Essays on Conger

Introduction

Leadership skills are critical in situations where a firm intends to conduct a succession of its leadership on a periodic basis. Leadership competencies are necessary skills in ensuring a smooth flow in leadership succession and in the development of the potential of the employees who will help an organization attain its vision (Delbridge, et al. 2007, p. 42). The current trend is characterized by seasoned managers and leaders who are retiring from their business ventures thereby creating a gap that needs to be filled through practical leadership training and mentorship. The aim of this paper is to examine the ...

Policy Brief, Design and Evaluation of A Public Policy: Child Welfare in the Changing Family Unit

Introduction Children need a conducive environment where they can grow in peace and develop in all other areas that relate to their welfare. The conventional family unit consisted of a nuclear set up comprising of a man, woman and the children they sired together. Such formed the foundation through which children could draw strength and some kind of inspiration due to the availability of both gender parents (Conger and Donnellan, 2007, p175). According to Hobson and Fahlén, (2009) it was also an opportunity where the man and woman would bring up their children together and give them love ...

Introduction

The American Society represents a typical society that is characterized by high levels of social stratifications. Different individuals belong to various social classes depending on their socioeconomic status. Research has shown that the stability and the level of satisfaction in a romantic union have a significant bearing on the socioeconomic status of individuals (Heaton 396). Additionally, the social status affects the strength of the bond among partners. Arguably, the establishment of power in spousal relationships is related to the socioeconomic class that the partners belong. The quality of the relationship and the tendency of youths to engage in marriage ...

The role of political leader is a very large. History knows many examples when bloody wars between the two countries and peoples were unleashed in the interests of individual political leaders or groups, and attempts the realization of the delusional ideas of certain "leaders of the people" has claimed the lives of many millions of people. One of the most valuable characteristics of leader is his charisma. The term charisma often is used in political science and sociology to describe a subset of leaders who “by the force of their personal abilities are capable of having profound and extraordinary ...

The leadership theory that appeals me the most is behavioral theory. Behavioral theory emphasizes that leaders are not born instead they are made. The theory is indicative of the fact that successful leadership can be achieved via learnable and identifiable behavior (Yukl, 1971). This theory, however, does not consider inborn abilities and traits, but look at the actions or acts of leaders. This theory suggests that strong personality, self confidence, and ego with positive attitude are required for leadership. Behavioral theory believes that behavior of leaders directly exert their influence on efficiency and effectiveness of workgroup. Further, this theory ...

Abstract

Negotiation is a means of getting something that you want or need from another person. It is a two way communication that seeks to strike a deal or coming to common ground on an issue that both you and the other negotiating party have opposing interests in (Fisher & Ury, 1991). Negotiation is clouded with myths that stretch from how negotiators carry out negotiations to the kind of attitude they bring to the negotiation table. There are misconceptions that good negotiators are born, but the real truth is that negotiation is a skill; and like any other skill, it is ...

Introduction

Leadership is defined as the ability of an individual to lead and actuate others through his/her actions. A leader can guide individuals, as well as, organizations to follow a certain path. Leaders are responsible for doing right things for selves and with others. They are the ones who set particular direction as well as the vision which not just help them but others too. Leadership is not restricted to organizations, but it has been witnessed in public sectors, politics and even at our houses. The perception that all leaders practice good leadership qualities is not true. It is not ...

Chapter 1

1.0. Introduction The researcher followed a survey which was given out to the employees within magic care solutions care home. The researcher seeks to find out if the management within magic care is very effective. It was done through an analysis method which comprises of qualitative and quantitative. The analysis was built on primary data which was carried out through doing a questionnaire on effective leadership within magic care homes. The questionnaires were given out to staff within the care home. The results of the respondents was converted to qualitative data Leadership styles can be different with all different ...

Abstract

All people watch media and nowadays people with nonconventional sexual orientation are shown more and more. In various communities of the world the attitude towards homosexuality is differently. Society can accept or not accept it, condemn or endorse. This research was done to obtain the information about the influence of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the media on society and their thoughts and attitude towards sexual orientation. Research was done by direct observation and comparison. Homosexuality, bisexuality and heterosexuality are words that denote sexual orientation, that is, indicate to which sex a person experiences a sexual attraction. The ...

Succession plans are necessary in every organization no matter how convincing the organization’s future appears. A succession plan enables a company plan for uncertainties such as disaster, illness or a vacancy as well as planning for leadership. It gives employees the opportunity to share their views and reinforce the relations existing within departments. Succession planning involves assessing and determining internal employees that are suitable to fill up each significant position within the organization and the decision to groom them for such interesting roles through developing their skills as well as abilities (Charan, Drotter, James, 2001). To come up ...

Family environment is the foundation of child’s healthy development. The role of the parents in the family is very important; rather family is formed with parents only. The major role of parents in the family is to raise the child with responsibility. When the person is small, family is his/her only world. But the situation does not remain the same in his/her adolescent phase. This phase is very different and the scope of the person’s life starts expanding gradually. The friends, peers are equally important in this age. Still the teenagers cannot completely be separated from his/her ...

Objectives

The study general objective was: The specific objectives were: Hypothesis The study hypothesis was: Demographic and socio-economic status of an individual affect their standard of happiness in a relationship. This resulted in the following null and alternative hypothesis to be tested using the multinomial logistic regression model.

H0: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have no influence on their level of happiness in rapport.

H1: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have an impact on their level of happiness in rapport. Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics are inclusive of the measures of central tendency, frequencies, percentage, measures of dispersion, skewness, and kurtosis. The statistics are used to describe the sampled population characteristics from which a generalization is ...