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Argyris and Schön's theory of action for improving organizational leadership

Over the last ten years, the amounts of leadership in business have been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because many managers and administrators have been lacking the ability to effectively lead their organization.

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Warren Bennis' theory of self-knowledge and effective leadership

Warren Bennis' (2003) work on Becoming a Leader deals with many of the same issues that other leadership books address. However, Bennis' (2003) approach is not necessarily the same.

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Smucker's strategic shift from differentiation to cost leadership

Smuckers pursues -- somewhat -- a differentiated strategy. The company is being pushed by the market towards a cost leadership strategy, however.

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The Shakers, Oneida, and Brook Farm: leadership in nineteenth-century utopian communities

Utopian societies sprang up around the United States during the nineteenth century, partly in response to some of the ills their members saw in society at the time. The word "utopia" describes a "perfect" society existing far from the political and social upheaval of the big city.

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George Washington's steady national policy and executive leadership

United States president, George Washington (in his own words) pursued the "undeviating exercise of a just, steady, and prudent national policy." That quote (found in Robert Francis Jones' book George Washington: ordinary man, extraordinarily leader) was in the context of Washington preferring to…

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Mill's utilitarianism and its applications in contemporary leadership

John Stuart Mill's philosophy of utilitarianism were a popular moral guidepost for leadership today, it would be interesting to see how many leaders embrace the idea that actions are correct so long as they lead to the promotion of contemporary definitions of happiness.

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Stephen Kinzer's analysis of Paul Kagame's leadership in Rwanda

Stephen Kinzer's book, a Thousand Hills, is the writing of a journalist who wanted to present the world with the story of Rwanda from the point-of-view of its president, Paul Kagame, under the scrutiny of his compatriots, the public at large, international powers and organizations and economic…

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership during the Great Depression and World War II

The United States can be considered to be the result of its presidents and of the politics they undergone. More importantly however, almost all the presidents of the United States are considered to have been leaders in their own times.

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Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.'s military aviation career and combat leadership

Specifically it will discuss how Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. contributed to the history in the Korean War and how he rose so quickly through the ranks, along with his important part in the 78 combat missions into North Vietnam and his lead in the Bolo MIG sweep.

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Cuban communism under Fidel and Raúl Castro's leadership

Cuba is considered to be one of the most important countries in Latin America and one of the most interesting study cases for global politics. It represents a bastion of communist rule, on the one hand.

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