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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Corporate leadership"”.
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Leaders who care: Exploring empathy as an essential trait in 21st century corporate leadership
<p>In a field dominated by eclectic leadership styles, leaders have the capacity to influence worker experiences and organizational outcomes. This study examines particular leadership traits that may influence the overall organizational environment. Specifically, the study proposes that empathy is …
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Walking backwards in high heels: narratives of women’s (non)representation in corporate leadership in the UK and Germany
… compares contemporary discourses on women and corporate leadership in Germany and the UK, examining scholarly and popular accounts. It identifies and interrogates five culturally hegemonic stories that circulate in business, academia and the public sphere: first, the story that men and women …
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An Intraorganizational Study of Communication Effectiveness at United Way of America: How Effective is United Way of America National Corporate Leadership Staff at Communicating to Local United Way Campaign Professionals?
… communication effectiveness within the National Corporate Leadership program, which is a service provided by United Way of America. The UWA NCL program is designed to work with local United Ways to increase contributions at their locales. I attempted to determine whether or not the UWA NCL staff …
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The promise: searching for the creative moment in theatre, business and life
… London since 2005) and designer-facilitator of corporate leadership and team development events (over the last fifteen years and since 2013 with my own company Spacecraft Ltd). The intention has been to examine the learnings from these public works and the interconnections between the different …
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Climbing the corporate ladder: desired skills and successful psychopaths
… self-worth, are often treated synonymously with corporate leadership qualities. Consequently, successful psychopaths are actively being selected for corporate positions as they exemplify the perfect candidate. These successful psychopaths, as corporate leaders and recruiters, increase the …
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Accelerating value capture of SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system : governance model and process
… are not currently integrated. To achieve the corporate vision of "one company", in 2005, Raytheon began to deploy its SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, called "PRISM", focused on planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery processes. After a few single-site PRISM deployments, …
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The role of leadership in conducting orchestras
This thesis examines the leadership role of the orchestral conductor. Conducting is one of the most visible manifestations of leadership in action. Because of this, references to conductor leadership can be found in literature on management and studies into organizational leadership as well as …
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A Study of the Relationship Between School Leadership and the Condition of School Buildings
… was to examine the relationship between school leadership and the quality, condition, maintenance, improvements, and renovations of public school buildings. The first question examined the relationship between building conditions and perceptions of school board members, superintendent and …
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The role and function of chairs of university boards and councils
… using as primary sources the chairs and other corporate leadership figures. Through interviews, supported by secondary source material from the universities, it reveals the interior workings of decision-making in higher education corporate governance, and the key role of these chairs. The …
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A qualitative case study to investigate the barriers to educational and professional development an aging workforce faces in an evolved digital workplace.
… in the form of ageism, a lack of steady leadership, favoritism, educational limitations with relevant degrees, and many other socioeconomic factors. The findings uncovered multiple instances of those issues. The clearly articulated findings around felt discrimination, leadership concerns, …
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Essays on Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
… and power that passive investors have to affect corporate policy by supporting fellow shareholder sponsored proposals.In the second essay, we investigate the effectiveness of shareholder voice. In 2017, “The Big Three” institutional investors launched campaigns to increase gender diversity on …
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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE MAKING OF CORPORATE STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE
I explore deep roots of corporate strategy and structure from historical and geographical perspectives. Specifically, in the first paper, I find that the ruggedness of a region’s terrain (i.e., amount of elevation difference due to mountains) and the temperateness of its climate (i.e., a moderate …
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Mapping workplace learning approaches in Indonesian companies and their evolution
… in this study were organizational cultures, leadership, and reaction to external forces. A few recommendations were given. HR staff and corporate leadership need to become result-driven to combat the event-organizer syndrome, and to constantly update themselves regarding basic and …
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Intersectionality in corporate South Africa: the experiences of African black female leaders
… deficiency (perceptions that women have minimal leadership potential); and (2) agentic penalty (a backlash against counter-stereotypical behaviour from certain women). There has generally been an assumption that the stereotypes upon which these biases are based are comparable for women across …
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Managerial Attitudes, Ethics and Foreign Labour
… conflict and to exhibit a trustworthy effective corporate leadership.
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Knowledge exchange at York St John: Building capacity in a small university.
… research. The framework 'Knowledge Exchange Leadership in High and Low Absorptive Capacity Settings' articulates how academic leadership mindsets differ in high and low absorptive capacity settings. The framework is based on observed experience and individual interpretation of individual and …
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Adaptative development of a model for manging it value with strategic flexibility
… acting in national and international markets. In corporate leadership, the IT function represents a vital element supporting the business organization in achieving its goals. Doing this, IT investments have risen steadily for many years. However, not all business functions share the perception …
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Hybrid leadership: a study of the leadership (roles and characteristics) of nine Chinese university presidents with U.S. experiences
… of cultures call for leaders with compatible leadership abilities. However our existing leadership frameworks fail to answer the call. The field of leadership studies remains Eurocentric and dichotomized. This research is an exploration of a new leadership framework which responds to this …
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