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Creation Of Leadership Via The Theory Of Synergistically Formulated Leadership, Dennis L. Weir Jan 1989

Creation Of Leadership Via The Theory Of Synergistically Formulated Leadership, Dennis L. Weir

Theses and Graduate Projects

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Administrative Behaviors Which Positively Affect Teacher Commitment To Principals, E. Paul Furchert Jan 1986

Administrative Behaviors Which Positively Affect Teacher Commitment To Principals, E. Paul Furchert

All Master's Theses

Most leadership theories specify the result of desired leader behavior, not the behaviors that lead to desired outcomes. behaviors behaviors results Ten schools were surveyed to of high school principals and to teacher commitment indicated teachers with to the high examine specific to relate those principal. commitment The were involved in participatory decision-making, received more recognition, were encouraged to try new ideas, and received positive comments about their work.

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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.

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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..

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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.

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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.

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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: …

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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.

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Joseph Smith As An Administrator, Gary Dean Guthrie Jan 1969

Joseph Smith As An Administrator, Gary Dean Guthrie

Theses and Dissertations

From extensive research undertaken by Rensis Likert at the University of Michigan, a modified theory of administration has been developed which seeks to build upon all that worked best in previous approaches to administration.

Sufficient information from the writings of Joseph Smith, from diaries and journals of those who worked under his leadership have been used in this thesis and compared with the model of administration proposed by Likert. The results of this work were that Joseph Smith in his administration most often used a leadership approach described by Likert as Consultative and Participative.

This thesis also presents a model …

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An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen Aug 1961

An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen

Graduate Student Research Papers

In a search for ways of perpetuating essential values in a free society, citizens and educators have come to realize that their greatest resource lies in the talents of young people. Leadership of society must be developed from the excellent minds of students in the schools. This leadership will be nurtured by inducing an insight into human relationships and by giving an understanding of the background of cherished American institutions. This work is based on the conviction that teachers of social studies are conscious of an obligation to fill the needs of gifted students for enrichment in breadth of subject …

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Qualities Of Leadership Essential To The Presidency Of A Teachers College, Robert E. Mcconnell Nov 1934

Qualities Of Leadership Essential To The Presidency Of A Teachers College, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The president of the modern American teachers college is charged with the ultimate responsibility for the outcome of all of the activities of the institution over which he has jurisdiction. The selection of a president is the greatest single duty of the board of trustees. To him they look for the successful carrying out of all policies and for the conception and formulation of a great majority of them. To him they look for most of the leadership in their deliberations as well as for the subsequent execution of institutional affairs. He is the pivot around which revolve the activities …

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