Leaders
Essays

African-Americans have been and are still continuing to be affected disproportionately by poverty, mortality rates for treatable diseases and employment discrimination, as recent studies show.

Discrimination involves classifying people into different groups and giving the members of each group distinct and typically unequal treatments and rights (Wikipedia, 2003). The criteria defining the groups determine…

Creating a Culture of Quality at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama

Reflecting back on World War II, it is impossible to think that one man had rallied a nation to exterminate an entire race of human beings, in a systematic, diabolical and deliberate way.

In this paper, I have chosen Muhammad Yunus (founder of Grameen Bank) as the entrepreneur under discussion. In the first part of the paper, I have described the term ‘social enterprise' and what do social enterprises contribute to society and the economies in which they operate. In the second part, I have given an introduction and short biography of Professor Yunus. Later, I have discussed what drives and motivates him and what is his entrepreneurial mind-set. I have discussed his leadership under Trait Theory model.

Leadership is important for organizations. Leaders coordinate group efforts towards achievement of goals; leaders hold positions either formally or informally. This paper describes different leadership styles; explain theories of leadership and various theories used in solving conflicts. The paper also explains different strategies to solving conflicts from the perspective of 30 years experienced leader.

The forces of technology and trade deregulation have hastened the process of globalization. As a result, there is much pressure on growing companies to find ways of surviving in an international marketplace. The discussion here offers a roadmap for developing global leadership by seeking diversity, training in cross-cultural adaptability and selecting talent according to international assignment performance.

Employees can successfully execute their duties when there is ample working environment. The existence of workplace stress and other negative factors affecting employees' performance may limit their capacity to perform as expected. This study defines what workplace stress is whilst identifying some of the measures that managers can adopt in order to improve employee performance. Measures adopted to manage employee ambiguity are also identified.

The role of nurse practitioners in the community has come a long way and on its way to where it is today, the practice has undergone a number of changes. The paper that follows looks at the overall changes that have occurred in the healthcare environment and discusses the roles of the various agents of change and how this change has been managed.

Tracing the Roots and Dynamics of Jemaah Islamiyah as an Islamic Militant Group and Terrorist Organization