Leadership And Strategic Decision Making

Wk11Assgn2JLayman: Final Research Paper Walden University Ph.D. Public Policy and Administration The Leadership Archetype Questionnaire (Kets de Vries, 2006b), identifies eight individual leadership archetypes. Among the eight archetypes is the strategist, who sees leadership, per Northouse, as a game of chess (2016). Envisioning an organizational future and responding to change is what makes enlisting the vision of the strategist the first step in aligning the two approaches. The strategist is not only one of the model archetypes defined by the Leadership Archetype Questionnaire; it is also one of the characteristics of a psychodynamic approach to leadership. In aligning the psychodynamic approach and the situational approach to leadership, it is important to remember, as suggested by O’Reilly, et. al. in a study published in the Leadership Quarterly, “it is clear, that leaders at all levels influence strategic initiatives and their implementation” (2010). Exactly “how aggregate leadership influences organizational performance” cannot be readily defined (O’Reilly, et. al., 2010). To clarify step one, step one is to clarify the vision.

Social movements are not spontaneous events, and they must build towards their goals over time on a series of phases and preconditions. Successful social movements rely on a number of micro and macro factors including efficient organizational structures, the ability to mobilize human and material resources, as well as effective leadership and rapid diffusion of ideas. As it will be shown, the presence of mobilizing structures, movement frames as well as suitable political opportunities combined with reactionary incentives during the Civil Rights Movement helped culminate both short and long term societal changes.

Darshan Bagivalu Dr. Jose M. Aguilar - Hernandez EWS 140 8 December 2014 Final Exam What factors contribute towards the success of a racial justice organization in Los Angeles, California? In the midst of a heavy racially political environment in Los Angeles, the factors related to setting a solid foundation towards success can be directly linked to the importance in understanding the historical context behind such politics, in combination with paying close attention to the different ways the issues of class, race, citizenship, gender and sexuality share representation within previous organizations like the Black Panther Party, the East Winds, KIWA, and GALA.

Social movements exist amongst various areas of people’s everyday life. For example, the world has been introduced to social movements such as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, in which people are challenged to dump a bucket of ice on their heads in support of an ALS charity. Another example includes

The primary difference between “Old Social Movement” and “New Social Movement” is their goal. Old social movement focused on economic or political concerns while new social movement arise from the cultural and psychological effects of capitalism. The new cause of their struggle is not in the workplace but rather culture and everyday life. The Black Live Matter movement, presented in the article, displays a movement started as a result of the unlawful killing of African American citizens. This NSM was not rooted in politics or class or institutions. Therefore, there problems are more than locally-based. Rather, it was a network of people and supporters across social media working together with different classes for something they mutually believed

Q-1: Those more likely to engage in a social movement are, “the relatively well off, well educated, and active” (Meyer 62). Furthermore, movements for collective action, “tend to be full of people from the middle class and above” (63). In other words, the type of people who are the easiest to mobilize for collective action in a social movement are college educated individuals who are not living paycheck to paycheck. Individuals who are less likely to participate are those without “biographical availability”, a term coined by Doug McAdam to mean the absence of responsibilities in terms of financial or emotional support. A lack of availability will make these individuals the hardest to mobilize when compared to your average college student.

Using historical political movements the civil rights, women’s movement, and United Farmers Movement, I examine and analyze the content of each movement displayed during this time frame. I selected these movements whose purpose was the self-empowerment of the people, these three movements, without a thought empowered people of color, and low income. I selected current issues that are occurring in today’s society to understand the importance of not only social movement, but also action in modern day. They are various components that play a key role in determining the factors of a movement, I then used multiple variables, such as, sex, race, and class to convey the messages being sent by the movements. Political movements are the main source

The three main components from Dobson are political opportunity, organizational capacity and framing ability. In social movements, political opportunities play an important role in the organized people that are challenging the system where they already inhabit. For instance, in this component, the individual is able to analyze the vulnerability of the system and proceed to challenge it by going against it, and so initiates more chances for others. And so pushes towards a social change that can be self-benefited or can conclude in a collectively behavior action in society. Secondly, organizational capacity refers to the ability to come together as members of a social movement. In this facet, the abilities of the members can play an important

Social movements are the essence of human rebellion for justice. From Malcolm X to Deray in Baltimore, social movements play a huge part in how we get our voice across to the elite. Even though some sociologists like Doug McAdam believe social movements alone aren’t sufficient to generate a successful result(McAdam,1982). Others believe that social movements play a big role on how we pursue and impact societal change. For instance, MADD – Mothers against Drunk Driving is a successful campaign that started with social change and reduced drunk driving by advocating for change in their own backyard. MLK, Rosa parks, Malcolm X all played a huge role in getting rid of discrimination and racial division by way of social movement. From the million-man

[pic] [pic] Strategic Leadership and Decision Making 17 LEVERAGING POWER AND POLITICS The challenges faced by strategic leaders in implementing complex and long-range consequential decisions demand that they be sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership, power and influence. The changes that are shaping the nature of work in today's complex organizations require that we develop the political will, expertise and personal skills to become more flexible, innovative and adaptive. Without political awareness and skill, we face the inevitable prospect of becoming immersed in bureaucratic infighting, parochial politics and destructive power struggles, which greatly retard organizational initiative, innovation, morale and performance

[pic] [pic] Strategic Leadership and Decision Making 17 LEVERAGING POWER AND POLITICS The challenges faced by strategic leaders in implementing complex and long-range consequential decisions demand that they be sophisticated with respect to issues of leadership, power and influence. The changes that are shaping the nature of work in today's complex organizations require that we develop the political will, expertise and personal skills to become more flexible, innovative and adaptive. Without political awareness and skill, we face the inevitable prospect of becoming immersed in bureaucratic infighting, parochial politics and destructive power struggles, which greatly retard organizational initiative, innovation, morale and performance

A Definition of Strategic Leadership “The key to strategic planning is competent strategic leadership.” Strategic leadership requires personal outlook of the church which will increase the involvement and ministry outreach of the congregants. Strategic leadership in the twenty-first century has increased as the rising Millennial generation places new aspects of

Introduction: Throughout history, social movement organizations (SMOs) or small groups, loosely connected by a shared purpose have created transformational change. Charles Tilly defines social movements as a “series of contentious performances, displays and campaigns, by which ordinary people make collective claims on others” (Tilly 2004:3). Examples of these movements are the Women’s suffrage, civil rights and the LGBTQ movement. Similar forces are transforming businesses, military affairs and religion. SMOs have become an important part of society because these movements provide a forum for grievances and demands to be heard. These movements also provide citizens an institution outside of the traditional political system.

Leadership Decisions Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision, (Goodreads, 2016). When Martin Thomas stated the organization, Devise Products Unlimited (DPU), her certainly took a challenge. Starting out of his basement, 30 years ago, he has built the organization by acquiring several competitors’ businesses

CITY OF LONDON COLLEGE DEVELOPING STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP SKILLS (EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP) EDEXCEL QCF LEVEL 7: BTEC PROFESSIONAL LECTURER: Dr Peter Mcgee STUDENT: SYED ZEESHAN AHMED BUKHARI STUDENT ID: 000105776 Unit Id: 01 Learning outcomes Assessment criteria 1. Understand the relationship between strategic management and leadership 1.1 explain the link between strategic management and leadership 1.2 analyze the impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions 1.3 evaluate how leadership styles can be adapted to different situations 2. Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organizational direction 2.1 review At the end of 2012 Samsung had 32.3% share of the market according to the figures from Comscore (n.d). Samsung overtook Nokia in April 2012 to claim the top spot, a position it had maintained for long. Apple came second with 20.5% market share, followed by Nokia at 16.3% market share (Samsung dominates European Smartphone market, 2013). Being the top selling Smartphone brand in Europe, Samsung has captured 45% share of the European Smartphone market according to data from Kantar World panel Comtech (n.d). As the worldwide Smartphone sales increased by 46.9% in 2012 and accounted for 39.6% of total mobile sales, according to Gartner research (n.d), Samsung and iPhone dominated the Smartphone market. Samsung mobile phone led with 98 million units in Q3, commanding 32.5% of the global Smartphone market (Apple and Samsung lead global Smartphone race, 2012) Samsung Galaxy 9 Smartphone 's use Google 's operating system Android. They introduced its first Windows phone in 2012. They offer great variety of products that target a wide range of customer segments in the market. Example is the, Galaxy Music, which are for music lovers. It includes features like easy access to music and surrounds sound. For the people who value innovative technology, they are offered Galaxy S3, which has also a mini version for those who find it too big. (Samsung, Mobile devices, 2013) The prices for these Smartphones vary greatly to meet different consumers’ needs. Some time back, Samsung was