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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"business leadership"”.
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Business leadership in the classroom
… research assesses a framework that assists business educators in promoting leadership within a classroom. It is designed to better prepare students to assume leadership and fill the "leadership gap" in business. Two classes of 2nd-year community college business students participated in …
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Downtown business leadership and the depression of the Central Artery
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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Integrative Executive Leadership: Towards a General Theory of Positive Business Leadership
Business today is conducted within societies facing complex global challenges and unprecedented demands for effective, ethical, and excellent business leadership that proactively manages its societal impacts. Integrating economic success with service of the common good requires a sound, shared …
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Gender equity and business leadership in the South African Mining sector
… opportunities in specific relation to women in business in the mining industry. The industry has the potential to rectify some of the gender equity issues by creating business leadership opportunities for women. This study therefore explores ways to achieve this gender equality in South Africa's …
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Women in business leadership and firm performance: a cross-country study
This study investigates the relationship between female board and top management representation and corporate financial performance (measured i.t.o. ROA), and market sentiment (measured i.t.o. Tobin's Q). Three Western nations (the U.S., the U.K. and Germany) and two Asian countries (China and …
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Business leadership in city planning : the case of the Central Artery
… has been motivated by my interest in the Artery Business Committee (ABC), which was formed in 1989 with a mission to collectively represent the business community's interests in the fear and opportunity presented by the Central Artery Project in Boston. ABC's objectives were to ensure access to …
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Abraham Lincoln : His leadership qualities and their relevance to today's business leadership
… not a lot of literature around his distinctive leadership qualities and how they shaped the future of America. Lincoln was not the primary choice of the Republican Party as a nominee in the Presidential election of 1860. In fact he was the fourth choice. In spite of this, his supporters managed …
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Becoming an ethical leader: The leader development journey of South African chartered accountants in business leadership
… that highlight the need for effective ethical leadership. Despite the urgency, existing research does not understand the lifelong process that develops Ethical Leaders. All the existing research has been done in Western contexts and with a focus on adulthood development. This study’s purpose …
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A Conceptualisation of the self-perceptions of black professionals in relation to business leadership in South Africa
… professionals (and leaders) in relation to business leadership and how these self-perceptions influenced their behaviours, aspirations and self-perceived abilities in leadership positions. The leadership behaviour of black leaders was found to be influenced by their upbringing, educational …
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The Impact Of Leadership Styles On Organisational Performance At The Dangote Group Nigeria : A Framework Of African Business Leadership
… has been a surge in the importance attached to leadership development. This has gained significant cognizance and policymakers around the world have been interested in understanding the dynamics and effects of leadership development. There is the belief that if African businesses adopt Western …
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Clones in the MBA Classroom: Understanding the Relationship Between Culture and MBA Students’ Attitudes Toward Socially Responsible Business Leadership: A Mixed Methods Cross-National Study
… corporate scandals have underscored the need for business leaders, the majority of whom were trained in business schools, to address tradeoffs between the interests of investors and those who serve the common good as an expression of socially responsible business leadership (SRBL). This study …
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Determining the Differences and Similarities Between Christian and Secular Universities in Preparing Students for Ethical Leadership in Corporate America: A Qualitative Content Analysis Study
… approaches to educating and developing ethical business leaders for work in the marketplace. This study used a qualitative content analysis to analyze and compare published curriculum descriptions of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs at select Christian and secular higher …
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Are Leader-Prototypical African Americans Distrusted By Their Ingroup? The Role of Identity Denial
Black representation in American business leadership ranks is not proportionate to America’s demographics. Previous research into this issue has mostly focused on the relationship between majority racial group and minority racial groups. However, research in identity denial and backlash shows that …
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Management Consultancy As Practice: A Study Of The Duality Of The Management Consultants' Role
… consultants are often responsible for internal business leadership roles as well as developing business, people and knowledge alongside client delivery (Richter et al., 2008). The research sought to understand the nature of the potentially conflicting demands of their client-facing and …
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Leadership Styles of Entrepreneurs in Small Land Surveying Businesses.
… of this research study was to analyze the leadership styles of owners of small land surveying businesses in the states of Tennessee and Virginia to determine what leadership style was currently being employed by the majority of those owners. The participants in this study were chosen from …
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Leadership Development in Saudi Arabia’s Private Sector: A Mixed Methods Approach
<p>There is currently a proliferation of business-focused leadership development programs in Saudi Arabia. These programs represent a reaction to the shortage of qualified leaders who can drive and sustain both recent and future advances introduced by Saudi Vision 2030, the national transformation …
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Wendell Berry's Sociological Imagination: Agrarian Values and Good Leadership in a Postmodern Culture
… sociological imagination, address and advance leadership theory with specific regard for the issue of agrarian values?</p> <p><em>Method</em>. I used the writings of Wendell Berry as a modified case study for my inductive, theoretical, exploratory research in a qualitative vein. As I reviewed …
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From ‘preventing accidents’ to ‘creating safety’: a maverick approach to the challenges of workplace safety
… galvanise the safety profession with operational leadership. At the core of my works is a new philosophy and model of workplace safety - ‘Creating Safety’ - set in sharp contrast to the conventional approaches which tend to be compliance driven and focus on the prevention of accidents. Yet the …
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Coaching for gravitas: an action research inquiry into the development of gravitas in leadership
… practical model of coaching for gravitas in a business leadership context. Gravitas is described as a psychological phenomenon and concept used frequently, but not well researched and understood. While leadership practitioners frequently refer to gravitas as a desirable quality, there have been …
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Managing Family Firm Survivability and Continuity Dynamics. A Comparison of UK-based Punjabi First- and Second-Generation Family Firms.
… exploring the idiosyncratic elements of a family business (FB hereafter) and its impact on survivability and continuity dynamics in Punjabi-Indian family firms. In order to analyse these elements, family relationships were examined. Understanding the nature of family dynamics in ethnic …
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