The paper focuses on meetings as an over-utilized, but often under-structured tool for managerial effectiveness and efficiency. The authors present four different meeting types, more precisely termed team facilitations, as commonly used in aviation by flight crews: Brainstorming, Briefing,...

In this paper a detailed analysis of Hewlett Packard’s Dynamic Leadership program is undertaken. The characteristics of change and innovation at Hewlett Packard along with the application of the system and the challenges present are all taken into account. The effects of ethical leadership and...

The world of mergers and acquisitions are often fraught with change, loss of identity and uncertainty for the workers who remain. The consolidation of work-groups can result in new roles, unfamiliar faces, new social structure and the introduction of foreign processes. The need to quickly...

The paper aims to create a clearer understanding of the nature of sustainability leadership and how it can contribute to transformational change. It does this by locating sustainability within the leadership literature, defining the concept of sustainability leadership, and presenting a model of...

Consistent with views that see leadership emerging from social practices rather than from the external mind, this paper contributes to an emerging movement in leadership studies known as “leadership-as-practice” (L-A-P). This movement looks for leadership in its music and activity rather...

The purpose of the study informed by Lewin’s theoretical model of organizational change will be to ascertain leadership assumptions and the barriers to effective supply chain management decisions. The supply chain management field is fundamentally focused on interrelated functional linkages...

A large number of world's political leaders have at one time or other were baptised through the fires of militancy. Others, who opposed the militants have also appeared in the political battlements. Comparing the leadership strategies, tactics and styles employed by these leaders to conventional...

Often referred to "China's first teacher," Confucius set the standards and values that still permeate Chinese culture. Although officially disregarded by the Chinese government since the communist revolution, Confucius and his teachings remained the foundation of Chinese culture and managerial...

This study presents reflection of ethical considerations for aspiring leaders in the workplace to underscore the importance of ethics in management decisions. Views and perspectives are presented aligning to current literature and the current state of ethics in leadership. Vignettes are provided...

With the imperative placed on schools in recent years to improve, the leadership of educational change has increased in significance. The research repo schools in South Wales that have made significant changes to improve pupil achievement. Various triggers initiated the improvement journey and...