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Leadership strategies for managing organizational change and resistance

It begins by describing three internal and three external drivers of change. Factors a leader needs to weigh to implement change is then discussed. The kinds of resistance a leader may face are overviewed as well as strategies that can be used to manage resistance.

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Organizational structure and informal leadership at S& F. Online

Smith & Falmouth is a television shopping and mail order network with operations in the United States and Canada. S& F. Online is the electronic commerce division of this corporation. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of S& F. Online is Irene Seagraves.

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Leadership theory across three centuries: great man, trait, and contextual approaches

Many experts have attempted to derive overarching theories of leadership to describe the properties of a social construct that has changed over the last three hundred years, here separated by benchmarks of hundred-year periods corresponding to the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

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Leadership and hierarchy in Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander

I believe you have been led astray by the words master and commander (122, Chapter 4 p. 3).

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Leadership strategy and organizational communication in implementation

An organization needs implementation of strategy to happen on every level within the company structure in order to function.

~4 min read

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Leadership in healthcare: an interview with a chief operations officer

An interview was conducted with Ms. PC, Chief Operation Officer of a healthcare organization on August 12, 2005. The interview lasted approximately one hour.

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Leadership and operational management at CCS Express ATM

What is my job? Apart from my position as an owner of a large amount of stock in ATM-E-Trade organization, CCS Express ATM, I am also responsible for the total of its operational management for ATMs. What the organization does is to maintain ATMs.

~10 min read

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Leadership qualities required in twenty-first century organizations

It had often been said earlier that leadership is an inherent quality in certain individuals, but there are also leaders who are made through management institutions, by organizations, through institutions like the armed forces and even through political relationships, etc.

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Leadership versus management in modern organizations

In the recent years there has been a strong necessity of new managers geared for the needs of the new economy who demonstrate more leadership skills because it is observed that failing organizations are normally 'over-managed' & 'under-led'.

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Leadership, motivation, and continuous learning in organizational reframing

Reframing is a unique concept in today's global environment. Mangers, leaders and personnel must each envision corporate possibilities without geographic limits. They must now also be aware of potential global competition on the part of foreign entities.

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