Look at the mess we're in. Why doesn't somebody do something? When was the last time you heard or even thought that? Look! Up in the air, it's Superman! We're saved. What a hero. If only I had his...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Secrets Of Effective Leadership
Sep 2009
What makes an outstanding leader? Why are some leaders listened to and followed religiously while others even with greater ideas and better visions don't succeed in leading? "Effective leadership...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
What Is Leadership?
Oct 2009
Leadership never goes out of fashion. Management fads and fancies come and go, but the reality of leadership cannot change. The fate of businesses is determined in large measure by the actions and...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Top Performer Does Not Equal Leader
Dec 2009
Leaders are the ignition for their businesses, the instigators, and the match that lights the flame. Leaders are responsible for their departments, teams, and for progress in their businesses. The...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
The Seven Deadly Sins Of Leadership
Dec 2009
The success of a business can be traced back to its leaders. Edwin H. Friedman said, "Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Communication Skills Can Make Or Break A Leader
Dec 2009
More often than not, we don't pay much attention to how we communicate - in writing and orally. In addition, there are more vehicles for conveying your message than ever before. Each carries its...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Are You A Leader Or A Manager Of Your Business?
Dec 2009
Many business owners have the impression that they are leaders of their business and not just managers. What are the essential differences between leaders and managers and what impact does this...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
The Critical Leadership Trait Needed For Success
Mar 2010
How to get people to do their best, always and everywhere, is a leader's challenge and opportunity. What key leadership trait must leaders' possess to get people to do their best? Playwrights know...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
8 Signs Of A Positive Leader
May 2010
Positive, no Matter What. Leaders don't jump on the easy bandwagon of negativity. A true leader is determined to find the positive no matter how ugly things appear. They hold fast to their...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Ethics In Leadership
Apr 2010
Honesty and integrity are the greatest character traits in strong leaders. Ethics in leadership would annihilate corruption. The greatest leaders who are held in high esteem have integrity and the...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Colin Powell Leadership Principles
Apr 2010
Colin Powell leadership is a very no nonsense approach to leadership, but at the same time very personable. He was a four star general and he did everything possible to break down his rank...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leading From Within
Apr 2010
Much like the lighthouse that provides guidance and direction for sea-bearing vessels, leaders must become the beacon of light in their own lives before they can effectively lead others. As we...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leaders Set The Tone Of A Company
Apr 2010
In the business world the companies that have amazing owners usually have amazing employees and give amazing customer service. They expect the best and they give it. Then there are the businesses...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Leadership Influence
Apr 2010
One definition of leadership is "Leadership is influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish a mission and improve the organization". Leadership...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Webcasts
Moral Crisis: IESE Symposium Draws Ethics Experts From Around The Globe
May 2010
IESE's 2-day International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society, which is now in its 16th year. The event brings together experts from universities from all over the world to debate ethical...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Business Ethics And Human Resource Management
Sep 2007
Many companies have established a mind-set that so long as they meet any legal requirements placing constraints on their actions, "Anything else goes" in order to compete in today's global...
Provided by Center for Positive Management Leadership
-
White Papers
Five Critical Skills For Team Leadership: How Is Managing A Department Different From Leading A Team?
Apr 2010
Team leaders are responsible for leading teams of people who may not report to them. Without organizational authority, team leaders must influence others and inspire them to meet the goals of the...
Provided by Cornelius & Associates
-
White Papers
Today's Leadership Challenge: The Leader As A Source Of Vision
Mar 2010
In today's environment, now is not the time for short-sighted actions or short-term fixes. In this "Today's Leadership Challenge" paper, the authors spotlight the leader as a source of vision....
Provided by Cornelius & Associates
-
White Papers
Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles And Practices For A model Business Ethics Program
Sep 2007
Many leading businesses no longer debate the legitimacy of the role and importance of ethics; rather, they are forging ahead, finding new ways to put ethics into practice. A few recent examples...
Provided by Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
-
White Papers
Deliberative Business Ethics
Jan 2010
Social norms are an important input for ethical decisions in any business context. However, the cross-cultural discovery of extant social norms presents a special challenge to international...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
-
White Papers
A Corporate Culture Pattern To Manage Business Ethics
Dec 2007
Within the general frame of proposals for an adequate management of business ethics, this paper is based on the vision of corporate culture as a pattern to achieve such purpose. If one consider...
Provided by University of Alicante
-
White Papers
Business Ethics - What?
Mar 2010
Business ethics is a branch of applied ethics. It treats ethical aspects of human actions within the sphere of business organizations and professional activities. As such, it is concerned with...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
-
White Papers
Business Ethics: An Overview
Oct 2008
This paper provides an overview of business ethics. The author describes important issues, identify some of the normative considerations animating them, and offer a roadmap of references for those...
Provided by Bowling Green State University
-
White Papers
On Pushing Back The Boundaries Of Economics: The Case Of Business Ethics
Sep 2008
This paper attempts to go beyond the traditional boundaries of economics to examine an important area too long neglected in modern economics - ethics. In this paper, orthodox economic methodology...
Provided by Pittsburg State University
-
White Papers
The Critical Importance Of Business Ethics For Effective Leadership
Dec 2010
Leadership in business must set the standard and "Walk the talk" when it comes time to ethical behavior. There can be no compromise of ethics. There can be no "Waiver of ethics." A leader must...
Provided by Business Expert Webinars
-
White Papers
Ethics In Brief: Challenges In Business Ethics
May 2008
This paper opens by noting the apparent gap between published codes of business ethics and actual business performance. It proposes that business ethics should be taken as seriously by Christians...
Provided by Kirby Laing Institute For Christian Ethics
-
White Papers
Ethics In Business - From Compliance To Commitment
Mar 2008
It seems that, by and large, human resource professionals have been quite happy to have the accountability for their company's business ethics and code of business conduct rest with their legal or...
Provided by RANA Group
-
White Papers
The Leadership Diversity Puzzle
May 2009
They say it's never a bad time to invest in leadership. But is that still true, even during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression? Unilever, the food and personal care products...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Ethics Programs: Federal Imperative, Cultural Opportunity
Oct 2010
When contractors speak of their success, they rarely mention ethics policies, though ethics has become a defining issue for the design and construction industry. Driven in part by regulatory...
Provided by FMI
-
White Papers
The Effect Of Total Quality Management On Leadership: Case Of Nigeria
Jan 2008
This paper, in effect, has taken the approach of finding the solutions to the problems facing poor leadership in many of the African countries, especially Nigeria. The paper is significant because...
Provided by Elizabeth City State University
-
White Papers
Reaping The Business Value Of Managed Services: Recommended Next Steps For Business Leaders
Nov 2010
Some organizations look towards wholesale IT outsourcing to assist them in achieving their business objectives, but today many more is looking for ways of taking delivery of more discrete managed...
Provided by EITC
-
White Papers
Gambling And Corporate Social Responsibility
Nov 2010
The now famous quote from Donald Rumsfeld former US defence secretary that there are "Known Knowns", "Known Unknowns" and "Unknown Unknowns" is fairly apt for businesses these days. Bill Eadington...
Provided by European Association for the Study of Gambling
-
White Papers
Ethical Corporate Culture And Guidelines For Ethical Leadership
Aug 2010
The ethical relativist's creed is "When in Rome do as the Roman do". For the ethical relativist nothing is sacred and nothing is wrong. At the opposite end of the spectrum is the creed of ethical...
Provided by International Journal of Trade, Economics, and Finance (IJTEF)
-
White Papers
Great Culture? How Do You Know? Why Should You Care? Tying Your Communication Strategies To Culture And Measurable Impacts
Jun 2009
Many companies espouse their strong cultures, but, interestingly, they're unable to point to why they believe this or to any evidence that the culture is indeed "Strong" or that the culture has...
Provided by Strategic Communications
-
White Papers
The Evolution of Corporate Cultures: A Grounded Theory
Jan 2010
People vary their accounts in different contexts. The explanation suggested by the data is that discourses are based on the impact and likelihood of participants repeating information to other...
Provided by Webs
-
White Papers
Comparing Men's And Women's Perception Of Modality Of Teaching Business Ethics
Jan 2010
This paper is the second report of a research project involving collecting information via e-survey about occasions in which graduates of a California private University have encountered ethical...
Provided by National University
-
White Papers
Culture And The Adoption Of Practices: An Assessment Of The U.S. Automotive Manufacturing Sector
Jun 2009
Sustained competitive advantage is a function of the practices a company's management adopts in implementing its strategy. However very little research has been undertaken to show how culture...
Provided by SRU
-
White Papers
Educating Global Leaders: Exploring Intercultural Competence In Leadership Education
Feb 2010
The globalization of the world has brought about massive shifts over the past two decades. With the increase of international travel, the quantum leaps in global communication brought about by the...
Provided by Bethel University
-
White Papers
Task And Relationship Orientations Of Thai And American Business Students' Based On Cultural Contexts
Sep 2008
Global managers and educators should understand that cultural differences cannot be cured and, therefore, they should be accepted if professionals are to build strong relationships in order to...
Provided by Nova Southeastern University
-
White Papers
A Transdisciplinary Andragogy For Leadership Development In A Postmodern Context
Feb 2009
The paper looks at the complex nature of the postmodern world in which leaders find themselves and questions the appropriateness of the current discipline-based structure of MBA education in terms...
Provided by University of South Africa
-
White Papers
Intercultural Competence In Leadership Education: Keys To Educating Global Leaders
Feb 2009
The globalization of the world has brought about massive shifts over the past two decades. With the increase of international travel, the quantum leaps in global communication brought about by...
Provided by Bethel University
-
White Papers
The 4R Model Of Leadership: A Virtue-Based Curricular Model For Business Education In A Global Context
Feb 2009
This paper presents a virtue-based, graphic working model of leadership used in teaching business leadership in an MBA program. The 4R Model offers a theoretically sound, conceptually simple and...
Provided by Bethel University
-
White Papers
The Cross-Cultural Leader: The Application Of Servant Leadership Theory In The International Context
Dec 2008
Leadership theories have evolved from a focus on traits, to behaviors, to contingency theories, to more contemporary approaches including servant leadership theory. This paper provides an overview...
Provided by Troy University
-
White Papers
When East And West Meet: An Essay On The Importance Of Cultural Understanding In Global Business Practice And Education
Apr 2009
As today's business decisions and choices are increasingly influenced by the diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives of various corporate stakeholders, it is critical for business managers...
Provided by Illinois State University
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Investigating The Value Of And Hindrances To Servant Leadership In The Latin American Context
Mar 2009
Since the early 1990s, servant leadership has grown as a discrete area of leadership studies, particularly in the North American and European contexts. While this if valuable, to date, little has...
Provided by Bethel University
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Leadership Styles: Women Take The Lead
Jun 2008
When your people believe they are part of the solution, whether you have embraced their input completely, minimally or not at all, the opportunity to be included and valued results in willingness...
Provided by Sostre Enterprises
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Significance Of Leadership In Productivity Management
Mar 2008
Leaders should ensure the creation of strategies systems and methods for achieving excellence, stimulating innovation and building knowledge and capabilities. The value and strategies should help,...
Provided by International Association of Engineers
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Leadership Styles And The Moral Choice Of Internal Auditors
Apr 2010
According to the theory of reasoned action, the intention of an individual is influenced by personal attitudes, the social norms and weighing of these two considerations. These motivational...
Provided by Curtin University of Technology
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Closing The Leadership Gaps: Preferred And Perceived Leadership Style Among Life Insurance Agents
Oct 2009
The success of an insurance organization is very much tied to the effectiveness of leaders of the insurance companies in managing their human capital. Insurance leaders and managers are constantly...
Provided by Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
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The Dilemma Of Leadership Styles And Performance Appraisal: Counter Strategies
Dec 2010
There are many ways of looking at leadership and many interpretations of its meaning. Leadership might be interpreted in simple terms, such as getting others to follow, or "Getting to do things...
Provided by Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology
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The Changing Face Of The CIO
Jan 2011
As CEOs increasingly turn to technology to help them cope with a rapidly changing business environment, chief information officers (CIOs) are no longer simply 'the IT guys'. Increasingly, they are...
Provided by INSEAD
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Error Management: A Pre-Emptive Move That Can Reap Long-Term Gains
Jan 2011
Dave Hofmann, Associate Dean and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of North Carolina, thinks that error management is underrated, and says that has the effect of hurting the...
Provided by INSEAD
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Facilitating Upward Communication: Leaders Must Do More To Break Existing Strongholds
Jan 2011
Oftentimes, what separates good leaders from bad ones lies is their art of communication. Much has been said about preferred leadership styles which advocate openness, tolerance and active...
Provided by INSEAD
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Taking The Lead
Aug 2010
Peter Grauer, the Chairman and CEO of Bloomberg, is a man with a mantra and he repeats it every chance he gets: "We have an aspiration at Bloomberg to become the most influential news organization...
Provided by INSEAD
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