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MBA

Theories of Leadership

Leadership Styles: Task-oriented, Democratic, and Laissez-faire Introduction Last week, I reflected on Lewin’s work related to Autocratic, Democratic, and Laissez-faire styles as a prioritized group of leadership strategies (Cherry, n.d.). Today, we continue the comparative analysis by exploring Democratic and Laissez-faire styles, and Task-oriented styles. As shown in Figure 1, the styles represent three theories …

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Unit VII. DF. Styles of Leadership

Styles of Leadreship By Katia Savenko Updated January 03, 2022 There are many different “styles” of leadership that have been offered by experts. Investigate the different styles, and write about one style of leadership that currently interests you the most. Leadership strategy is a complex and diverse subject. I investigated 11 styles from the article …

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Unit VII. WA. Tyco International: Leadership Crisis

Tyco International: Leadership Crisis By Katia Savenko Updated January 03, 2022 For unit 7’s assignment, we investigate the case about workplace corruption, discuss causes and invigoration plan. Brief summary of the corruption case. “In 2005, Kozlowski and Swartz both were found guilty on twenty-two of twenty-three counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, and falsifying business records and …

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Unit VI. DF. Highly Effective Team

Characteristics of a Highly Effective Team by Katia Savenko Updated January 03, 2022 Discuss the characteristics of a highly effective team. What are some of the barriers to teamwork? By talking about the effectiveness of a team, I would like to look at the subject from different perspectives: > Effective Player > Effective Leadership > …

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Unit II. PA. Pertinent Negative

Pertinent Negative Generally, our visual perception is based on describing things we see. In contrast, Amy Herman implements the approach of pertinent negative – the way of reflecting reality by things we do not see. Considering the fact that people’s perception is selective, we tend to miss information for narrowing the focus on details we …

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Unit V. PA. 5 Cases

5 Cases For this unit’s portfolio activity, I will look at five cases to suggest the appropriate conflict resolution style for each using Thomas Kilmann’s conflict modes theory and four conflict types described by an article by Eric Feigenbaum (n.d.). Let us look at the situations and discuss the most likely course of conflicts. CASE …

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Unit V. WA. The Vigilance Project

The Vigilance Project. For the assignment, we discuss The Vigilance Project case. The project was launched within the pharmaceutical company PharMed International, a merger of ValMed (Swiss-U.S.) and ParmCO (France), to keep records of drug performance. During the first year of implementation, some conflicts arose and froze the progress. The essay highlights the key obstacles …

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Unit V. DF. Collaborative Approach

Collaborative problem-solving Sometimes, people assume that a “Collaborative” approach to conflict resolution is better than other modes. Is this the case? Why or why not? Collaboration in the workplace is the most desirable scenario. It allows project invigoration and win-win resolution. The method is effective for complex tasks where the team needs to create more …

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