Leadership
Essays

In his book, Voices of Protest, the historian Alan Brinkley paints a portrait of 1930's America that was fundamentally ideologically resistant to substantial political change, but sparked politically radical and…

It is very important that the factor of 'change' figures within an organization prominently. Different people utilize different approaches to implement these changes, and most often, it is that particular method that…

Total quality management -TQM endeavors to produce an organizational culture that promotes constant development in everything by everyone at all times, and necessitates changes in organizational processes, priorities…

Walter Reuther was one of the most powerful labor leaders of the 20th century. He was also one of the most influential labor leaders in history. He headed the United Automobile Workers labor union.

Ideology in France 1848-1849: Reflections on Nationalism and Liberalism

This paper is about ethics, entrepreneurship, and building an ethical company. The examples used are Google and the Body Shop. The ethical entrepreneurial leadership idea is explored through a set of four different questions, related back to these two companies and how they have approached the issue even as the companies have become quite large.

Advances in Computer-Based Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Technology have created a business environment driven by a need to deliver quality products and services, faster. And, in its wake pushed up fresh…

In the film Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), Korea is portrayed as the naïve and innocent victim of foreign imperialists and ideologies that divide the country in half and then destroy it. Symbolically, the village of Dongmakgol high up in the mountains is Korea, and is populated by simply, friendly, humane people who are not even aware who Kim Il Sung is or that the country has been divided and a war has started. Most of them do not even know what airplanes or rifles are, although they seem to be aware that Korea has been invaded and occupied in the past by China and Japan—and they refer to these countries in very disparaging terms.

Educational Leadership "When Leadership Spells Danger" (Heifetz, et al) The article by Heifetz and Linsky takes the position that part of the job of leadership in education is not just teaching, but also "…mobilizing schools, families, and communities" in order to effectively confront serious issues. The issues the authors talk about sometimes get pushed aside: student health, student achievement and student "civic development" (p. 33). The kind of leadership that the authors emphasize involves finding a way for citizens to "face up to frustrating realities" like budgets that cannot be stretched further (requiring cutbacks), dropout rates that are unacceptable, poor achievement test scores, and "…the revolutionary aspiration of leaving no child behind and the programmatic design and funding of NCLB" (No Child Left Behind) (p. 34).

Posting #3: Health leadership in the developing world