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with leadership effectiveness; to provide a model relating leader virtues to leader outcomes (i.e. ethics, happiness, life … leadership styles and identify six cardinal virtues most likely to positively impact leadership effectiveness; present an … behavioural sciences literatures on leadership; to identify a short and consolidated list of cardinal virtues commonly associated …
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this. Some words in everyday management currency, such as “effectiveness” or “success” are more value statements than … concrete, universally understood terms. It is important for managers to understand and manage this.  …
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Purpose – To demonstrate two distinct leadership requirements for project managers and establish a theoretical basis … managers who focus on proactive leadership behaviour will be more successful in completing projects on time, on budget and to … for distinguishing between these two types of leadership. Design/methodology/approach – A framework linking transactional …
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different roles. The vignettes depicted managers with two leadership styles (transformational/transactional) and two decision …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that participants read vignettes in which managers were assigned …‐making approaches (comprehensive/restrictive). The managers were then rated on patterns of organizational justice (social/ structural …
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Purpose – Indecision is not the hallmark of a great manager, but what do we know about when and why managers avoid or … managers include evaluating options separately rather than comparing options, structuring incentive systems to reward decisive … starting point for managers and researchers interested in understanding indecision: when and why it occurs, who is likely to be …
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Contends that in addition to the role of leadership as a fundamental organizational competence, leadership may be … share. Explains visionary leadership and analyses implementation within the context of social architecture and trust … leadership with effective management into one integrated whole, in which the strengths of both combine synergistically to the …
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The traditional image of a good leader is someone who is resolute and decisive. Research, however, indicates that the so‐called “macho manager” approach to decision making is potentially counterproductive because it not only leads to hasty choices but prevents withdrawal when decisions...
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The first six months or so of a new senior executive′s appointment are crucial to his or her success. Two contrasting case studies are presented, one of an executive who acted too hastily, and one who deferred action for too long. There is no right or wrong way for a new executive to act, it...
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Inquiry into managerial situations, problems and issues is needed very often. A mode of inquiry using situation‐actor‐process (SAP)‐ learning‐action‐performance (LAP) (SAP‐LAP) models of flexible systems management is presented here. It is argued that in order to gain deep insight...
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A common approach towards enhancing managerial effectiveness is to focus attention on improving the knowledge and skill … of the manager, i.e. training. This approach assumes that the main barrier to effectiveness is some deficiency in the … individual. A quick and simple approach to diagnosing problems associated with the manager′s role which arise from the way it has …
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