Leaders
Essays

Comment on how journaling activities helped you recognize the real or potential impact of stakeholder biases as well as your own biases. How do biases or differing perspectives influence the media, public opinion, and…

The modern organizational environment must keep pace with changes that are occurring at a historically unprecedented rate. Many of these changes are driven by technology and require that leaders continually learn new skills in order to stay abreast of needed skill requirements. It is often the case that a leader will have difficulty getting performance feedback from their superiors because they generally do not work in close contact with supervisors and in some case may not even have one at all. Therefore a leader must rely on self-assessments primarily to further develop the skill set that will allow them to help their organization create or maintain a competitive advantage.

This paper examines the rule of law in today's China as the nation prepares itself on the world stage and attempts to ease the strain in the East-West relationship. China hopes to be perceived as a nation stepping away from subjective authoritarianism (such as appeared under Mao) and toward a kind objective and democratic governance.

Legitimacy is defined by Fung (2006) as a characteristic inherent in a public policy of which citizens have good reasons to support or obey. One part of legitimacy is captured by the question "Is government run for the…

With increasing numbers of American companies going global, it is essential that more emphasis be placed on establishing an effective performance management system that is designed specifically based on the experience…

When ergonomic furniture was launched, it was considered to be a niche market. There is now, however, a growing link between ergonomic factors and injuries in the workplace that is driving the ergonomic industry to the…

Do African-American students use different strategies to achieve academic success than other groups?

Effective business management is substantially dependent on the quality and effectiveness of supervisors. Supervisors are responsible for assessing the qualifications and professional competence of personnel,…

During the Cold War, it was understood by the citizens of the world that the United States and the Soviet Union were competitors economically, politically, and militarily. Part of the economic health of both super…

The preservation of antiquities plays an important role for humans. They connect us with out past and remind us of who we were, who we are today, and how we got where we are. The preservation of antiquities is not a new…