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Transformational leadership and production scheduling in organizational management

Boerner, S., Eisenbeiss, S.A., and Griesser, D. "Follower Behavior and Organizational Performance: The Impact of Transformational Leaders."

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Distributed leadership models for addressing school principal job stress

According to Harris and Spillane (2008, p. 31), distributed leadership means that the responsibility of leadership is shared among all parties involved in an organization. As such, it focuses on the interactions rather than the actions of all the leadership roles inherent in the organization.

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Ethical leadership and sustainability practices in Nike and Puma

Nike and Puma are two of the major competitors in the international athletic footwear and apparel industry. Nike was founded in 1964 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon, a Portland suburb.

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Educational leadership challenges in modern multicultural schools

There have been vast changes and demands made on educators owing to globalization and multicultural and ethnic mixture in the schools. Added to that, the changes in the way of communication and use of technology have left the educators striving to see that they meet the challenge.

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Applying servant leadership and distributed leadership in middle schools

In this paper, we present an analysis of servant leadership as well as distributed leadership as well as a description of how they can be used in the educational settings.

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Senior leadership effectiveness and employee motivation at Star Hotels

There seem to be several problems evident with the Star Hotel. These include decreased customer loyalty; greater shareholder expectation, low levels of job satisfaction and commitment; high turnover and difficulty recruiting talent; and lack of an integrated "people strategy." Reducing to any one…

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Transformational leadership and values-based practice at Nestle

Values-based leadership has a significant impact on the performance and the functioning of an organization.

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Carlos Ghosn's change leadership at Renault and Nissan

Organizational change management which refers to the framework used in the management of the various effects of business process, cultural change as well as any cultural changes within a given business enterprise is an important element of every organization.

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Improving nurse morale and performance through leadership empowerment

Performance and morale are deeply inextricable characteristics in any professional working environment. This is doubly so in the context of nursing, where the emotional pressure and physical toll levied upon nurses are considerable and where the consequences of failure are extremely high.

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Cost leadership strategy and the production-cost relationship in firms

Whether it is important for a company to achieve cost leadership is dependent on the generic strategy that the company has chosen to pursue. The two basic forms of generic strategy are differentiated and cost leadership.

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