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Women In Leadership National Conference 1992: Women, Communication And Power, Margaret Butterworth (Ed.) Jan 1992

Women In Leadership National Conference 1992: Women, Communication And Power, Margaret Butterworth (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

Victorian feminist lawyer and social activist, Dr. Jocelynne Scutt, confronted the issue of women and power by drawing upon a powerful reading of stories from women. These stories, drawn from ordinary and not so ordinary women, showed the barriers that face women as they attempt to deal with a daily reality infused with masculine power, violence, fright, shame, and self-realization. She spoke poignantly of a world that is all to familiar to women; women whose capacities have been curbed sharply by a common theme in their lives: domination and coercion...


Corporate Success And Transformational Leadership By P. Singh And Asha Bhandarkar, New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Limited, 1990., G K Valecha Dec 1991

Corporate Success And Transformational Leadership By P. Singh And Asha Bhandarkar, New Delhi: Wiley Eastern Limited, 1990., G K Valecha

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Speech At Drucker Education Seminar, C. William Pollard Nov 1991

Speech At Drucker Education Seminar, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech at the 1991 Drucker Education Seminar in Claremont, CA, Pollard focuses primarily on the importance of cultivating business leaders who are committed to the success and well-being of their employees.


Quarterly Report - Fall 1991, Nova University Oct 1991

Quarterly Report - Fall 1991, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.


Application Of The Deming Management Method To Implement Total Quality Management In The Dod, Shawn P. Lyman Sep 1991

Application Of The Deming Management Method To Implement Total Quality Management In The Dod, Shawn P. Lyman

Theses and Dissertations

This study looked for DOD logistics organizations using the Deming management method to implement TQM. A total of 21 organizations were identified that claim to be following Deming. These organizations were then questioned on what they are dong to implement the Deming philosophy. Each organization is presented and their program discussed. The techniques being used in the different TQM programs were then classified and presented according to each of the 14 points.


The Development Of An Instrument To Measure The Theoretical Parameters Of Charisma Within Organizations, Daniel K. Hicks Sep 1991

The Development Of An Instrument To Measure The Theoretical Parameters Of Charisma Within Organizations, Daniel K. Hicks

Theses and Dissertations

This study set out to identify the parameters in the existing leadership theories that lead to the attribution of charisma in organizational leaders. Once these parameters were identified, the goal was to develop and validate the means to measure the parameters. Organizational scientists began to wrestle with the operation of charismatic authority within organizations in 1961. A review of the literature uncovered eight theories that describe the operation of charisma with organizations. From these eight theories, 37 distinct behaviors or qualities were extracted. Each of these was theorized to lead to the attribution of charisma either singly or in combination …


Evaluation Of Corrective Action Team (Cat) Leader Training In Aeronautical Systems Division, Kirk J. Streitmater Sep 1991

Evaluation Of Corrective Action Team (Cat) Leader Training In Aeronautical Systems Division, Kirk J. Streitmater

Theses and Dissertations

This study evaluated corrective action team (CAT) leader training, a team dynamics and group problem solving course provided by an Air Force product division. A pre/post knowledge test, using developed behavioral objectives, was administered to 61 participants as part of an internal evaluation while 373 past participants were provided a questionnaire for a field evaluation. Results from the internal evaluation indicated that students learned the majority of training material presented in the course. Self-efficacy increased in most cases showing an improved self-perception regarding the ability to perform training related tasks. Predictors for a pre-test score model were identified, but overall …


Leadership Self-Efficacy: Measuring The Effects Of Leadership Training At Squadron Officer School, Gilbert W. Jennings Sep 1991

Leadership Self-Efficacy: Measuring The Effects Of Leadership Training At Squadron Officer School, Gilbert W. Jennings

Theses and Dissertations

This study used a measure of change in perceived self-efficacy as a method for evaluating the effectiveness of the leadership training conducted at the Air Force's Squadron Officer School (SOS), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. A self-assessment survey was developed to measure the change in perceived self- efficacy related to leadership behaviors of the students when they compare themselves to their idea of an ideal leader/manager. Dr. Gary A Yukl's (1989) taxonomy of leadership skills was used as the leadership model in the development of the survey instrument. A statistical analysis was done to determine which of Yukl's skills showed …


Speech At Harvard University, C. William Pollard Apr 1991

Speech At Harvard University, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In these notes for a speech given at Harvard University (Boston, MA), Pollard suggests that the future of businesses like ServiceMaster depends on leaders who are willing to see themselves as servants of their employees.


Quarterly Report - Spring 1991, Nova University Apr 1991

Quarterly Report - Spring 1991, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.


Managing People At Work By Mahfooz A. Ansari, New Delhi: Sage Publication, 1990., G K Valecha Dec 1990

Managing People At Work By Mahfooz A. Ansari, New Delhi: Sage Publication, 1990., G K Valecha

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Quarterly Report - Fall 1990, Nova University Oct 1990

Quarterly Report - Fall 1990, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.


The Bigman Metaphor For Entrepreneurship: A "Library Tale" With Morals On Alternatives For Further Research, Alex Stewart May 1990

The Bigman Metaphor For Entrepreneurship: A "Library Tale" With Morals On Alternatives For Further Research, Alex Stewart

Management Faculty Research and Publications

Melanesian Bigmanship (a meritocratic, enacted career of political-economic leadership) is recounted as an anthropological metaphor for entrepreneurship. This “library tale” has two purposes. The first is a demonstration of conceptual uses of ethnographies for developing grounded theory. Propositions are generated on entrepreneurial orientations and opportunity structures. Opportunities are seen to arise in the creation of linkages between spheres of exchange, or fields in which an object exchanges at different values. Entrepreneurial tactics, such as converting between spheres, call for skills in informal planning, astute use of timing, and networking. These “tactical” skills coexist with “moral” skills, in persuasiveness, the manipulation …


Quarterly Report - Spring 1990, Nova University Apr 1990

Quarterly Report - Spring 1990, Nova University

The Quarterly Report

No abstract provided.


The Boardroom: Still A Fraternity?, Dell Mitchell Mar 1990

The Boardroom: Still A Fraternity?, Dell Mitchell

New England Journal of Public Policy

Boards of directors of corporations may represent the last fraternity at the top of the economic power structure. Although they represent an important pool of candidates, highly qualified women are grossly underrepresented on such boards. This article describes the strategy behind the ongoing effort in New England to position women for appointment as corporate directors.


Women, Leadership, And Power, Marilyn Swartz Lloyd Mar 1990

Women, Leadership, And Power, Marilyn Swartz Lloyd

New England Journal of Public Policy

Women strive to attain power because it is the best way to achieve their personal and professional goals. This article describes how empowerment enabled its author to capture the vision of an ideal city in which education, culture, business, and industry all enjoy dignity and respect. Gaining acceptance for a light manufacturing zone in the city of Boston involved learning to build constituencies and rally support for a winning campaign.


Leadership Practices: An Alternative To The Psychological Perspective, Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes Jan 1990

Leadership Practices: An Alternative To The Psychological Perspective, Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Management & Entrepreneurship

Leaving aside these important arguments for the moment, there is ample evidence of a viable construct called leadership and attempts to understand and measure this phenomenon are worthwhile. In this paper we present first a brief review of our qualitative efforts to develop a conceptual framework for understanding leadership. Described in more detail are the empirical efforts utilized in developing a reliable and valid instrument to measure this leadership model.


The World War Ii Experience And The Leadership Of Entrepreneurship And Venture Investing Around Stanford University, Martha L. Reiner Jan 1989

The World War Ii Experience And The Leadership Of Entrepreneurship And Venture Investing Around Stanford University, Martha L. Reiner

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

Dr. Frederick Terman has been widely recognized as the "godfather of Silicon Valley" (Lowood, 1982). Terman, a Stanford University electrical engineering professor, managed Harvard University's Radio Research Laboratory during World War II and returned as Stanford's dean of engineering. His commitment to seeing California companies in science-based industries seize postwar opportunities to push ahead of their Eastern counterparts influenced the venture investing as well as the entrepreneurship that built a thriving high-technology industrial community around Stanford University. Terman's wartime experience shaped his postwar role as a leader of high-technology entrepreneurship. Wartime experiences similarly influenced individuals who invested in California ventures …


The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson Mar 1988

The Road To Power Is A Chainsaw: Villages And Innovation In Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


What Every Manager Needs To Know About Project Management, Barry Z. Posner, W. Alan Randolph Jan 1988

What Every Manager Needs To Know About Project Management, Barry Z. Posner, W. Alan Randolph

Management & Entrepreneurship

This paper offers ten commonsense principles that will help project managers define goals, establish checkpoints, schedules, and resource requirements, motivate and empower team members, facilitate communication, and manage conflict.


A Preliminary Empirical Test Of Daft And Weick's Typology Of Oganizations As Interpretive Systems, Lynn A. Isabella, Sandra A. Waddock Jan 1988

A Preliminary Empirical Test Of Daft And Weick's Typology Of Oganizations As Interpretive Systems, Lynn A. Isabella, Sandra A. Waddock

Historical Working Papers

A game simulation was used to observe 355 bankers and their information seeking and decision processes. Although hypotheses about organizational behavior were not fully supported, it was clear from the study that organization that used more total sources of information were more successful.


Profile Of An Effective Indian Manager, G K Valecha, Shuba Abraham, Subha Venkatraman Jan 1987

Profile Of An Effective Indian Manager, G K Valecha, Shuba Abraham, Subha Venkatraman

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


When Are Leaders At Their Best?, James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner Jan 1985

When Are Leaders At Their Best?, James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Management & Entrepreneurship

During the last 18 months, we have asked more than 300 managers and executives to describe one leadership experience in their careers when they though they had performed at their personal best; when everything seemed to come together an they did the very best they had ever done as a leader of a group of people.


Outline Of Speech For Morning Session At Seattle Pacific University, C. William Pollard Oct 1984

Outline Of Speech For Morning Session At Seattle Pacific University, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

This document, which includes handwritten edits by Pollard himself, served as an outline for a speech he gave at Seattle Pacific University. In it he covers the history of ServiceMaster, the company's core values, and the holistic orientation of its leadership structure.


Speech At Servicemaster's 1983 Shareholder's Meeting, C. William Pollard May 1983

Speech At Servicemaster's 1983 Shareholder's Meeting, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking at ServiceMaster's 1983 Shareholders's Meeting, Pollard reflects on the commitment of the corporation's leaders and notes the company's rapid growth both at home and abroad..


Center For The Study Of Administration - Course Catalog 1983-84, Nova University Jan 1983

Center For The Study Of Administration - Course Catalog 1983-84, Nova University

Huizenga Postgraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Speech Given In Japan, C. William Pollard Apr 1982

Speech Given In Japan, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking during a business trip in Japan, Pollard addresses the question of God and profit. He argues that what links the two is the corporation's duty to help people grow and develop as human beings, a goal which requires leaders willing to act like servants.


Six Characteristics Of A Good Leader, C. William Pollard Aug 1981

Six Characteristics Of A Good Leader, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Responding to a request from S.J. Jett, Edith Lawrence outlines on behalf of Mr. Pollard the six characteristics of a good leader, all of which he had previously reflected upon in a Delta meeting speech.


The Politics Of Aging And Rural Social Services: An Exploratory Analysis, Roger A. Lohmann Aug 1978

The Politics Of Aging And Rural Social Services: An Exploratory Analysis, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The advent of federal funding for rural social services during the late 1960s and 1970s brought about changes in the political organization of rural America. A host of new organizational actors, like Area Agencies on Aging and various local aging agencies were created in rural communities across the country, in the wake of Baker v. Carr with its “one man/one vote” principle and funding through programs like the Economic Opportunity Act and the Older Americans Act. This article details a leadership succession model suggesting that local leadership of aging interests went through at least four distinct phases during this time: …


Leadership - A Case Study, C. William Pollard Apr 1978

Leadership - A Case Study, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Written in the spring of 1978, this document provides a case study concerning leadership by telling the fictional story of a hospital administrator. The document includes a summary of the case study's principles applied to ServiceMaster's circumstances.