scholarly journals Two Organizational Roles: Manager's and Leader's

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Sampat P Singh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Processes ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Situational Contexts ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
Organizational Roles

In this decade⁄ leadership has been one of the most popular topics with speakers and writers on management. It is by its nature a somewhat enigmatic concept and⁄ therefore⁄ not largely amenable to research. Still⁄ it has been possible to develop better understanding. Leader's personality is not so much in focus now. It has shifted to leadership role and tends to shift further to leadership as a process. Distinction between leadership and managerial roles is becoming clearer. Whether leaders are born or made is no longer a serious controversy. It is asserted that leadership success or failure depends more on learning processes and situational contexts. How to interpret the life around and how to promote meaningful action are some of the vital questions which only better understanding can help in answering. The purpose of this paper by Sampat Singh is to promote efforts in that direction.

Cross cultural consensus: development of the universal leadership model

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Paul Jones ◽  
Jewon Lyu ◽  
Rodney Runyan ◽  
Ann Fairhurst ◽  
Youn-Kyung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Gathering ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
Expatriate Management ◽  
Expatriate Managers

Purpose – Retailers have demonstrated mixed results during international expansions. However, home market saturation and the economic climate are forcing more and more retailers to look beyond their borders for revenue. A critical participant in the internationalizing effort is the expatriate manager. Unfortunately the literature is unclear and at times conflicted over how to select and prepare expatriate management for their leadership role. Therefore, this study was designed with the purpose of uncovering various factors which may lead to expatriate retail management success. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the lack of unanimity in the literature this study adopted a qualitative research methodology in order to develop some consensus regarding successful expatriate leadership attributes. Grounded theory was employed utilizing extensive in-depth interviews as the primary data gathering and analysis tools. Findings – A multi-dimensional construct emerged from the data requiring all dimensions to be utilized for a successful retail expatriate assignment. The construct of “Universal Leadership”, is proposed as formative, comprised of reflective sub-dimensions; Ability, Adaptability, Ambassadorship, and Awareness (Self), which we refer to as the Four A's, for successful expatriate management assignments. Several propositions are put forward as suggestions for future research in the use of the universal leadership model for both selection and training of retail expatriate managers. Originality/value – The study develops a theoretical platform for expatriate leadership success allowing for cultural and business variation. Awareness is introduced as a critical attribute in achieving success as an expatriate success. The universal leadership model proposes attributes beneficial for training and also selection which is critically under examined in the literature.

Evaluation Criteria of Managerial Staff in Judiciary Administration in the Context of Their Organizational Roles

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Ryszard Rutka ◽  
Małgorzata Czerska
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Organizational Environment ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Organizational Roles ◽  
Formal Procedures ◽  
Managerial Staff

The main objective of the paper is to state whether the evaluation criteria of managerial roles in judiciary administration suit the specificity of these roles. The first part of the paper presents the concept of systematic approach to organizational behavior and underlines the need of watching the criteria of assessment of managers’ performance with the tasks they perform. The second part of the article focuses on the results of the Authors’ researches, conducted among three groups of managers: directors, managers of divisions and managers of secretariats. In all three groups efficiency criteria were given priority – meeting the deadlines set and acting in compliance with formal procedures. Less frequently applied criteria were: evenness of delegating tasks to subordinates considering the competences of employees who are to compete the delegated tasks. The list of the evaluation criteria includes also the least frequently used ones, i.e. knowledge sharing and motivating employees with the tools tailored to their tasks and organizational environment.

Chief Executive Success in the Legislative Arena

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Robertson Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Executive Leadership ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Chief Executives ◽  
Leadership Success

American chief executives are popularly believed to play a crucial leadership role in the legislative process, but this role is not well understood by scholars. This article develops a model of executive leadership success in the legislative arena based on personal, institutional, political, and economic factors and tests that model with data on the legislative priorities of the 50 state governors in 1993–94. Institutional features of the executive, which have been the focus of much scholarship, are found to have little effect on a governor's legislative success. On the other hand, the nature of the legislature is quite important here, with more professional legislatures actually encouraging executive leadership. A governor's personal characteristics, political party, and a state's economy also influence a governor's legislative success. These findings point to the importance of examining chief executives in the context in which they work if we are to understand their role as legislative leader.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Women’s Intention to Lead Family Businesses in Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Jorge Duran-Encalada ◽  
Katarzyna Werner-Masters ◽  
Alberto Paucar-Caceres
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
The Family

The purpose of this study is to establish the prevalence of barriers to women’s leadership in the family business in terms of invisibility, the glass ceiling effect, and sexism. We conduct eight semi-structured interviews with women holding leading managerial roles in family businesses in Mexico to identify the factors that impede/facilitate their involvement. We apply the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in order to determine how these factors support/constrain women in their roles. We find that some factors and circumstances are critical for women to achieve an important leadership role in the family business. These factors entail levels of education and experience, the extent to which women participate in strategic decision making and governance of the firm, as well as the support of the company’s founder and other family members for these women’s efficacy and self-esteem. These results challenge some of the extant findings in the literature, thus enriching the current perspectives on the leadership role of women in family firms. Moreover, this research is the first attempt to analyze impediments to women under the TPB perspective as well as one of the few studies conducted on the topic in Latin America, specifically in Mexico.

scholarly journals Job Description of Public Health Officials in Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-407
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Subedi ◽  
Colin MacDougall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Role Responsibilities ◽  
Health Administrators

Background: Job description of public health officials in Nepal has been prepared for assigning the definite role, responsibilities and authorities to exercise in different positions and circumstances. The purpose of this study was to analyse the job description of public health officials emphasizing the perspective of leadership and management.Methods: Document analysis method was used following the sequential process of skimming, reading and interpretation, and the themes were extracted by content analysis.Results: Job description of public health officials is mostly process and/or function oriented. Most of the officials are responsible for managing program and people rather than leading. Staff inspiration, motivation and encouragement, being one of the most important aspects of leadership, has been ignored in job description. District level officials are specifically assigned to manage programs and staff. As the position increases, the extent of practicing leadership increases and management decreases. Public health administrators have more leadership role as compared to public health officers; however, the proportion of management outweighs the leadership. Regional Directors have more leadership roles than other officials do. Conclusions: Role of public health officials vary from being a manager to a leader. Junior officials are predominantly the managers, mid-level officials are leadership-oriented managers, and top-level officials are leaders having managerial roles . In revising the job description (e.g., for the federal context), emphasis should be given to remove job duplication and role conflict, and should ensure role clarity, functions’ precision and output. Keywords: Document analysis; job description; leadership; Nepal; public health.

scholarly journals The leadership role of the teacher librarian in technology integration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Everhart ◽  
Marcia A. Mardis ◽  
Melissa Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Project Leadership ◽  
School Technology ◽  
Leadership Success ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
School Technology Integration

In 2008, the United States’ Institute for Museum and Library Services funded Project Leadership-in-Action (LIA) that included surveys of the technology integration practices of teacher librarian leaders with NationalBoard Certification. Preliminary 2009 survey results suggested that the 295 respondents worked in well-resourced libraries with personnel assistance as well as numerous computers and devices. Respondents reported that they led school technology integration in many areas but also had areas in which to improve such as services to special needs learners, participation in student assessment, and transferring their leadership success to professional and local communities.

A cognitive approach to cumulative technological culture is useful and necessary but only if it also applies to other species

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thibaud Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Technological Culture ◽  
Social Learning Processes

Abstract The debate on cumulative technological culture (CTC) is dominated by social-learning discussions, at the expense of other cognitive processes, leading to flawed circular arguments. I welcome the authors' approach to decouple CTC from social-learning processes without minimizing their impact. Yet, this model will only be informative to understand the evolution of CTC if tested in other cultural species.

Social epistemic actions

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Pezzulo ◽  
Laura Barca ◽  
Domenico Maisto ◽  
Francesco Donnarumma
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Niche Construction ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Epistemic Actions ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Online Social Interaction

Abstract We consider the ways humans engage in social epistemic actions, to guide each other's attention, prediction, and learning processes towards salient information, at the timescale of online social interaction and joint action. This parallels the active guidance of other's attention, prediction, and learning processes at the longer timescale of niche construction and cultural practices, as discussed in the target article.

Speech Reception in the Presence of Classroom Noise

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Speech Reception ◽  
Monosyllabic Words ◽  
Noise Ratio

Three hundred children from five to 12 years of age were required to discriminate simple, familiar, monosyllabic words under two conditions: 1) quiet, and 2) in the presence of background classroom noise. Of the sample, 45.3% made errors in speech discrimination in the presence of background classroom noise. The effect was most marked in children younger than seven years six months. The results are discussed considering the signal-to-noise ratio and the possible effects of unwanted classroom noise on learning processes.

Taking Care of Children After Traumatic Brain Injury

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Haarbauer-Krupa
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Educational Information ◽  
Taking Care

AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this article is to inform speech-language pathologists in the schools about issues related to the care of children with traumatic brain injury.Method: Literature review of characteristics, outcomes and issues related to the needs serving children.Results: Due to acquired changes in cognition, children with traumatic brain injury have unique needs in a school setting.Conclusions: Speech-Language Pathologists in the school can take a leadership role with taking care of children after a traumatic brain injury and coordination of medical and educational information.

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