Leadership Studies

• Research a minimum of three to five articles on differing perspectives, theories and models of power, control and politics, focusing on the effects to culture and organizational performance/effectiveness. Write a 2 – 3 page analysis of the information from the five articles. Answer the following questions: 1. What are the core characteristics of culture […]

Using the Internet library resources, research two or three additional journal articles, which explore or analyze differing views on intra organizational relationships and list the key principles and concepts. Write a two page paper analyzing the advantages or disadvantages of inter-locking Boards. Take into consideration how corporate and leadership ethics and diversity may affect organizational […]

Discuss where you think the interaction styles of the leaders of 4 countries (your choice) came from (after identifying what their predominant leadership interaction styles typically are). If these groups were in a meeting together, would you anticipate any communication problems between them and/or what might some of these problems be? Maximum of 5 pages […]

The student will write a paper (maximum of 5 pages, plus a bibliography) on leadership interaction (communication) styles in a business meeting where a Japanese business leader, an Nigerian business leader, a French business leader and an Indian business leader are present

You have been asked by the United Nations to head a task force of leaders from China, Japan, Mexico, the U.S., Canada, and the Czech Republic in helping an area of the world that was hit by a devastating earthquake. How would you group these leaders into smaller rescue work teams if you wanted to […]

Write a research paper, analyzing, comparing and contrasting and synthesizing the characteristics and practices essential to leading global/international/ multicultural organizations currently, and particularly, in the future. Include, in your analysis, information, supported by research, regarding the characteristics and practices leaders need to successfully create and sustain teamwork, conflict management, ethics, organizational cultures and diversity. Also, […]

• In a 2-page paper, detail the following: What leadership characteristics and skills are necessary for best managing conflict within global teams and/or organizations? Compare and contrast those attitudes and actions with those needed for optimizing teamwork in a global context. Compare and contrast the first set with those characteristics and skills necessary for leading […]

In a 2- page paper, document what the experts say regarding the foundational characteristics of a global/international/multicultural team. What type of people and what kind of skills are necessary for optimizing efficiency and effectiveness, within that environment? Go to Discussion.

In a 2-page paper, describe what the experts say regarding the value of ethical leadership. What differences do leaders make in an organization’s ethical choices and actions? How do they personally make those differences? What occurs in organizations where unethical leadership exists? In what ways do different cultural settings determine leadership ethics? Go to Discussion

Write a 2- page, well-researched paper, comparing and contrasting leadership ethical issues, within at least 2 different organizational cultural settings of your choice – i.e. organizations in the US and China, or Germany and Japan, etc. Go to Discussion.