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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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Dick Grasso's NYSE compensation and executive character in leadership

Dick Grasso was paid compensation that was deemed to be excessive. Grasso's compensation at one point was in the same ballpark as what the NYSE made. The scandal had poor optics - it looked bad on the NYSE to have paid their top executive so much.

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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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Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid and democratic leadership

Nelson Mandela's most private moment is watching the sun set with the music of Handel playing in the background. Locked up in his cell during daylight hours, deprived of music, such simple pleasures that most of us took for granted were denied to him for decades while imprisoned off Cape Town.

~6 min read

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Winston Churchill's political career and rise to Conservative leadership

These were the words of Winston Churchill when he entered the Buckingham Palace one day, "But whether it be peace or war...

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Book review of Ketchum's Victory at Yorktown and Washington's leadership

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the book "Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution" by Richard M. Ketchum. Specifically, it will contain a book report on the book. Richard M.

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IBM's adoption of collaborative influence and e-leadership philosophy

The decision of the IBM company to adapt a business philosophy based on the concept of collaborative influence is a direct response to the contemporary conditions for conducting business, such as globalization, the development of new media and the access to them, the fast rhythm of changes, the…

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