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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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Algonquin Indian society, leadership, and relationship with the land

This reading underlines the complex nature of the society of the Algonquin tribe, despite the fact that much of our knowledge of the tribe has been lost.

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Integrity as the foundation of respect in professional leadership

Respect is one of the phrases most-often referred to in connection with personal attributes and leadership qualities and capabilities. There are various misconceptions about exactly what it means to "command the respect" of others.

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National Oilwell Varco's next generation recruitment strategy for oil industry leadership

The Houston-based equipment and services firm of National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has a rapidly aging workforce and is facing highly competitive economic conditions. The firm employs 20,000 employees working in manufacturing, selling, and services.

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Ducati's turnaround strategy under Frederico Minoli's leadership

Ducati Company has been dealing in manufacturing of motorcycles; the company had been in several problems before.

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Emotional intelligence as prevention against organizational corruption and unethical leadership

Power Corruption Cycle: You have been asked to teach ethics to a group of managers. In one part of this course you will be discussing "corruption and ways to prevent its occurrence." Describe the way mishandling power can lead to corruption and how it occurs in organizations today.

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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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Enabling others to act: Kouzes and Posner's leadership practices

Kouzes & Posner speak of "enabling others to act." What does this mean to you? This means giving others the tools they have to succeed, and the ability to ask questions, make mistakes, and learn from those mistakes.

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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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Why passionate thinking prepares me for global business leadership

Admission Letter: Babson College have often been told that I am over intellectual. For awhile, this had me discouraged; all I knew was that I liked to think about things a lot, and especially liked putting my thoughts into action and then -- of course -- intellectually analyzing the results.

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