The document discusses leadership dynamics from the author's personal experience at AUS. It provides an overview of AUS, describing its founding and history. It discusses the leadership of Dr. Peter Heath, the current chancellor, and his impact on strengthening academics, programs, and communication at AUS. It analyzes his leadership traits, including clear vision, self-confidence, and effective communication. It also discusses how sustainability efforts under Dr. Heath's leadership have positively impacted the AUS community, including attracting more students, faculty, and resources.
This document summarizes the findings of a qualitative study examining leadership styles in Saudi Arabian organizations. It identifies several key themes:
1) Saudi leadership is typically characterized by a power-driven style, but there is a desire among Saudi leaders to adopt a more developmental style that empowers employees.
2) Cultural factors like an emphasis on relationships, respect for authority, and Islamic principles influence Saudi leadership preferences for styles that build strong relationships and consensus.
3) While Saudi leaders value traits like fairness and employee well-being, attitudes are often still task-focused and favor practices like micromanagement due to various historical and sociocultural influences. There is a shift wanted toward a more people-oriented leadership
This document is a project report submitted as part of an MBA program. It discusses conducting a study on the organizational culture of Comviva Technologies by comparing the cultures as perceived by middle and lower management. The introduction provides an overview of organizational culture, how it is formed and impacts an organization. It also discusses various aspects of observing and aligning an organization's culture, and the role of strong leadership in transforming culture.
Analysing Leadership Style to Become A Legend Leader: An ExplorationDr. Amarjeet Singh
In growing competitive environment survival of
an organization largely depend upon the organization
leader. Growing complexities and rapidly changing society
with competitive pressure for higher levels of productivity
requires effective and ethical leadership. To be successful
organization in present era of competition effective,
efficient and ethical leadership are essential requirements.
Thus this study is carried out to analyse the importance of
effective leadership, its essential qualities, its relatedness
with universally accepted principles and requirement of
leading. In addition this study also analysed the impacts of
effective qualities of leadership. This study is outlined in
five sections. First section deals with introduction. Second
section deals with selected literature reviews. Third section
deals with requirement of becoming legendary leader.
Forth section deals with impact of good leadership. The last
and fifth section deals with finding and conclusion.
This document is a capstone project presentation by Tunisia I.E. Al-Salahuddin for their Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University Global Campus. The presentation reflects on the various courses taken in the program and how they have helped develop the student's leadership skills and knowledge. It discusses topics like managing performance, business ethics, human resources, research skills, organizational theory, decision making, communication, diversity, and the capstone project. The presentation also covers analyzing individuals and groups, developing strategies and enhancing organizational capacity, evaluating human behavior, creating lifelong learning, promoting culture, assessing challenges, and the skills the student can bring to an organization.
Strategic leadership refers to a manager's ability to express a strategic vision for an organization and motivate others to achieve that vision. Effective strategic leaders demonstrate loyalty to their vision, keep themselves updated about their organization, make judicious use of power, and have a wide perspective and outlook. They create organizational structure, allocate resources, and express strategic vision to guide employees in supporting organizational goals. Strategic leadership requires the potential to foresee the work environment and take a broad view of opportunities and challenges.
Leadership Styles of Managers and Employee’s Job Performance in a Banking Sectoriosrjce
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal edited by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR).The Journal provides a common forum where all aspects of humanities and social sciences are presented. IOSR-JHSS publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes etc.
This document discusses definitions of leadership and the differences between leadership and management. It defines leadership as the ability to influence and motivate followers to achieve a shared vision while maintaining morale and ethics. Management involves planning, budgeting, and problem-solving. While managers can lead, leadership requires inspiring vision and change. Effective leaders display traits like expertise, initiative and responsibility. The document examines various leadership theories and styles. It also discusses applying leadership principles in organizational contexts through systems thinking and change management.
This document summarizes the findings of a qualitative study examining leadership styles in Saudi Arabian organizations. It identifies several key themes:
1) Saudi leadership is typically characterized by a power-driven style, but there is a desire among Saudi leaders to adopt a more developmental style that empowers employees.
2) Cultural factors like an emphasis on relationships, respect for authority, and Islamic principles influence Saudi leadership preferences for styles that build strong relationships and consensus.
3) While Saudi leaders value traits like fairness and employee well-being, attitudes are often still task-focused and favor practices like micromanagement due to various historical and sociocultural influences. There is a shift wanted toward a more people-oriented leadership
This document is a project report submitted as part of an MBA program. It discusses conducting a study on the organizational culture of Comviva Technologies by comparing the cultures as perceived by middle and lower management. The introduction provides an overview of organizational culture, how it is formed and impacts an organization. It also discusses various aspects of observing and aligning an organization's culture, and the role of strong leadership in transforming culture.
Analysing Leadership Style to Become A Legend Leader: An ExplorationDr. Amarjeet Singh
In growing competitive environment survival of
an organization largely depend upon the organization
leader. Growing complexities and rapidly changing society
with competitive pressure for higher levels of productivity
requires effective and ethical leadership. To be successful
organization in present era of competition effective,
efficient and ethical leadership are essential requirements.
Thus this study is carried out to analyse the importance of
effective leadership, its essential qualities, its relatedness
with universally accepted principles and requirement of
leading. In addition this study also analysed the impacts of
effective qualities of leadership. This study is outlined in
five sections. First section deals with introduction. Second
section deals with selected literature reviews. Third section
deals with requirement of becoming legendary leader.
Forth section deals with impact of good leadership. The last
and fifth section deals with finding and conclusion.
This document is a capstone project presentation by Tunisia I.E. Al-Salahuddin for their Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University Global Campus. The presentation reflects on the various courses taken in the program and how they have helped develop the student's leadership skills and knowledge. It discusses topics like managing performance, business ethics, human resources, research skills, organizational theory, decision making, communication, diversity, and the capstone project. The presentation also covers analyzing individuals and groups, developing strategies and enhancing organizational capacity, evaluating human behavior, creating lifelong learning, promoting culture, assessing challenges, and the skills the student can bring to an organization.
Strategic leadership refers to a manager's ability to express a strategic vision for an organization and motivate others to achieve that vision. Effective strategic leaders demonstrate loyalty to their vision, keep themselves updated about their organization, make judicious use of power, and have a wide perspective and outlook. They create organizational structure, allocate resources, and express strategic vision to guide employees in supporting organizational goals. Strategic leadership requires the potential to foresee the work environment and take a broad view of opportunities and challenges.
Leadership Styles of Managers and Employee’s Job Performance in a Banking Sectoriosrjce
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal edited by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR).The Journal provides a common forum where all aspects of humanities and social sciences are presented. IOSR-JHSS publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes etc.
This document discusses definitions of leadership and the differences between leadership and management. It defines leadership as the ability to influence and motivate followers to achieve a shared vision while maintaining morale and ethics. Management involves planning, budgeting, and problem-solving. While managers can lead, leadership requires inspiring vision and change. Effective leaders display traits like expertise, initiative and responsibility. The document examines various leadership theories and styles. It also discusses applying leadership principles in organizational contexts through systems thinking and change management.
This document outlines Damon Ware's leadership journey through the CSU-Global curriculum. It discusses key concepts in leadership including definitions of leadership, common leadership styles, the importance of ethics and trust, and factors that influence leadership development like organizational culture and stakeholder engagement. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of consistently evaluating and learning from experiences to improve as a leader.
Leadership in Human resource managementNeelam suwal
Leadership in HRM is important for several reasons. Effective leadership provides direction to employees to accomplish organizational goals, transforms potential into reality, and provides vision and sense of direction. Key qualities of good leadership include communication, integrity, accountability, empathy, resilience, being visionary, delegation, and innovation. Leadership styles like autocratic, laissez-faire and democratic each have benefits in certain situations. Effective leadership makes use of employee skills, defines goals to keep teams focused, and sets deadlines to keep projects on track.
Best Practice of Ethical Leadership among the Academic Administrators in Isla...inventionjournals
- The document discusses a study that investigated the best practices of ethical leadership among academic administrators at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as perceived by academic staff.
- The study used a validated questionnaire to measure seven dimensions of ethical leadership: fairness, integrity, ethical guidance, people orientation, power sharing, role clarification, and concern for sustainability.
- The survey involved 262 academic staff who were asked to rate their level of agreement with statements about the administrators' behaviors. The results showed that "role clarification" received the highest mean score, followed by "integrity" and then "concern for sustainability."
This document provides an analysis of Richard Branson's leadership style through examining his traits, behaviors, and application of various leadership theories. It discusses that Branson displays charismatic traits like self-confidence and communicates vision well. Trait theory and behavioral theories like path-goal and situational leadership apply to Branson's adaptive leadership. He focuses on developing people and creativity. Branson's leadership qualities include visionary thinking, servant leadership, and empowering employees. The document concludes he has strengthened Virgin Group's performance through these leadership approaches.
Minor project Report " A role of culture on HRM"anagha1992
Organizational culture refers to the shared beliefs, values, and behaviors that characterize an organization. An organization's culture is shaped by its history, leaders, and approaches to challenges. The document discusses how organizational culture influences human resource management (HRM) practices like recruitment, training, and performance management. It also notes that some scholars believe culture drives HRM practices, while others believe HRM practices shape organizational culture. Effective HRM involves understanding and aligning practices with an organization's unique culture.
Assessing and Transforming Leadership CultureProfiles Asia
This session includes an examination of the attributes that comprise leadership culture, the methodology for evaluating existing culture, and the process for transforming that culture to meet business direction.
You will learn how to:
Define Corporate Culture
Identify Attributes of High Performance Culture
Use Instruments to Isolate and Transform Corporate Culture
Effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Asta Brata Leadership to the Culture of ...IOSR Journals
Human resources (HR) that talented employees are the foundation of an organization in a competitive advantage. A strong foundation for an organization to improve performance is the main one of which comes from the quality of Employment Performance. Basically Human Resources (HR) refers to people in the organization. Without effective people, it seems impossible for the organization to achieve its objectives. Human resources to make the resources with other organizations to run optimally. Quality employees working in an organization can be influenced by the cultures that are in the organization. Organizational culture is a reflection of the behavior of the employees from the application of values prevailing in the organization. Quality performance can likewise sourced from spiritual intelligence and leadership qualities of being a model of supervision that worked by employees. In this study, used the organizational culture Culture and Leadership Tri Hita Karana Astra Brata as variables tested to determine its effect on Employment Performance through Cultural Tri Hita Karana in Badung Regency Village Credit Institutions of Bali. Results showed that that the Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership have an influence on the culture of Tri Hita Karana, but the The Culture of Tri Hita Karana can not be mediating the effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership. Astra Brata proven leadership directly affects the performance displayed by employees at Village Credit Institutions of Bali Badung regency. Total R2 value of 88.4% indicates that the diversity of data that can be explained by the model is equal to 88.4%. While the remaining 11.6% is explained by other variables (which is not contained in the model) and error
105 MAN Leadership Concepts Presentation Assignment 2 (3)Samantha Pole
This document discusses leadership concepts and contrasts the key challenges facing managers in small/medium enterprises (SMEs) versus global organizations. It provides examples of SMEs like Deers Hut public house and Frensham Heights school, and large firms like Transport for London and Uber. Emerging challenges for managers discussed include globalization, technology, innovation, and diversity. Different management styles are examined for Deers Hut, Uber, and Frensham Heights. Models for managing change and addressing resistance to change are analyzed for these organizations.
This document discusses leadership styles and the fundamentals of leadership. It explores the characteristics of good leaders, including showing commitment, setting a positive example, and having good communication skills. Good leaders also have clear goals and visions that they communicate to motivate their team members. The document also examines leadership directives like decision making, delegating tasks, and using authority appropriately. It describes different leadership styles such as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire and how leaders should choose a style based on the situation and individual team members.
Culture and Leadership
Source:
„Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior“
Gelfand, M.J., Erez, M., & Aycan, Z. (2007)
The Annual Review of Psychology
Pp. 492-494
Human resource development (HRD) involves helping employees acquire new skills and abilities needed for their current or future roles through processes like training, feedback, and career development. It also aims to develop organizational culture with strong collaboration. HRD components include manpower planning, recruitment, training, performance appraisal, and career development. An effective HRD climate is characterized by open communication, trust, risk-taking, and supportive policies and mechanisms like performance appraisal and training. Top management support, line manager commitment, and an OCTAPACE culture of openness, trust and collaboration are key enabling factors for HRD.
Leadership style: a study on national leader and international leaderShagufta Rahman
Mahathir Mohammad is a former prime minister and politician of Malaysia. During his tenure, he established key industries and infrastructure projects that modernized Malaysia. These included PROTON, Malaysia's first car manufacturer; the Petronas Twin Towers skyscrapers; Kuala Lumpur International Airport; and expanded telecommunications and banking through new technologies. As prime minister from 1981 to 2003, Mahathir played a transformative role in developing Malaysia's economy and global profile through strategic initiatives in various sectors.
Transformational leadership the impact on organisation and personal outcome(1)sabrinahjmohdali
The document discusses transformational leadership and its impact on organizational and personal outcomes. It begins by defining transformational leadership as inspiring followers to accomplish more than initially planned by aligning their values with the organization.
The literature review then examines the impact of transformational leadership on specific organizational outcomes like organizational citizenship behavior, culture, and vision. It also explores personal outcomes for followers such as empowerment, satisfaction, and motivation. Understanding these impacts can help transformational leaders influence behaviors that benefit the organization.
Harrison typologies of organizational cultureclase5pt09
Harrison identified four types of organizational cultures:
1. Power culture - centralized control through key loyal individuals, dependent on central leadership.
2. Role culture - bureaucracy based on rationality, specialization and defined roles/procedures.
3. Task culture - flexible project teams focused on results with distributed power/resources.
4. Person culture - organization exists only to serve individuals who band together around shared interests.
In any field or occupation, leadership plays a very critical role in providing direction and guidance that should be followed. Considering that there are goals and missions to be achieved, it is important that the leadership in place is capable of handling all aspects in a harmonized manner so as to accelerate goals achieving. On this note, therefore, it is imperative that good leadership skills and styles are employed to foster growth and development
This document discusses the human resource planning philosophy of an organization. It believes that people are fundamentally unique resources that can develop their inherent potential with support. It also believes in providing a high quality work life for employees through meaningful careers, job satisfaction, and professional development so that people can contribute to society. The organization values a meritocratic system with open opportunities and rewards based on performance.
Critically examine the concept of organizational culture and evaluate its significance on organizational behavior within the Aster Group-
According to Mullins, (2010) Organizational culture is the pattern of values, norms, customs, beliefs, attitudes assumptions and strategies that shape how Aster group deliver its housing services to the people. Aster group culture was based on the promise of improving homes to modern standards whilst keeping rents stable. Other key organizational culture identified in the Aster group included; efficiency, effectiveness, initiative, care, confidence, entrepreneurial, pacesetting, track record, ambitious, adventurous, proactive, innovative and teamwork.
Aster’s organizational leaders developed organization culture over time aiming to focus the organization to the particular goals and objectives while performing its objectives.
The document examines transformational and servant leadership. It discusses how servant leadership focuses on follower growth and needs while transformational leadership empowers followers to achieve goals. Both styles involve followers in learning, generate trust, serve as role models, and empower followers. The document argues that combining transformational and servant leadership allows organizations to reach their maximum potential through personally investing in people, challenging high performance, and gaining widespread favor.
This document discusses leadership styles and theories of leadership. It begins by defining leadership style and describing several common styles, including autocratic, bureaucratic, charismatic, participative, transactional, transformational, and laissez-faire. It then discusses theories of leadership such as the Great Man theory, trait theories, behavioral theories, and contingency theories. The rest of the document discusses the role of a leader in an organization and the contingency approach to leadership.
This document discusses Cougar Global, an investment firm founded in 1993 that utilizes downside risk management. It focuses on generating returns needed to meet client investment goals while avoiding losses. Cougar Global uses a proprietary process called Multiple Economic Scenario analysis to model asset performance under different economic conditions and optimize portfolios for different risk mandates. It provides sample portfolio allocations and performance results for various risk mandates.
The document discusses a community centre that CERCOPAN has constructed in Iko Esai village. It describes a sensitization workshop held to explain the purpose and benefits of the centre to community members. Guest speakers discussed how their village utilizes a similar centre. The workshop aimed to generate ideas for effective use of the new building and highlighted opportunities it provides for education, training, community collaboration and income generation.
This document outlines Damon Ware's leadership journey through the CSU-Global curriculum. It discusses key concepts in leadership including definitions of leadership, common leadership styles, the importance of ethics and trust, and factors that influence leadership development like organizational culture and stakeholder engagement. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of consistently evaluating and learning from experiences to improve as a leader.
Leadership in Human resource managementNeelam suwal
Leadership in HRM is important for several reasons. Effective leadership provides direction to employees to accomplish organizational goals, transforms potential into reality, and provides vision and sense of direction. Key qualities of good leadership include communication, integrity, accountability, empathy, resilience, being visionary, delegation, and innovation. Leadership styles like autocratic, laissez-faire and democratic each have benefits in certain situations. Effective leadership makes use of employee skills, defines goals to keep teams focused, and sets deadlines to keep projects on track.
Best Practice of Ethical Leadership among the Academic Administrators in Isla...inventionjournals
- The document discusses a study that investigated the best practices of ethical leadership among academic administrators at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as perceived by academic staff.
- The study used a validated questionnaire to measure seven dimensions of ethical leadership: fairness, integrity, ethical guidance, people orientation, power sharing, role clarification, and concern for sustainability.
- The survey involved 262 academic staff who were asked to rate their level of agreement with statements about the administrators' behaviors. The results showed that "role clarification" received the highest mean score, followed by "integrity" and then "concern for sustainability."
This document provides an analysis of Richard Branson's leadership style through examining his traits, behaviors, and application of various leadership theories. It discusses that Branson displays charismatic traits like self-confidence and communicates vision well. Trait theory and behavioral theories like path-goal and situational leadership apply to Branson's adaptive leadership. He focuses on developing people and creativity. Branson's leadership qualities include visionary thinking, servant leadership, and empowering employees. The document concludes he has strengthened Virgin Group's performance through these leadership approaches.
Minor project Report " A role of culture on HRM"anagha1992
Organizational culture refers to the shared beliefs, values, and behaviors that characterize an organization. An organization's culture is shaped by its history, leaders, and approaches to challenges. The document discusses how organizational culture influences human resource management (HRM) practices like recruitment, training, and performance management. It also notes that some scholars believe culture drives HRM practices, while others believe HRM practices shape organizational culture. Effective HRM involves understanding and aligning practices with an organization's unique culture.
Assessing and Transforming Leadership CultureProfiles Asia
This session includes an examination of the attributes that comprise leadership culture, the methodology for evaluating existing culture, and the process for transforming that culture to meet business direction.
You will learn how to:
Define Corporate Culture
Identify Attributes of High Performance Culture
Use Instruments to Isolate and Transform Corporate Culture
Effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Asta Brata Leadership to the Culture of ...IOSR Journals
Human resources (HR) that talented employees are the foundation of an organization in a competitive advantage. A strong foundation for an organization to improve performance is the main one of which comes from the quality of Employment Performance. Basically Human Resources (HR) refers to people in the organization. Without effective people, it seems impossible for the organization to achieve its objectives. Human resources to make the resources with other organizations to run optimally. Quality employees working in an organization can be influenced by the cultures that are in the organization. Organizational culture is a reflection of the behavior of the employees from the application of values prevailing in the organization. Quality performance can likewise sourced from spiritual intelligence and leadership qualities of being a model of supervision that worked by employees. In this study, used the organizational culture Culture and Leadership Tri Hita Karana Astra Brata as variables tested to determine its effect on Employment Performance through Cultural Tri Hita Karana in Badung Regency Village Credit Institutions of Bali. Results showed that that the Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership have an influence on the culture of Tri Hita Karana, but the The Culture of Tri Hita Karana can not be mediating the effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership. Astra Brata proven leadership directly affects the performance displayed by employees at Village Credit Institutions of Bali Badung regency. Total R2 value of 88.4% indicates that the diversity of data that can be explained by the model is equal to 88.4%. While the remaining 11.6% is explained by other variables (which is not contained in the model) and error
105 MAN Leadership Concepts Presentation Assignment 2 (3)Samantha Pole
This document discusses leadership concepts and contrasts the key challenges facing managers in small/medium enterprises (SMEs) versus global organizations. It provides examples of SMEs like Deers Hut public house and Frensham Heights school, and large firms like Transport for London and Uber. Emerging challenges for managers discussed include globalization, technology, innovation, and diversity. Different management styles are examined for Deers Hut, Uber, and Frensham Heights. Models for managing change and addressing resistance to change are analyzed for these organizations.
This document discusses leadership styles and the fundamentals of leadership. It explores the characteristics of good leaders, including showing commitment, setting a positive example, and having good communication skills. Good leaders also have clear goals and visions that they communicate to motivate their team members. The document also examines leadership directives like decision making, delegating tasks, and using authority appropriately. It describes different leadership styles such as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire and how leaders should choose a style based on the situation and individual team members.
Culture and Leadership
Source:
„Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior“
Gelfand, M.J., Erez, M., & Aycan, Z. (2007)
The Annual Review of Psychology
Pp. 492-494
Human resource development (HRD) involves helping employees acquire new skills and abilities needed for their current or future roles through processes like training, feedback, and career development. It also aims to develop organizational culture with strong collaboration. HRD components include manpower planning, recruitment, training, performance appraisal, and career development. An effective HRD climate is characterized by open communication, trust, risk-taking, and supportive policies and mechanisms like performance appraisal and training. Top management support, line manager commitment, and an OCTAPACE culture of openness, trust and collaboration are key enabling factors for HRD.
Leadership style: a study on national leader and international leaderShagufta Rahman
Mahathir Mohammad is a former prime minister and politician of Malaysia. During his tenure, he established key industries and infrastructure projects that modernized Malaysia. These included PROTON, Malaysia's first car manufacturer; the Petronas Twin Towers skyscrapers; Kuala Lumpur International Airport; and expanded telecommunications and banking through new technologies. As prime minister from 1981 to 2003, Mahathir played a transformative role in developing Malaysia's economy and global profile through strategic initiatives in various sectors.
Transformational leadership the impact on organisation and personal outcome(1)sabrinahjmohdali
The document discusses transformational leadership and its impact on organizational and personal outcomes. It begins by defining transformational leadership as inspiring followers to accomplish more than initially planned by aligning their values with the organization.
The literature review then examines the impact of transformational leadership on specific organizational outcomes like organizational citizenship behavior, culture, and vision. It also explores personal outcomes for followers such as empowerment, satisfaction, and motivation. Understanding these impacts can help transformational leaders influence behaviors that benefit the organization.
Harrison typologies of organizational cultureclase5pt09
Harrison identified four types of organizational cultures:
1. Power culture - centralized control through key loyal individuals, dependent on central leadership.
2. Role culture - bureaucracy based on rationality, specialization and defined roles/procedures.
3. Task culture - flexible project teams focused on results with distributed power/resources.
4. Person culture - organization exists only to serve individuals who band together around shared interests.
In any field or occupation, leadership plays a very critical role in providing direction and guidance that should be followed. Considering that there are goals and missions to be achieved, it is important that the leadership in place is capable of handling all aspects in a harmonized manner so as to accelerate goals achieving. On this note, therefore, it is imperative that good leadership skills and styles are employed to foster growth and development
This document discusses the human resource planning philosophy of an organization. It believes that people are fundamentally unique resources that can develop their inherent potential with support. It also believes in providing a high quality work life for employees through meaningful careers, job satisfaction, and professional development so that people can contribute to society. The organization values a meritocratic system with open opportunities and rewards based on performance.
Critically examine the concept of organizational culture and evaluate its significance on organizational behavior within the Aster Group-
According to Mullins, (2010) Organizational culture is the pattern of values, norms, customs, beliefs, attitudes assumptions and strategies that shape how Aster group deliver its housing services to the people. Aster group culture was based on the promise of improving homes to modern standards whilst keeping rents stable. Other key organizational culture identified in the Aster group included; efficiency, effectiveness, initiative, care, confidence, entrepreneurial, pacesetting, track record, ambitious, adventurous, proactive, innovative and teamwork.
Aster’s organizational leaders developed organization culture over time aiming to focus the organization to the particular goals and objectives while performing its objectives.
The document examines transformational and servant leadership. It discusses how servant leadership focuses on follower growth and needs while transformational leadership empowers followers to achieve goals. Both styles involve followers in learning, generate trust, serve as role models, and empower followers. The document argues that combining transformational and servant leadership allows organizations to reach their maximum potential through personally investing in people, challenging high performance, and gaining widespread favor.
This document discusses leadership styles and theories of leadership. It begins by defining leadership style and describing several common styles, including autocratic, bureaucratic, charismatic, participative, transactional, transformational, and laissez-faire. It then discusses theories of leadership such as the Great Man theory, trait theories, behavioral theories, and contingency theories. The rest of the document discusses the role of a leader in an organization and the contingency approach to leadership.
This document discusses Cougar Global, an investment firm founded in 1993 that utilizes downside risk management. It focuses on generating returns needed to meet client investment goals while avoiding losses. Cougar Global uses a proprietary process called Multiple Economic Scenario analysis to model asset performance under different economic conditions and optimize portfolios for different risk mandates. It provides sample portfolio allocations and performance results for various risk mandates.
The document discusses a community centre that CERCOPAN has constructed in Iko Esai village. It describes a sensitization workshop held to explain the purpose and benefits of the centre to community members. Guest speakers discussed how their village utilizes a similar centre. The workshop aimed to generate ideas for effective use of the new building and highlighted opportunities it provides for education, training, community collaboration and income generation.
Information Technology Investment in Sustainability and ProfitabilityYasser Al Mimar
The document discusses sustainability and profitability in the information technology industry. It notes that while IT has provided tools to improve productivity, the rapid growth of the sector has overlooked sustainability issues. IT companies must develop new value-added services and think outside the box to promote innovation and build competitive advantage. Sustainability is now a vital topic for organizations and considers economic, environmental, and social impacts. While IT investments can achieve cost savings and revenue growth, adopting sustainability strategies can further enhance profitability. Green IT is growing and organizations are leveraging IT to facilitate sustainability across operations to reduce environmental impacts and costs. Focusing on sustainability provides opportunities for companies to stay profitable by appealing to environmentally conscious customers.
Yasser Al Mimar-Money Management and Stocks Analysis Yasser Al Mimar
The document discusses money management and different investment options. It begins with an executive summary that outlines various forms of investments like bonds, stocks, certificates, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). It then discusses how the 1990s stock market downturn led many investors to seek lower risk investments in things like government bonds and ETFs. The rest of the document discusses analyzing individual investment situations and profiles based on factors like character, lifestyle, time horizon, and objectives to determine the best investment options. It provides the author's own analysis as an example.
This document summarizes a presentation on leadership education given by Dr. Eric Kaufman and Dr. Nicole Stedman. The presentation covered why studying leadership is important, how leadership education is changing to address emerging issues, and questions for leadership educators. It discussed moving beyond traditional theories to examine how leadership works in different contexts and conditions. New interdisciplinary programs were highlighted that integrate leadership concepts across fields.
The American University of Sharjah (AUS) was founded in 1997 by the Ruler of Sharjah to be a leading university in the Gulf region. AUS is an independent, nonprofit, coeducational institution that is based on the American model of higher education but is also grounded in Arab culture. AUS offers bachelor's, master's, and minor degree programs through five academic divisions and is emerging as a leading comprehensive university in the Gulf region.
1. The document provides a general overview of human embryological processes including germ cell formation and fertilization, prenatal development through the formation of three layers, induction and differentiation, formation of the neural crest, and folding of the embryo.
2. Key stages discussed include gametogenesis, fertilization of the ovum by sperm to form a zygote, formation of the morula and blastocyst, implantation in the uterus, formation of the bilaminar and trilaminar germ discs, and development of the three germ layers and tissues from each layer.
3. Neural crest formation involves the development of the neural plate and tube from ectoderm and the migration of neural crest cells to
This document discusses the concepts of leadership including definitions, theories, and characteristics of effective leadership. It begins with defining leadership as an influence relationship between leaders and followers intended to create real change. It then discusses leadership theories, the importance of leadership, and the difference between leadership and management. The document also examines characteristics of effective leadership such as encouraging teams, transformational leadership styles, and traits proposed by different leaders.
1. OVERVIEW
The Leadership and Organization Development Research and Training Centre (LODRTC) are, dedicated to achieving leadership excellence. Leadership Excellence is an important element of the LODRTC People Management Strategy and therefore, all leaders have a responsibility to help align the Organization culture to the vision. We believe that people are central to value creation (what is important to us, which reflects our needs) and leaders create the culture (and are the principal drivers of performance in Local Leadership). The LODRTC is therefore committed to empowering our leaders and building internal leadership capability. This is achieved by creating an awareness of the important role leadership plays in the success of the organisation and by igniting a desire among leaders to lead. To ignite this desire and support from leaders on their leadership journey, the LODRTC ensures that they have the knowledge, skills and ability necessary to perform their role well. Furthermore, exemplary leadership does not go unnoticed but is rather reinforced by means of sufficient recognition.
Developing a Leadership Philosophy for the LODRTC is an exciting and innovative way to empower our leaders and connect with our core values as an organization. The culture of an organization or any group of individuals is a reflection of the values, beliefs and behaviours of leaders present and leaders past. Therefore, in the provision of the Leadership Philosophy, the core values are considered:
• Caring
• Competence
• Accountability
• Integrity
• Innovation
• Responsiveness
A synthesis of the empirical, qualitative data research conducted with large Brazilian company executives.
By Anderson de Souza Sant’Anna, Marly Sorel Campos and Samir Lofti Vaz. (Vale Leadership Development Core)
This document outlines the table of contents for a paper on organizational culture and leadership. The document covers topics such as the influence of leaders on culture, how culture is created, characteristics of organizational culture, how culture affects leadership, and the importance of trust and leadership in culture. It also compares traditional American and Indian leadership styles and discusses how culture shapes leadership and vice versa.
a study on leadership styles in workforceNushrath Banu
This document provides an introduction and background for a study on leadership styles in the workforce. It includes sections on the objectives, need, scope and limitations of the study. The study aims to analyze the leadership styles at C-DOT Alcatel and their impact on team performance. It seeks to understand the relationship between team leaders and members and identify the existing styles. The study is limited by its short time period and sample size of 50 employees.
Human Resource Leadership_Evelyn Anastacio _ Susana Catubig.pptxmljohndelara1
1. Culture and leadership are deeply intertwined, with leaders playing a significant role in shaping organizational culture and culture influencing leadership style.
2. Different cultures require different leadership styles to be effective. Leaders can focus on culture by being role models, obtaining feedback, empowering employees, and recognizing good work.
3. In Asian organizations, family orientation can lead to both benefits like loyalty and challenges like nepotism that leaders must balance, such as by addressing favoritism and promoting transparency.
MGMT331 LESSON 1Leader as a Visionary LESSON TO.docxAASTHA76
This document provides an overview of various leadership theories that have evolved over time, including:
- Great Man Theory, which asserted that great leaders were born with inherent qualities.
- Trait Theory, which identified common traits and skills among leaders.
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2. Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Organization and leadership effect .................................................................................................... 3
AUS Overview...................................................................................................................................... 4
SWOT Metrix at AUS ..................................................................................................................... 4
Leadership Traits .................................................................................................................................. 5
AUS and leading traits action ............................................................................................................. 5
Sustainability and Organization ......................................................................................................... 7
Sustainability on Stakeholders............................................................................................................ 8
Sustainable Development & Elements of Sustainability .............................................................. 10
People category ..................................................................................................................... 12
Planet category ...................................................................................................................... 12
Profit category ....................................................................................................................... 12
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................... 14
References ................................................................................................................................ 15
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3. Introduction
With so many definitions of leadership I would say leadership is a common expression but it has
contain many diverse meanings which has been grouped in certain personal, a series of
behaviors. I believe leadership is the ability to see things others can't, so the word leadership
can indicate to the process of leading, this in turn, will lead to create process of social influence
in the support and enhance of others such as people, organization and even country in the
accomplishment of mission. “Leadership may be considered as the process (act) of influencing
the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement” -
Stogdill 1950: 3
Ethics and Leadership Effectiveness
History and researchers define successful leaders largely in terms of their ability to bring about
change for better or worse. So leadership could make the change in bad direction also but in
the eyes of some people consider as a good job, for instance, Hitler; great leaders in the history
include everyone and Hitler was part of leadership system but in the opposite direction. I would
therefore say a good leader is an ethical leader and the ethics are built from virtues, morals,
values, and principles. In the same time I believe the personal ethics will produce effective
leaders. Best example of ethical and effective leader was “Gandhi”. So without good ethics I
believe it is too difficult for a leader to develop integrity and truth or other traits that produce
effective leadership.
From my point of view, ethics is playing an essential role in leadership process and I would
strongly say effective leadership is a result of ethical behavior and applying for the standards
moral.
Organization and leadership effect
As a style, leadership is intended to make things happen in organizations. Thus, leadership is
playing major role in organizations because leaders are the people who can make thing done. It
means without leaders it will be difficult for an organization to achieve their goals and in the
same time leader cannot lead without someone following. So it is like exchange relation, for
instance, when good leaders create safety for their followers this, in turn, allows the followers to
perform and develop.
Nowadays, most leaders are facing the challenge of recruiting and holding on to competent
employees in organizations, furthermore, they are working in multiple directions in order to
maintain the dynamics of the organization's work and achieve the goals that set for the
foundation or institution. I would therefore like to add comments and clarify some points about
the leadership form which I have experience with and how it has effected positively on our
organization (AUS)
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4. AUS Overview
AUS was founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi,
Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, who
envisioned the university as a leading educational institution in the Gulf region. It is an
independent, not-for-profit coeducational institution. Based on an American model of higher
education and grounded in the culture of the Gulf region. It is academic institute and has a
vision to be the region’s leader in higher education, known for excellence and innovation in
teaching, learning, research and service. I will not be talking about the founder “His Highness
Sheikh Sultan” as a leader of the AUS organization but I would like to describe the person who
took up the chancellor position in 2008 and leads the university in a right direction - Dr. Peter
Heath
SWOT Metrix at AUS
As we know the SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) is a
strategic planning tool, useful for planning and decision-making at multiple levels within a firm,
organization, foundation or business. For AUS I would summarize the SWAT phrases and
describe the most important points since 2005 till 2010.
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
American model of Inefficient High demand for growing competition
education grounded in communication within education in the UAE from nearby public
the history and culture university and beyond universities and small
of the Arabian Gulf privates of our
University
Diversity and quality of Lack of comprehensive Increasing pool of Political and economic
(faculty, staff, students asset management geographically situation
and alumni) dispersed alumni
committed to the
university
U.S. and regional Lack of develop and Increasing appeal and Potential reduction of
accreditation sustain the AUS awareness of American support from the
model of education government of UAE and
his Highness
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5. Leadership Traits
Leadership is defined as “the process by which an individual determines direction, influences a
group and directs it toward a specific goal or organizational mission.” Furthermore, the trait
approach seeks to identify the personal characteristics and skills of leaders. This orientation
implies a belief that leaders are born rather than made and I believe the nature is more
important than nurture. From my perspective, I would say the leadership and leader are roles
performed by certain people who hold distinct features to achieve the required goals. So the
leaders who have these distinct requisite traits must take certain actions to be successful, such
as, sketch out clear vision, role modeling and setting goals.
Based on that, I would add five traits on which I believe leaders differ from non-leaders include:
directing/drive, honesty/integrity, self-confidence, cognitive ability and communication. In the
same time we can define a successful leader is a person who has influence; his/her words
impact upon the actions taken by followers. Therefore, the performance of a leader on
different aspects depends on his/her qualities.
AUS and leading traits action
For the directing, it cannot be given if it is not known by the leader, and in the other side
leaders cannot lead if they don’t give a direction for people to follow them. This also applies for
the drive’s trait or quality because leaders cannot be success unless they have ability to drive
change within their organization and this turn will lead the strategy, planning and
implementation of change.
For instance, Dr. Heath – the chancellor of the organization that I am working with have has a
clear imprint on AUS and has done a quantum leap in the path of AUS strategic plan by raising
academic standards and expanded university’s programs degree since 2009. Furthermore, he
has most important goal which is quality, so he directs AUS to attracting the best faculty
members, administrators and staff to serve the needs of the students and being part of the
global system.
About self confidence, I would say it is a tool which gives the leader inner strength to overcome
difficult tasks. People quickly sense a leader's self-confidence, and this quality results in
increased commitment and performance. From my point of view, I have seen Dr. Heath carry
self confidence’s trait because it was key and is tied to effective his leadership at AUS. As I
mentioned above the quantum leap has come from Dr. Heath Self-confidence which gives him
the courage he needs to take AUS—and himself—to a new level of success and this is what
happening in AUS now. I would strongly say this confidence comes from his previous success in
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6. academic and work life “Dr. Peter Heath was the Provost at American University of Beirut for 10
years, where he played a leading role in the rebuilding of that distinguished institution. As
second officer of the administration, his scope of duties included every aspect of university
leadership. Prior to that, Dr. Heath worked in the US, where he made a distinguished record at
one of America's leading institutions, Washington University in St. Louis” so all these success I
believe were the results of the self confidence that Dr. Heath characterized by.
Regarding the cognitive ability, I believe the cognitive development play main role in the form
of leadership so when I am talking about the cognitive ability I mean the accumulated work
experience, intellectual maturity, awareness and ability to understand others and this itself is
the nucleus or seed to create the strategic thinking method in leader personality and
leadership's mechanism. For instance and I would never forget the decision that Dr. Peter made
when he has established a unit similar to “Transition Management Team (TMT)” TMT
committee who are selected from faculty and senior staff at the AUS based on experience, skills
and qualifications, and the aim of TMT is to bring up a real paradigm shift into our organization.
I believe this step is not only focusing on his wide knowledge or cognitively but I would strongly
say it is a part of the university’s sustained for successful future.
In the part of communication, I believe the success of organization comes from leader
communication skills. A leader must be able to communicate effectively if he plans to drive the
organization or his company to the right direction. So most of us would agree that leaders are
individuals who guide, direct, motivate, or inspire others and through effective communication,
leaders lead, this in turn, will lead to result that good communication skills enable, enhance,
and create the understanding and trust necessary to encourage others to follow a leader. Why I
am saying it will create a state of understanding because I have lived this period when Dr. Peter
filled up the chancellor position and how he analyzes an audience in every situation and start
developing a communication strategy that facilitates accomplishing his communication
objective. For instance, since the founding of AUS and till 2009, the university did not have a
division for communication among the staff, senior levels and students. Dr. Peter Heath has
applied the Leader - Member Exchange theory (referred to as LMX) at AUS which believes that
the relationship between leaders and members in an organization develops over time through a
series of observations, tryouts, interactions and conversations (Graen, 1987). He established
Strategic Communications and Media department which is connected directly to his office, the
purpose of this department as AUS internal aspect to get the useful proposals and opinions
from all categories then formulate it in properly form that serve the organization first and then
employee. He was always saying the listening is an essential skill in any rhetorical situation so if
you want to build up a right and trust communication between you and others you should give
greater attention to hearing what others say. For AUS external aspect Peter has a goal to
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7. create communication language between the AUS and outside to sketch out a real picture of
the university on the regional and global level, for instance, “Dubai Ports World UAE Region in
January 24, 2011 signed an agreement with (AUS), under which AUS will provide advanced
training in leadership to management executives of the premier port operator.” The
partnership deal was signed by Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing
Director, DP World UAE Region, and Dr. Peter Heath, Chancellor of AUS. From my perspective,
the purpose of organization's leadership is not only directed to serve its strategies but the
leader should make from the organization a tool to serve the society in order to lead his
organization or foundation or even the firm to the achieve the vision. For instance, Dr. Peter
has gotten the approval from the board of trustees in AUS to establish a new elite business
district in Sharjah through its Research Technology and Innovation Park. The idea for the park
was inspired by the likes of the Tri-Centre Industrial Park in North Carolina in the US.
“We hope to create a virtuous circle of us providing students who do well in these companies;
who will then in turn offer research projects for our faculty and students to engage in” Dr
Heath said.
This action is consider as a step forward to enhance AUS level and build up a structure of
research, development and prominent place for the organization. So Successful business
leaders must shape their organizations to be more solid and flexible, in short better organized
to deliver value and achieve the missions. I believe the distinctive leadership will provides
direction on the way of lead and shape organizations in the future.
Sustainability and Organization
One of the most common and widely accepted definitions of sustainability is “meeting the
needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their needs” (Bruntland Report, 1987). And, from my perspective I would say it is the
process of living and working in a safe, in term of economic and healthy aspect which includes
clean air, water and energy, where each of us and the natural world has the opportunity to
flourish.
Many business leaders work to build up sustainability into their day-to-day operations. And, all
these sustainability programs are often dependent on a key leader who is able to play a main
role to achieve this mission. Therefore, a President, CEO, Manager, or even the Chancellor, for
example, who believes that sustainability is a key to the long-term success of the organization
or university, can help drive change and innovation that form the foundation for long-term
growth
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8. I would like to give some examples about the impact of sustainability at the organization or the
university as follow – it will
Reduce costs - energy cost and other power expenses
Preserve resources - as heritage or culture of that country or city
Enhance reputation - this, in turn will enhance the revenue and profit of the
organization or company
Attract quality employees - the performance will be increasing and will enhance quality
in work
AUS has a notion and vision that youth, students and alumni have enough ideas to develop and
support the country future but it is a question of adopting them and turning these into
successful ventures. Dr. Peter “chancellor of AUS” says only education and developing human
capital would ensure that the UAE could sustain today’s lifestyle, for instance, in the academic
field AUS offer new degree in industrial engineering - This degree will cater to the growing need
of qualified professionals in this field throughout the region. This is done by the endeavor from
the chancellor (Dr. Peter) and AUS board members for their commitment and dedication toward the
development and sustain of the university.
Sustainability on Stakeholders
In parallel with sustainability effect on organization, I would say when organization, firm or
university chooses to incorporate environmental sustainability in its processes; it can affect also
stakeholders in different forms but as a final result the stakeholders can be affected in largely
positive ways.
The term "stakeholders" consist of different people category. Stakeholders might be customers,
shareholders, employees, students, faculty and communities. All of these individuals are
affected by a company's sustainability efforts, and those efforts affect society as a whole and
the local or global environment.
For example, in June 2011 AUS has lunched higher standards for academic buildings to sustain
the campus environment in general. The building incorporates the most advanced technological
facilities of academic infrastructure in the UAE and the region. “This building offers the best
practices of sustainability, design and functionality.” Dr. Peter said. So the new building with all
these facilities and functions will impact into stakeholders. Below is a chart which clarify the
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9. increasing of students enrollment after apply the new strategies and sustainability agenda plans
to sustain AUS in order to meet the higher standard academic level
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10. The Faculty members has been increased in 2011 - 2012
Sustainable Development & Elements of Sustainability
There are many definitions of sustainable development and all these definitions ultimately are
flowing into one place which is meets the needs of people and making sure that people
throughout the world can satisfy their basic needs now without compromising the ability of
people in the future to meet their needs.
The sustainable development is a new idea for many organizations and till date most
organizations do not generally recognize the possibility of extending this notion into their local
environment or to the world’s natural and human resources. Sustainable development,
nowadays, I believe it shape one of the greatest challenge that affects every one of us in the
world, in the same time, this concept needs to be incorporated into the policies and processes
of a business if it is to follow sustainable development principles.
For Example, at AUS the higher management overseeing by the chancellor Dr. Peter has started
since 2009 to activate the new plans and polices to meet goals of sustainable development
implementation. Dr. Peter has established and developing a meaningful approach for
stakeholder about the new strategies because it is considered a vital aspect of this
management system, and one of the key differences between sustainable and conventional
management practices.
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11. When we say it is considered a vital aspect, the notion is to sustaining and enhancing the
human and natural resources that will be needed in the future. From personal experience and
as a member of web committee, in 2010 the Chancellor and Director of Strategic Planning have
decided to establish a web committee in order to change the whole AUS website and create
new website which is more communicating to the employees, visitors, and stakeholders. In
September 2011 AUS has lunched new website collaborating between SunGard Higher
Education and JADU, a global leader of Web transactional systems, to offer JADU Web Content
Management to provide AUS with more options to improve the quality, quantity and
management of web content and in the same time to change whole web servers which was
costing AUS hundred thousand in a year by new VMs (Virtual Machines) which are cost less.
As a result we can say sustainability engages and integrates in three different zones which are
social, environmental, and economic systems and this integration has formed main elements
that feed the sustainability effectively and permanently, they are people, planet and profit
AUS since 2009 till date continue to help the stakeholders look at cost and environmental
efficiencies as well as at the growth prospects that sustainability offers. So from my
perspective, the key concepts of sustainability revolve around the 3Ps. The people part includes
the ethics of how workers and the community are treated. It included ideas such as human’s
rights, labors and security. On the planet we can say the business taking responsibility for the
life cycles of the services or product which is used to ultimate disposal. I would say it is concept
that focusing on reducing externalities (unintended cost) and minimizing resources use such as
(water, electricity, carbon and packaging). For the profit part I would say it is relating with the
jobs growth, cost reduction, waste management.
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12. In the end of 2009 AUS and has sought to consider the environmental, social, and economic
impacts of its decisions and projects to incorporating the concept of sustainability into its
academic and research programs, buildings and its organizational structure and management as
follows:-
People category:
Chancellor of AUS- Dr. Peter and the provost work to enhance the quality of campus life
and support greater involvement of students, faculty, staff and alumni in the activities of
AUS
AUS pay good salaries for faculty and staff, giving a Self-Directed Employee Benefits
Plan and providing a certain full insurance based on the plan that chosen from the
employee
AUS has built housing complexes for the faculty to live on campus and by March 2012,
AUS will lunch 100 living complexes in order to let large number of staff get live on
campus
From AUS students view- most of students considered AUS as high standards academic
education in the region. They have confirmed; It is needless to say that AUS is the most
qualified university in the Middle East with some of the most professionally faculty
Planet category:
As I mentioned before, in 2010 the chancellor has taken his decision to establish
Sustainability Department to strive and improve AUS campus environment
AUS enforce all resident on campus to use campus transportation services provided by
transportation division and try to use AUS bicycle and park in bicycle stands located at
several areas across campus to reduce the pollution and safe planet
AUS recently has banned smoking throughout the AUS campus, and in step of conserve
energy at AUS
In 2011 AUS built new School of Business which adopted the best international practices
of sustainability and conservation of the environment in terms of its design and usage.
“Reviewing and developing recycling initiatives that will not only be in the academic
buildings, but also in the residential areas of AUS “
For social awareness, the office of sustainability at AUS organized a tree planting with
the Day Care children from KG2. The keen children learnt about trees and their roots
and together planted four Ghaf trees
Profit category:
AUS is an independent and nonprofit coeducational institution
Recently the chancellor has enforced whole AUS departments to reduce the expenses
and consumption by approve polices and creating ideas and suggestions to understand
the concept of AUS economic growth, for instance, AUS cope with IT team will carry out
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13. ranging from an upgrade to their wireless environment to investing in desktop
virtualization and cloud services for disaster recovery and back up. The AUS believes
that technologies help organizations reduce their carbon footprint and reduce the
servers’ power and energy.
The chancellor has approved AUS waste management policy specially in academic
department to handle all laboratory wastes in an environmentally sound manner and
manage in practical, useful and innovative way
From my point of view, I would suggest to redesign AUS electricity and adapt system of
all campus to be installed with automated controls, reengineered AC systems and
energy efficient light bulbs
Actually Dr. Peter has a special look with the real perspective about the AUS profitability and I
strongly agree with him. He always assures that the any organization should develop strong
relationships with their customers in an effort to build brand and known base and this is what
we are doing in AUS. For instance AUS has
Qualified faculty academic background,
Strong financial aid for undergraduate students / student life opportunities and
Employment welfare, Self Directed Employee Benefits
Offers 25 majors and 48 minors at the undergraduate level, and 13 master's degrees
programs through the following academic divisions
In the contrast, Social responsibility has also become an important matter for people. Most
people nowadays, want to invest or get benefit into companies that are giving back to
individuals and communities; AUS is considered one of these organizations which are working
to offer best opportunities for the students, faculty or staff to join AUS. (Diagram Below)
“Education should benefit society as a whole, if it doesn’t; we have failed in our mission.”
Peter said.
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14. I would therefore say, organizations in general need to create a plan that includes the three
elements of the Triple Bottom Line in order make it work. In the same time building Triple
Bottom Line strategies into businesses is not a simple task but this work needs to be thoughtful
and managed to reach and get best results and achieve the mission.
Conclusion:
To sum up, change is a major feature that organization and leaders have to consider today and I
would strongly say leadership can have a significant impact on an organization to direct the
organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. In other hand leaders must
have someone they can lead in order to accomplish what they set out to do. So it is equation
the aim of it serve the organization or society and even the world.
All these factors are grouped in my organization and have helped to identified the path of AUS
to the right direction and contributed to build up solid base to achieve the goals and missions.
The leader must defines the drawn goals and objectives which can be evaluated and results
reported to demonstrate to stakeholders that the investment in sustainability initiatives is
worthwhile due to the valuable results that can be obtained when applying this mechanism in
any organization
“Sustainability does not simply mean whether something can last. It addresses how particular
initiatives can be developed without compromising the development of others in the
surrounding environment, now and in the future - Hargreaves& Fink 2000”
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