Dissertations / Theses: 'The cycle of leadership'

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Baray, Alec. "Succession Planning: The Life Cycle of an Employee." The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/608312.

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Peer Reviewed by Christina R. Kalel / Edited by Dr. Brandy A. Brown and Romi C. Wittman
Veridian Consumer Services* provides consumers with prescription savings solutions, useful tools and decision support to close the gaps in prescription coverage for the insured, uninsured, and under-insured and their families. This project is Phase One in a study of Veridian’s internal processes and talent management system. The evaluation seeks to gauge Veridian leadership’s knowledge of the talent management life cycle; specifically, knowledge transfer and succession planning. Study results have shown that 83 percent of Veridian Directors and Executives feel the talent management practices at the company are effective. However, executive responses also show clear areas of improvement that are needed in order for the organization to adopt an effective succession planning process. Since this study only looked at one piece of the talent management life cycle, it has some limitations. With that in mind, a conceptual framework is presented for the talent management practices, as well as a process for creating a succession plan for key leadership positions at Veridian.

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Pretorius, Suzaan. "The Effect of Project Types and Project Life Cycle Phases on Leadership Style." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72418.

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With the current trend towards empowered teams, hierarchical company structures are increasingly being replaced by team-based ones. As a result, a shift in the classic understanding of leadership is needed and research on leadership in project management is increasing. Two major concepts have developed in recent years: shared and vertical leadership styles. This thesis reports on the development of a new Model of leadership styles that considers the effect of project types and the project life cycle phases on leadership style (vertical versus shared leadership), and how an appropriate balance between the two styles influences the likelihood of project management success. A web-based questionnaire yielded 313 complete responses and the data was analysed using hypothesis testing. Based on this empirical work and relevant literature, a novel Model is proposed. The Model explains how project types and life cycle phases influence the appropriateness of different leadership styles, and it guides the practitioner to selecting appropriate leadership styles for specific situations. Recommendations for furthering the model are discussed.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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SILVA, CRISTINA TRENCHER DA. "THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP AT MATURING PHASE OF ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE: THE INFLUENCE OF THE DECISION MAKER LEADERSHIP PROFILE ON THE PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION IN MATURING STAGE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27054@1.

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A confirmação de que existe uma relação positiva entre o estilo de liderança e o desempenho organizacional não é uma unanimidade nos trabalhos do tema, mas a maioria das pesquisas enfatiza que líderes transformacionais, colaborativos e participativos são fundamentais para o sucesso de uma organização. Para aprofundar a questão este trabalho analisa a influência do estilo de liderança nas decisões tomadas durante o ciclo de vida de uma organização considerando: (a) os ciclos de vida organizacional, (b) as características liderança que os tomadores de decisão possuem e expressam, e (c) indicadores de desempenho. Foi realizado um estudo longitudinal combinando uma abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa para analisar duas pequenas empresas familiares cariocas do comércio varejista, escolhidas segundo conveniência e acessibilidade. Os casos selecionados focaram em empresas na fase de amadurecimento segundo o modelo de Greiner (1998) na quais foram aplicados questionários elaborados a partir dos pilares de liderança situacional de Bass (1990) e com base nas questões de Pillai et al. (1999). Concluímos que existe um indicativo de relação positiva entre estilo de liderança do tomador de decisão e o desempenho, e que a liderança transformacional da empresa B em média gerou melhores resultados do que na empresa A com uma liderança transacional. Por fim, o estudo sugere também que um estilo de liderança transformacional que se sobrepõe a um estilo liderança transacional apresenta ser no estágio de amadurecimento das empresas um diferencial para o resultados alcançados.
The confirmation that there is a positive relationship between leadership style and organizational performance is no unanimity in the field, but most researches emphasizes that transformational, collaborative and participatory leaders are critical to the success of an organization. To examine the question this dissertation analyzes the influence of leadership style on the decisions made during the life cycle of an organization considering: (a) the organizational life cycles, (b) the characteristics of leadership that decision makers have and express, and (c) performance indicators. A longitudinal study was carried out by combining a qualitative and quantitative approach to analyze two small Rio de Janeiro family businesses in the retail trade, chosen according to convenience and accessibility. The selected cases focused on companies in their maturing stage according to Greiner s model (1998) which we reapplied questionnaires designed from the situational leadership pillars of Bass (1990) and based on the questions of Pillai et al. (1999). The conclusions were that there is a positive relationship between leadership style of the decision maker and performance, and that the transformational leadership of the company B on average generated better results than the company A with a transactional leadership. Finally, the study also suggests that a transformational leadership style that overlaps a transactional leadership one, seems to be a differential to the organizational results.

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MARJOT, Cédric, and JOU-YEN (VERNA) LU. "Creative Process and Product Life Cycle of High-Tech Firms." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-351.

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Given the context of globalization and growing competition, we assist at a reduction of the product life cycle and at a rapid diffusion of creations and innovations. To respond to the fast changing customers’ demand and to reinforce their market position, firms shall design an effective creative process offering superior customer value and insuring their future in the long term.

First of all, after an explanation of the differences between creativity and innovation, the creative process of high-tech firms in terms of actors involved, resources allocation, leadership and management of creative people will be depicted. Secondly, the creative destruction process and some of the inherent obstacles and risks of the creative process will be addressed. Thirdly, the concepts of Technology Life Cycle (TLC) and Product Life Cycle (PLC) will be developed.

Within this thesis, our ideas are presented and justified through three methodologies: Literature Review, case study and interview. We mainly used the cases of Hewlett-Packard (HP) and France Telecom Orange (FTO) to backup our argumentation.

We conceptualized the creative process and we highlighted the connections between the creative process and the Product Life Cycle. With the help of two other small cases study (Nintendo and Apple), we emphasized the downward trend of high-tech products’ lifecycle in the long run. Ultimately, four practical recommendations are given to leaders from high-tech industries and directions to deeper research this topic are advised.

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Wiseman, Denise Estelle. "Midlevel Nonclinical Healthcare Leaders' Awareness of Leadership Competence." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3852.

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Effective leadership in healthcare improves the patient experience. Self-awareness drives leadership development, competence, and, in turn, leader effectiveness. The problem addressed by this study was the absence of knowledge regarding how healthcare leaders develop awareness of their leadership strengths and weaknesses: their competence. The purpose of this postintentional phenomenological study was to explore how healthcare leaders develop this awareness. Twelve midlevel nonclinical healthcare leaders from 3 hospitals in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States shared their experiences during semistructured interviews. Participants and their organizations contributed supporting documentation of competence and performance expectations. Following Vagle's postintentional process, data were reviewed holistically and then in detail in multiple iterations. A reflective plan, including a postreflective statement, created prior to data collection and reviewed throughout the study, elevated and abated researcher bias and potential for influence. This plan also served to question the emerging themes and contributed to the trustworthiness of the study. In response to the research question, the necessity of honest and constructive feedback and use of self-reflection to elevate understanding of leadership competence emerged. The shared participant experiences elevated five feedback mechanisms of greatest value: quantifiable results, person-person, recognized capabilities, environmental/relational, and self. Adoption of recommendations for practice, such as an improvement of performance-evaluation processes or the development of a feedback culture, could contribute to social change through the development of effective healthcare leaders. Honest and constructive feedback, with reflection, contributes to gained awareness and identification of developmental needs.

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Moon, Joan Lucille. "Effect of a Computer-based Multimedia Educational Module on Knowledge of the Menstrual Cycle." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1193691367.

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Johansson, Victor, Villiam Sederblad, and Viktor Ohlsson. "Den Innovativa Organisationen : Entreprenöriellt ledarskap i förvaltande företag." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-36043.

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This study sheds light on the firm-lifecycle and the impact of leadership and how itdevelops negatively when the entrepreneurial firm becomes administrative andmanagerial. The ambivalent fact is that the firm, when growing in size, need to becomemore managerial, though without undermining the previously entrepreneurial mind-setthat pervade the organization. The term corporate entrepreneurship has emerged andcomprises that the firm can continue to be entrepreneurial in the managerial stage. Thatis to resume the firm’s work to keep innovative. The article seeks to find out how theleadership can be adapted for the firm to stay innovative through the managerial stage.

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Smith, Rebecca Jane. "Facilities Management: How Public Leadership is Responding to Crisis." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7089.

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This research presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative investigation to understand the challenges of public sector facilities management and maintenance to include the negative impact of deferred maintenance, it’s history, the current industry practices and the potential to reverse the negative impact of the current trend. History has been known to speak loudly, and with accuracy relative to the expansion of public facilities and the challenge to maintain them. The challenge to keep pace with the growing population and the ever-changing requirements for contemporary designs are felt in every sector of our public facilities. Regardless, we, the public trust that those responsible are managing these assets effectively and efficiently. Research indicates that this doesn’t appear to be the case. This study serves as a measurement against the historical performance of public facilities management practice. There have been decades of growth in public assets. During that time, innovation within operational practice and technology offer new opportunities for organizations to address issues of efficiency that translate directly in a measure of effectiveness. Given the continued outcry for additional funding, it seems that there are challenges that continue to exist despite the innovation offered. This study focuses on those challenges. Further analysis, based on successful models of public facilities management, provides insights as to what practices, if adopted, may drive the lesser achieving programs toward greater effectiveness. This paper also includes the results of a study that focuses on the current practices of public facilities management programs. The intent is to identify elements that either support or detract from efficiently operated, effective facilities departments. Given the nature of this industry, both objective and subjective elements were addressed. Objectively the organizational hierarchy and the associated communications pathways were identified. Subjectively, the lifecycle of the facilities mission was dissected and discussed throughout an interview process. Fifteen specified data points were addressed, which included questions related to accountability, effective communication, data driven program development, allocation of resources, documentation of work performed, continuous training and education and the use of technology. In order to reverse the declining momentum, we must first identify the most common areas that challenge facilities managers and understand how they currently address those challenges. This research will address the following questions: What do facilities managers perceive to be the greatest obstacles to ensuring their facilities are properly maintained? What factors do facilities mangers perceive to be the greatest challenge to ensuring sufficient resources are allocated to current maintenance? To what degree do facilities managers perceive that more effective communications would positively impact the effectiveness of facilities management and maintenance. The results of this research presents a comprehensive understanding of the challenges that face public sector facilities leadership teams, the history and creation of excessive deferred maintenance and finally, future opportunities that identifies best practices and presents an artifact that reflects a means to resolve those deficiencies identified within the current facilities management environment.

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Silva, Filipa Pires Duarte da. "Leadership competencies in the requirements phase of IS/IT development projects." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11634.

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While the successful implementation of an Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) project is widely recognised as being a key research topic, yet recent surveys continue to show significant failure rates. Inadequate requirements management together with inadequate project management have frequently been identified as the principal causes of failure. As a result, the requirements phase has been considered to be one of the most critical phases of the IS/IT project life cycle, especially in relation to software development projects, where new systems must be defined. Moreover, a review of the literature suggests that management leadership is considered to be one of the most important factors in team, project and organisational effectiveness. Management leadership is regarded as being a vital factor in achieving project success, namely in the field of IS/IT. Further research acknowledges that leadership effectiveness may depend on contingency factors, such as the project type, or the project life cycle phase. However, few studies have focussed on the impact of leadership along the software project life cycle, and the literature review found no study that focusses on any particular phase. This is surprising, as the literature suggests that each phase has specific characteristics which are distinguishable by the activities that must be performed. Thus, this research study aims to integrate all these elements within a framework, through a multiple case study using exploratory research. Therefore, this framework will identify which leadership competencies are considered to be relevant to the requirements phase of software development projects’ life cycle. Contingency factors are also be identified and discussed, as well as their impact on the set of identified competencies. Finally, the practical and theoretical contribution of the results are presented, as well as new insights into the requirements and leadership research streams.
O estudo da gestão de projetos de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação (SI/TIs) é largamente reconhecido como um tópico de investigação atual e relevante. No entanto, estudos empíricos recentes continuam a demonstrar um elevado nível de falhas no processo. Algumas das principais causas mais frequentemente identificadas envolvem a gestão inadequada de requisitos, bem como práticas inadequadas ao nível da gestão global do projeto. Assim, não é surpreendente que a fase que envolve as atividades dos requisitos seja considerada como uma das mais criticas fases de todo o ciclo de vida dos projetos de SI/TI, nomeadamente dos projetos de desenvolvimento de software onde se define um novo sistema a implementar. Para além disso, a revisão da literatura sugere que a liderança é considerada como um dos fatores mais importantes para a obtenção de eficácia das equipas, dos projetos e ainda das organizações. A liderança da gestão é considerada como um fator vital na obtenção do sucesso do projeto, nomeadamente na área dos SI/TIs. Adicionalmente, a literatura reconhece que a eficácia da liderança depende de fatores contingenciais, tais como o tipo de projeto ou a fase do ciclo de vida a que se aplica. No entanto, apenas uma pequena parte desses estudos focam o impacto da liderança ao longo do ciclo de vida do projeto. Surpreendentemente, não foi encontrado nenhum estudo que foque alguma fase em particular, mesmo considerando que a literatura sugere que diferentes fases têm características e atividades que as distingue das demais. Assim, este projeto de investigação pretende explorar a integração de todos estes elementos num quadro de análise comum, através da execução de múltiplos casos de estudos. Este quadro de análise pretende identificar quais as competências de liderança relevantes para a execução da fase de requisitos do ciclo de vida de projetos de desenvolvimento de software. Também se pretende explorar os fatores contingenciais que influenciam o conjunto de competências encontradas, bem como compreender a forma como isso se processa. Finalmente, são apresentadas as contribuições teóricas e práticas, e ainda enumerados os tópicos de investigação futura decorrentes dos resultados obtidos.

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Ramirez, Francisco. "Breaking the Cycle for a Better Life: Understanding the Decision-Making Process That First-Generation, Community College Students Experienced When Making College Major and Career Choices." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/824.

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Choosing a college major and career are the most critical decisions that college students make and students are expected to make these impactful decisions early in their academic careers. First-generation, community college students are a group that are especially affected by this early decision process as they require the knowledge and experience to make informed decisions. Their parents often lack the experience to guide them through this process since they are unfamiliar with being a college student and providing the necessary support in this area. These barriers cause stress among these students and inefficiencies in the decisions that they make. Nevertheless, first-generation, community college students are a group that possess a tremendous amount of motivation and determination for reaching their goals regardless of the barriers they encounter. Community colleges and high schools are in a position to create intervention programs that help promote career development at a time when it’s most critical. The aim of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the decision-making process that first-generation, community college students experienced as they made college major and career choices. The study focused on understanding the factors that influenced students’ college major and career choices. This study found that the factors that influenced students’ college major and career choices were: a desire to break the cycle of poverty for a better life; the desire to set a good example; the desire to become something real; the exposure to knowledge, engaging instructors, and to authentic careers during their educational experience; knowing there is a future; and the support and guidance students received while pursuing their education. Furthermore, students reported that their exposure to knowledge, engaging instructors, and to their authentic careers during their educational experience, as well as the support and guidance they received, helped bolster their level of confidence about reaching their career goals, thus, providing students with a heightened sense of career self-efficacy. Results of this study indicated that having the proper support and guidance, both moral and financial, influenced the choices that they made related to their college majors and careers. Being confident about reaching a career goal gave students the determination and resiliency to keep moving forward in their academic path. Participants described their major and career choice process as confronting unclear futures with determination and resilience; encountering and overcoming financial barriers; being stressful; and as a process of searching. This new knowledge that emerged as a result of this study will assist counselors in utilizing effective counseling approaches in order to maximize the assistance provided to first-generation, community college students based on their actual career development needs. The study results will also help in directing the development of intervention programs focused on career development at community colleges and pre-collegiate institutions.

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Resnick, Edward. "Practitioner Research in Schools: Revealing the Efficacy Agency Cycle." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/ces_dissertations/16.

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Years of high stakes testing and managerial directives to improve student test scores created a trend of teachers’ declining sense of efficacy and agency. Researchers have yet to examine the perceptions of teachers following requirements to improve student engagement and school climate in an effort to improve academic performance following the authorization of local and national educational accountability reforms. The purpose of this study is to examine how teachers perceive their efficacy and agency in response to the addition of nonacademic measures and the requirement of documented input from teachers and other stakeholders into educational policy planning procedures. Veteran K-12 teachers’ responses to survey and interview questions were coded, analyzed, and organized into themes to generate an educational theory. Grounded Theory Methodologies (GTM), Culturally Responsive Methodologies (CRM) and Critical Pedagogy (CP) informed data collection methods and theoretical foundations for this study. The creation of a safe dialogical space between the practitioner researcher and participants developed a relationship for both to engage as co-researchers. Teachers discovered renewed senses of efficacy and agency while acknowledging their leadership potential in schools and the community. This study and further practitioner research with teachers in schools will inform pre-service education training programs and confirm teachers’ role as critical intellectuals in American society.

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Wall, David Gordon. "A study of variations in leadership styles and organizational climate across organizational life cycles /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1989. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9010782.

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Ek, Charlotta, and Elin Storm. "Step by step vs. Culture : A strategy for managing change." Thesis, Linköping University, Project management, Innovations and Entrepreneurship, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16591.

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Even though companies are facing a continuously changing environment, far from all businesses manage to succeed with their organizational changes. (Olson, 2008) If wanting to meet market demands and avoid unnecessary costs it is important to ask the question if we can, in some way, predict, understand or influence the process of change. (Ahrenfelt, 2001) The purpose of this thesis is to determine if life-cycle theories can be used exclusively when planning and managing a process of change. To answer the purpose, the thesis is based upon a qualitative case study at Consafe Logistics group. Theobjective with the empirical studies, executed through nine interviews with various managers, was to determine whether or not life-cycle models and organizational culture can be of assistance when managing change. The studies showed that the opinions differ between the respondents and that the topics internal communication and documentation were frequently brought up during the interviews.

Theoretically, this thesis addresses different life-cycle change theories and an alternative model for implementing change through organizational culture. Furthermore the theoretic section considers the areas Project organization, Leadership in processes of change, Knowledge, competence & education, Internal communication and Documentation. The thesis showed that applying life-cycle theories to a change can be of limited use since there are big difficulties in placing the different activities throughout the change in achronological order. The theories can be used however to highlight the relationship between activities which can be useful for making time savings. Irrespective of the order activities are managed in a process of change, measurable goals, feedback and support throughout the process are central for the change’s outcome. This thesis has resulted in a general life-cycle model for managing organizational change based upon existing theoriesand empirical studies. Finally, culture and inertia are described as two factors that either facilitate or inhibit the success of the change depending on how they are managed.

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Olsson, Lars-Erik. "Från idé till handling : en sociologisk studie av frivilliga organisationers uppkomst och fallstudier av Noaks Ark, 5i12-rörelsen, Farsor och morsor på stan." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-63758.

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The origin of voluntary organizations has not been studied much in sociology. This study develops a three-phase model of a voluntary organization origin and three case studies are conducted to try out the model. The aim of the study is to describe and analyze the birth of a voluntary organization and its development. The empiric material has been gathered in three voluntary organizations from the mid-80'ies. The organizations are Noaks Ark (working with HIV), 5i12-rörelsen (working with refugees) and Farsor och Morsor på Stan (working with teenagers in Stockholm city). All three organizations still exist. The empiric material has been collected though interviews and other written materials. The theoretical model is divided into three phases, the preorigin phase, the phase of origin and the maturity phase. Each phase has its special character and there is no automatic transference to the next phase. In the first phase - the preorigin phase - the key notion is the entrepreneur or the agitator. The entrepreneur or the agitator sees a problem in society. Often this is coupled with a personal experience of the problem and a desire to do something about it. They gather more knowledge in the area, meet other people and develop an idea of how to solve the problem. In the phase of origin the key notion is the organizer. The leader has to have knowledge of organizing; how to organize people and how to mobilize resources. The organizers are often charismatic and use their charisma to gather people around their idea. In the maturity phase all the distinctive marks of a voluntary organizations can be seen. The key notion is the members' need for security and continuity. The members can also develop a personal need for the organization. The dependence on the founder or the leader decreases in significance, and bureaucracy is developed. Forces outside and inside the organization influence the voluntary organization and it is shaped by its history and surrounding. It is argued that the emergence of a voluntary organization is dependent on three things that has to coincide, discontent and an idea how to relieve it, resources and an organizer. The empiric findings support the three-phase model. In theory the phases are distinctive but in the case studies the phases could overlap.

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Untiet, Christopher Halverson. "Presidential leadership from Presidents Washington to Bush and beyond assessing presidents within the cycled circumstances of institutional expectations /." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2008.

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Mermagen, Lucy Claire. "Accelerating charter principal development| the dynamic interaction of action-reflection cycles, customization, and developmental partnerships during field experience." Thesis, University of Colorado at Denver, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621839.

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Leaders of charter schools need a unique combination of knowledge and skills to effectively guide their schools. Research shows that internships and residencies offered during pre-service preparation programs to provide aspiring school leaders with supervised practical leadership experience in real school contexts make a crucial contribution to developing these special capabilities. Experts agree however, that most preparation programs fail to deliver really effective field experiences. This is particularly true of traditional university programs taken by these leaders, which, unlike charter-specific programs, are not designed with their particular leadership needs in mind.

This thesis reports on an inquiry designed to cast light on what influences the effectiveness of development activity during preparatory field experiences and to identify how traditional university programs might improve the efficacy of their offerings for such principals. Using a mixed methods approach to facilitate a contextually sensitive and nuanced understanding of current development practices, this exploratory study used a statewide quantitative survey to identify a group of practicing charter principals who reported effective field experiences. Analysis of transcriptions from in-depth interviews with twelve of them provides a rich picture of the positive impacts of current practices.

The findings show that effective field experiences are possible for charter principals in traditional as well as charter-specific program pathways, and that these pathways share core characteristics. They are composed of: intense action-reflection cycles performed while engaged in a real job; customized and partly self-directed developmental work; and the exploitation of a range of developmental partnerships formed to deal with immediate challenges that also provide longer-term emotional support and expertise.

The originality of the thesis lies in identifying and synthesizing these critical dimensions that together lead to accelerated situated learning during field experiences. Practical ideas are put forward for improving the efficacy of traditional university-based programs for aspiring charter principals, proposing they become more principal-centered and self-directed, and take account of the interplay between structural features of a chosen preparatory pathway and the personal characteristics of each principal. It recommends using the more flexible, dynamic, and integrated development processes presented in the thesis to guide field experience design.

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Asante, Sylvia E. M. "Grandmothers' Leadership Roles as Reflected in the Lives of High-Achieving Women: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Grandmothers on Granddaughters During Their Formative Years." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1432040817.

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Westerlind, Anna. "To be or not to be a software product manager? : What is the product manager's responsibility and accountability in software companies?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-43775.

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Business success in software industry is about deploying a product to the right market, with the right features, in the right time with a good quality. Many development projects exceed the budget, is not completed within schedule or do not reach business objectives. One key role managing the business of the product is the software product manager. The software product manager role is though seldom clearly described, competence needed is not always clear and education to become a product manager is today only offered by separate courses provided by some few private initiatives. This thesis uses a qualitative descriptive approach, the purpose with this thesis is to produce further knowledge around the software product manager role. The clarification and structure of the software product manager role is limited in academia; therefore, this research will be combined with an exploratory approach to be able to verify the empirical findings. The thesis also includes observations and data collection from actual job applications to further define the requested competences of a software product manager. This thesis has found that domain competence is the top most important competence for a software product manager. To be able to make success in the role communication skills and analytic skills are most important. The right soft skills are as important as the educated competences. The thesis conclude that the product manager role is wide and it is important to be surrounded with colleagues that support the role were there are lacking of competence in technology, business or market expertise. A successful product manager build network among people, cross-functional teams, around the product and establish an effective way to communicate with those groups. Findings suggest that software companies define the responsibilities and expectations of the product manager role. As important is to support the product manager with the input data needed to be able to perform the product manager activities. By defining the responsibilities and securing the input data needed, the product manager will have a higher probability to produce a result with an impact.

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Mer'eb, Muhammad Musa. "Greenometer-7 a tool to assess the sustainability of a building's life cylce at the conceptual design phase /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1209184917.

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Thesis (D.Eng.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.
Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-343). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in in print.

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Lundborg, Niclas, and Jonathan Nordling. "Att Göra Gårdagens Arbete Till Morgondagens Vinst : Erfarenhetsåterföring För Vinstmaximering Inom Byggsektorn." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-12765.

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Byggbranschen är inte lika utvecklad inom förbättringsarbete och standardiserade processer som andra tillverkningsindustrier. Detta ger utrymme till forskning och utveckling inom området. Slöseri inom byggbranschen kan uppgå till 35 % av ett byggprojekts totala produktionskostnad. Genom att ta tillvara på den kunskap och de erfarenheter som finns inom företagen hos medarbetarna kan detta slöseri reduceras.Syftet med arbetet är att fastställa en standardiserad process för erfarenhetsåterföring. I arbetet analyseras och redogörs för hur erfarenhet kan spridas inom företaget genom standardiserade processer och verktyg, för att tas tillvara på och användas i framtida arbete. Riktlinjer för erfarenhetsåterföring ligger i grund för tillämpning av standardiserade verktyg och processer vid förbättringsarbete. Examensarbetet har inriktning mot erfarenhetsåterföring i hela byggprocessen, från projektering till avslutat projekt.Examensarbetet utformades genom en kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie med en abduktiv ansats. Arbetet har utförts på Wästbygg där empirisk data insamlats genom intervjuer. Intervjuerna utformades semistrukturerat för att ge möjlighet till följdfrågor och fördjupning kring ämnet. Forskning visar att det är av yttersta vikt att arbeta med erfarenhetsåterföring vilket insamlad empiri understryker. Det teoretiska och det empiriska resultatet redovisar att det existerar en vilja till att arbeta med erfarenhetsåterföring. Dock försvåras förbättringsarbetet av diverse faktorer. Tidsbrist i form av att snabbt gå vidare till nya projekt gör att erfarenhetsåterföring blir lidande. Bristen på standardiserade processer för arbetet med erfarenhetsåterföring bidrar även till svårigheter inom ämnet. Enligt insamlad empiri är databaser med nedskrivna dokument för komplicerade för effektiv erfarenhetsåterföring. Detta leder till att författarna föreslår att verktyg bör grundas i verbal erfarenhetsåterföring som stöttas av systematiserad dokumentstyrning. Det läggs likväl tyngd på att erfarenhetsåterföring skall arbetas med kontinuerligt i byggprocessen genom ett systematiserat arbetssätt.
The construction industry has more undeveloped improvement work and standardized processes than its counterparts in manufacturing, which leads to scientific research openings and development opportunities. In the construction industry, waste may account for 35 % of the total production cost of a construction project. Through the utilization of knowledge and the experience that the companies possesses, the waste may be reduced.The purpose of this thesis is to determine a standardized process for experience feedback. This thesis will analyze and describe how experience and knowledge may be distributed throughout the company by using standardized processes and tools. The application of standardized tools and processes within the improvement work is based on guidelines for experience feedback. This thesis focuses on experience feedback for the whole construction process, from projection of a construction project until its finalization.The thesis was designed through a qualitative cross sectional study and was executed at the construction company Wästbygg. Empiric data was obtained through interviews, which was given a semi structural design for the enablement of a more precise study. Based on empirical studies, research shows how essential experience feedback is. Moreover, the research shows that absent experience feedback is caused by obstructive factors, rather than a commitment towards continual improvement. Lack of standardized processes for continual improvement contributes to difficulties within the area of experience feedback, as well as the time constraints that occur from moving to a new project. Experience feedback throughout written documents within a database is too complicated according to the empiric studies. To obtain a successful experience feedback, verbal communication tools should be used. Therefore, it is essential with continuous systematic experience feedback during the entire construction process.

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Player, Abigail. "Leadership selection : leadership potential, leadership performance and gender." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/53514/.

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Leadership potential is now one of the most desirable traits in candidates applying for a job or promotion (Church, 2014), and experimental evidence proposes that leadership potential is preferable to previous leadership performance in leadership candidates (Tormala, Jia, & Norton, 2012). Reports suggests that it is possible for men to progress on their future leadership potential whereas women progress on their past leadership performance (Catalyst, 2013; McKinsey, 2012). However, this has yet to be empirically tested and very little is known about the social and psychological processes behind the relationship between gender and leadership potential. This thesis presents a series of nine studies investigating leadership potential and gender in hiring situations. These studies indicate that male candidates who demonstrate leadership potential are the most likely to be selected ahead of other equally qualified candidates, whereas female candidates are selected on the basis of leadership performance. The robustness of the association between leadership potential and gender was further reinforced by examining its relationship in different management levels (junior vs. senior; Studies 5-7) and social contexts (masculine vs. feminine; Studies 8 & 9). Moreover, this thesis starts to explore the psychological constructs behind the preference for leadership potential in male candidates and the preference for leadership performance in female candidates (Study 9). The theoretical and practical implications are discussed, in addition to future directions for research.

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Gauger, Michele Ann Sancar Aziz. "Cryptochrome, circadian cycle, cell cycle checkpoints, and cancer." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,971.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Dec. 18, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics." Discipline: Biochemistry and Biophysics; Department/School: Medicine.

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Siu, Tsz-Sin 1977. "Cycle to cycle feedback control of manufacturing processes." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89308.

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Kapil, Anil. "Cycle-to-cycle variations in spark-ignition engines." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28392.

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Pressure data measurements have been made in a single-cylinder, spark-ignition engine over 100 consecutive cycles. The engine was operated on natural gas at a wide range of engine speed and equivalence ratios. The effects of spark electrode geometry, combustion chamber geometry, spark gap and throttling have also been examined. From these pressure measurements standard deviations in burning times in mass-fraction-burned values were determined. Because of the existing evidence that the origin of cyclic variations is in the early combustion period, the standard deviations of cyclic variation in time required for a small (almost zero) mass-fraction-burned is estimated by extrapolation. These extrapolated values of standard deviation are compared with the implication of a hypothesis that cyclic variations in combustion in spark-ignition engines originate in the small-scale structure of turbulence (after ignition). The nature of turbulence structure during combustion is deduced from existing knowledge of mixture motion within the combustion chamber of the engine. This research determines the turbulent parameters, such as turbulence intensity, turbulent length scales and laminar burning velocity. The standard deviation in burning times in the early stages of combustion is estimated, within experimental uncertainty, by the parameter ⋋/4uℓ where ⋋ is the Taylor microscale and uℓ is the laminar burning velocity of the unburned mixture. This parameter is the consequence of the Tennekes model of small-scale structure of turbulence and Chomiak's explanation of the high flame propagation rate in regions of concentrated vorticity and the assumption that theignition behaves as though it were from a point source. The general conclusion reached is that the standard deviation in the burning time for small mass-fraction-burned is associated with the early stages of burning-predictable from the knowledge of the Taylor microscale and the laminar burning velocity.
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Gehring, Josh J. "Impact leadership : a leadership development series." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1286600.

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The purpose of this project was to create a leadership development series for interscholastic and intercollegiate coaches that could be implemented into their athletic programs to help facilitate leadership growth within their players and team. The Impact Leadership Development Series contains four parts: 1) Part One: Responsibility, 2) Part Two: Role, 3) Part Three: Relationship, and 4) Part Four: Reach. Each part was designed for a specific grade level; Part One: Responsibility for the freshmen, Part Two: Role for the sophomores, Part Three: Relationship for the juniors and Part Four: Reach for the seniors.Although the Impact Leadership Development Series was not tested, the review committee felt that a series such as this had merit within interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics. One committee member noted that the series was a -'brilliant'' idea and the others agreed that if they were still involved in coaching they would implement a program of this nature.
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Cooper, Simon John Rankin. "Leadership of resuscitation teams : lighthouse leadership." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312422.

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Sehgal, Nidhi. "Cycle Systems." Auburn University, 2013.

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Jackson, Stephen Siegel Robert. "Spin Cycle." [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2236.

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Chauhan, Anuradha. "Cell cycle." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16301.

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Die Zellreplikation ein kontrollierter Prozess aus sequentieller und zeitlich koordinierter Aktivierung und Abbau von Zyklinen, die einen schnellen Übergang zwischen den Zyklusphasen ermöglichen. Dabei ist der Erfolg bei der Ermittlung der wichtigsten Komponenten und Aufgliederung der Schaltmechanismen im Wesentlichen auf die gleichzeitige Anwendung von Modellsystemen wie Hefe, Frosch und Fliege zurückzuführen. Das heutige Verständnis des Zellzyklus muss erweitert werden, um zu überprüfen ob die Erkenntnisse auch auf in-vivo Modelle von Säugetieren wie der Maus zutreffen. Es existieren solche Modelle, die sich auf spezifische Kontrollpunkte oder Übergänge konzentrieren, allerdings noch kein integriertes Modell, in dem der Zellzyklus durch eine Verletzung im Säugetier induziert wird. Das Modellsystem der Leberregeneration bei Nagern wurde gewählt, da es sich durch das am höchsten verbreitete Phänomen der Synchronisation der Zellproliferation auszeichnet. Mit dem Fokus auf die Frage, wie die Zellen durch pro-inflammatorische Signale nach Verletzungen ins Priming in der G1/S Phase eintreten, gingen wir in einen durch Zytokine und Wachstumsfaktoren induzierten Säugetier-Zellzyklus über. Weiterhin wurden mitotische Ereignisse modelliert, die zum Alles-oder-Nichts G2/M Übergang und dem mitotischen Ausgang führen. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die vielversprechende Funktion von Cdh1 in der Zellzykluskontrolle, welches bekanntlich eine Schlüsselrolle in der G1 Phase spielt. Weiterhin haben wir dessen Rolle bei der Verzögerung der G2 Phase untersucht. Wir vermuten eine zentrale Rolle von Cdh1 im Zellzyklus durch die Kontrolle der Dynamik der Zykline. Das Modell ist ein Versuch, die Kernmechanismen der Zellzykluskontrolle bei Säugetieren zu verstehen. Besseres Verständnis der Mechanismen in der Säugetierzelle würde das Studium der Zellphysiologie im Hinblick auf Störungen der humanen Zellzyklusmaschinerie, welche zu Krankheiten wie Krebs führen.
Cell replication is a controlled process with sequential and timely activation and degradation of cyclins leading to swift transitions between the phases of the cell cycle. The essential achievement in identifying the key components and in dissecting the mechanisms of the cell cycle circuitry has been attributed to the simultaneous use of model systems like yeast, frogs, and flies. Present understanding of the cell cycle needs to be extended to investigate whether those findings also apply to mammalian in-vivo models like mice. We chose liver regeneration in mammals as the model system because it is the most synchronised cell proliferation phenomenon, where 95\% of the cells simultaneously enter cell cycle. The G1-S phase transition was modelled, focusing on how injury induced pro-inflammatory signals \textit{prime} the cells in G1 phase and consequently both cytokine and growth factor induced pathways lead to further cell cycle progression. The model was further extended to mitotic events leading to the all-or-none G2-M transition and mitotic exit. I focussed on the emerging role of Cdh1 in the mammalian cell cycle. Cdh1 known for its role in G1 phase was further investigated for its role G2 delay. Cdh1 was suggested to be at the core of the cell cycle machinery controlling cyclin dynamics. This model is an attempt in understanding core machinery of the mammalian cell cycle. Better understanding of the cell cycle control system in mammalian cells would enable understanding perturbations of the human cell cycle machinery which lead to diseases like cancers.

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Harley-McClaskey, Deborah. "Leadership." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4706.

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Sjöberg, Misa. "Leadership and stress : indirect military leadership and leadership during complex rescue operations." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-21666.

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The overall purpose of this thesis has been to increase the knowledge concerning leadership and stress in complex military and rescue operations. One of the biggest differences these leaders have to deal with compared to leaders in other kinds of organizations is the question of life and death. Their way of leading and handling stress may have consequences for their own lives, their subordinates' lives, and often also other people's lives. This thesis is based on four empirical studies which include multiple research methods, e.g. both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Paper I and II focus on indirect leadership in a military context and the main result are that indirect leadership can be understood as consisting of two simultaneous influencing processes. The first one is action-oriented and consists of interaction with a link which filters and passes the messages down to lower organizational levels. The second process is image-oriented and consists of being a role model. In the favourable case, trust is built up between the higher management and the employees. However, in the unfavourable case, there is a lack of trust, resulting in redefinitions of the higher managers' messages. Paper III and IV focused on leadership in complex and/or stressful rescue operations. In paper III, rescue operation commanders from complex operations were interviewed, and in paper IV, quantitative questionnaires were answered by informants from the ambulance services, the police force and the rescue services. The main result are that leadership in complex, stressful rescue operations can be understood as consisting of three broad timerelated parts: everyday working conditions, during an operation, and the outcome of an operation. The most important factors in explaining the outcome of a complex rescue operation were shown to be the organizational climate before an incident, positive stress reactions, and personal knowledge about one's co-actors during an operation.

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Ball, Jeffrey K. "Cycle-by-cycle variation in spark ignition combustion engines." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390474.

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Solberg-Johansen, Bente. "Environmental life cycle assessment of the nuclear fuel cycle." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1998. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/772/.

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Vanderpuije, Curtis N. "Multivariable cycle-to-cycle of an injection molding process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32965.

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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 37).
Cycle-to-Cycle (CtC) feedback control has been studied extensively with increasing demands on the precision and quality of manufactured parts. Single input-Single output has been studied as the basis of CtC feedback control. In the manufacturing sector, processes consist of many input parameters and critical outputs. Multivariate CtC seeks to extend the findings of SISO CtC to more accurately reflect real world processes. Multiple input-Multiple output CtC feedback control is applied to an injection molding process to verify the effects on quality of the parts produced. A design of experiment is used to determine the gains of the process, regression models are developed and integral feedback control is applied. The process is actively driven to meet specific target outputs. Minimal mean errors and variance ratios ranging from 0.14 to 0.57 are observed indicating an improvement in quality.
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Born, Paul David. "Leadership communities, a study in community leadership." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ49202.pdf.

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Sapounas, Nikolaus V. "Leadership and leadership dramaturgy in Greek organizations." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553685.

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The present research revolves around the fact that dramaturgy, especially at the organizational level and in particular in Greek organizations, has not been explored in-depth before. In other terms, the study tries to break free from the dramaturgical 'small case studies' approach that was pursued hitherto and formulate a theory on organizational studies that is absent so far. By doing so, the study combined leadership dramaturgy with ideas of social network analysis. Consequently, in order to examine the theory's validity a total of 126 interviews and 216 questionnaires were employed, in Greece, across three different sectors, namely, the public service sector, the defense sector and the business sector, and within a total of eight organizations in two different cities. The specific approach included cultural aspects hence, making cross-cultural comparisons possible. Moreover, so as to develop further- understanding in leadership dramaturgy ethnography was utilized for atime span of about ten , months. The empirical findings indicated that leadership dramaturgy exists in all regions of an organization and when an objective is to be obtained the employees' interactions are goal- driven, a range of facades are implemented and social network's networking is utilized. Furthermore, although Greek organizations were structured around Anglo-Saxon models differences were observed in their operational level that was due to cultural influences. Finally, the theory's propositions and examinations in the present study provide an alternative way of approaching leadership dramaturgy.

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Nichols, Thomas W. Goodwin Vicki Lynne. "Authentic transformational leadership and implicit leadership theories." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9056.

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Bond, Cheryl A. "Leadership training, leadership style and organizational effectiveness." Thesis, Boston University, 2007. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31961.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
There is a well-documented shortage of competent leaders in American corporations today due in part to the fact that leadership has been traditionally conceptualized as an individual-level skill. Accordingly, development is believed to occur primarily through training to improve individual skills and abilities (Day, 2000). These approaches have failed to see that leadership is at its essence a complex interaction between the designated leader and the social and organizational environment (Fiedler, 1996). Corporate educators need to recognize this interaction and begin to focus on holistic training and development models that address the interpersonal and social leadership behaviors required for future success. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between a relatively new kind of leadership training based on the Health Realization/State of Mind understanding and organizational performance. It was a mixed methods design incorporating interviews with a number of leaders from a particular business area in the organization, work environment surveys, employee opinion surveys, and organizational performance measures. An analysis of the results showed that the behavior of the leaders did indeed change, but the leaders attributed those positive changes to a combination of the leadership training, the influence of a transformational leader, and a shift in the cultural norms that improved the work environment. A comparison of the employee opinion and work environment surveys showed a noticeable difference in the quality of the work environment and overall job satisfaction between the subject business area and the rest of the organization. The organizational performance indicators, sales, income, and cost of poor quality indicated improvements as well.
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Atmadja, Titin S. "Workplace Toxicity, Leadership Behaviors, and Leadership Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6516.

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Workplace toxicity may negatively influence the well-being and work performance of employees. Best practices of successful leadership approaches and behaviors have been unidentified when addressing low-toxicity work environments. The purpose of this qualitative narrative case study was to develop a deeper understanding of how leaders selected and applied specific leadership strategies and behaviors in nontoxic workplace environments. Data were collected from 10 participants in New Hampshire using a purposive sampling technique and semistructured interviews based on Alvarado's triangular model of workplace toxicity. This study was structured using a narrative approach to explore ways positive leaders practically implemented styles and behaviors to mitigate workplace toxicity. All participants met this study's qualification parameters; they had past experiences with toxic leaders that shaped their personal leadership styles. NVivo was used to compare and analyze data from all interview transcripts entered for recurring themes. These themes were coded according to how answers connected to a specific research question, and findings were collated across interviews to form results. Three major themes emerged from the data: experience with toxic leadership, leadership approaches to toxicity, and leadership behaviors toward toxicity. Insights from this study may help company leaders avoid lawsuits, low productivity levels, and high staff turnover due to toxic workplace elements left unattended or ineffectively managed. The study may contribute to positive social change by generating practical models of and suggestions for creating a less toxic work environment, thereby creating healthier and happier employees, which increases public wellbeing and company success.

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Nichols, Thomas W. "Authentic Transformational Leadership and Implicit Leadership Theories." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9056/.

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Transformational leadership describes a leader who motivates followers to performance beyond expectations, but it has often been attacked for its potential to be abused. A newer form of leadership has been proposed, that of authentic leadership. Authentic leadership is an over-arching concept that proposes to include transformational leadership and all positive forms of leadership. At the heart of authentic leadership is the concept of ethicality. The concept of authenticity may contribute to the transformational leadership paradigm, producing an ideal form of leadership. Authentic leadership may not be an over-arching form of leadership, but one suited particularly to transformational leadership. I propose that authentic transformational leadership resides in leaders' and followers' implicit leadership theories. This experiment addresses authentic transformational leadership and the role of implicit leadership theories in directing leader behavior. A model is developed that outlines the relationship between authentic transformational leadership and implicit leadership theories, including the separate implicit theories of leader and follower, leader-member exchange (LMX), and leader effectiveness. Hypotheses concerning these relationships are developed. The study is experimental, using WebCT as a delivery tool. Scenario-based surveys were developed to collect data, using both known measures and measures developed specifically for this experiment. Two pilot studies were conducted to test the soundness of the delivery tool and the validity of the constructed scenarios and measures, which largely supported the hypotheses. In the main study, all hypotheses were supported with the exception of one. The results of the unsupported hypothesis, however, suggest authentic transformational leadership may be an ideal form of leadership. There are several contributions to the literature made by this study. The first contribution is the development of authentic transformational leadership as an ideal form of leadership. Second, the development of both follower and leader implicit leadership theories and their relationship to authentic transformational leadership is studied through leader effectiveness, a concept not previously researched. Lastly, the role of a follower's implicit leadership theory and its effects on a leader are examined, a notion that is largely under-researched.

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Gnestadius, Kronwall Annika. "Här är alla kungar! : en fallstudie på en konferensanläggning." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1046.

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Organisationens mål är att de gäster som kommer till hotell/konferensanläggningen skall bli behandlade som kungar. Affärsidén i organisationens lyder: "Ursäkta ers majestät! Hos oss är alla gäster kungar". För att få gästerna att känna sig som kungar krävs samarbete, intresse av arbetsplatsen, kvalitetstänk, kommunikation och förståelse mellan personalen. Studien är en fallstudie i förbättringsarbete och skall ge organisationen verktyg att använda i förbättringsarbetet. Syftet med studien är att identifiera förbättringsområden inom en organisations verksamhet som ska prioriteras. Ett förbättringsområde ska vidareutvecklas som ett projekt. Det förbättringsområde som valts ut är att studera hur kommunikationen fungerar på arbetsplatsen samt att hitta verktyg för att kunna förbättra och förnya arbetssättet på arbetsplatsen. Målet med studien är att undersöka hur organisationen kan: 1) Förbättra kommunikationen 2) Öka samarbetet 3) Fokusera mer på det positiva De metoder som använts har varit observationer, dokumentationer som dels primär källa samt tidigare fem intervjuer som sekundär källa. Teorin är grundad på förbättringsarbete, kommunikation, ledarskap, lärande organisationer och organisations lärande cykeln. Det framgår fortsatt att just samarbetet och kommunikationen är det som organisationen talar om. De centrala delarna i resultatet visade : Kommunikationen behöver förbättras då personalen har svårt att nå fram till varandra samt att de talar om varandra och inte med varandra. Samarbetet är en mycket viktig del för organisationen och personalen upplever att det finns en del att göra för att få samarbetet att fungera bättre både medarbetare emellan och mellan medarbetare och ledning. Fokusera på det positiva då det finns negativa tendenser som organisationen präglas av då det framgår att stress förekommer mer och att personalen ser att arbetet fungerar sämre. De slutsatser som studien visar är att organisationen behöver se över sitt ledarskap och göra det tydligare. Förbättringsarbetet som har påbörjats bör fortsätta som en del i organisationens kontinuerliga förbättringsarbete. Organisationen behöver också arbeta mera med kvalitetsverktyg.
The organization’s goal is that the guests who come to the hotel/conference establishment should be treated like kings. The business idea of the organization is: "Excuse me your majesty! With us, all guests are kings. In order to make the guests feel like kings requires cooperation, interest of the workplace, quality awareness, communication and understanding among the staff. This study is a case study of improvement work and should give the organization the tools to use in the improvement process. The study aims to identify areas for improvement within an organization’s activities that should be prioritized. One area for improvement will be further developed as a project. The improvement area selected is to study how communication works in the workplace and to find tools to improve and innovate approaches in the workplace. The goal of this study is to examine how the organization can: 1) Improve the communication 2) Increase cooperation 3) Focus more on the positive The methods used have been the observations, documentation, and the primary source and previous five interviews as a secondary source. The theory is based on improvement, communication, leadership, learning organizations and organizational learning cycle. It appears that just continued cooperation and communication is what the organization talking about. The central parts of the results indicate: 1. The communication needs to be improved since the staff finds it difficult to reach each other and that they talk about each other instead of with each other. 2. Cooperation is a very important part of the organization and staff feels that there is a lot to do to make cooperation work better for both employees themselves and between employees and management. 3. Focus on the positive, since there are negative trends that the organization is characterized by stress being more frequent and that the personnel perceive that work functions less well. Where it appears that stress occurs more and that the staff sees that the work function less well. There are tendencies that collaboration, participation and communication do not function so well and that there are missing parts in the communication. The study shows conclusions that the organization needs to see over their leadership and to do it clearer, the work on improvement that has been started should continue as a part in the organization in a continuous work and that the organization lacks a part equipment to work after. The conclusions of the study shows that the organization needs to review their leadership and make it clearer. The improvement work that has begun should be continued as a part of the organization’s continuous improvement efforts. The organization also needs to work more with quality tools.

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Lee-Davies, Linda. "Collaborative leadership skills : the contribution of a shared leadership model in sustaining leadership longevity." Thesis, University of Chester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/311021.

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This is the supporting documentation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by publication. The research explores shared leadership and investigates its component parts in terms of leader and organizational longevity. A collection of the presented papers represent separate published research projects culminating in a 6D framework. Leadership – Default, Discretion, Dilemma, Deliberative Inquiry, Dialogue and Direction. The framework is equally divided into Individual and Corporate focus. It presents a collection of skills sets and attitudes which enable the modern leader to achieve more sustainable personal and organizational success. The methodology uses a balance of empirical and conceptual approaches which included a mix of primary interview and survey with a leaning towards qualitative data extraction. In depth semi-structured interviews from diagonal samples were used. These came from both local and international sources. An applied research approach was maintained for most relevance to leaders and the provided comment formed an inductive route on which to derive new theory. The results were analysed with an interpretivist approach. The research findings and conclusions show that developing a distinct awareness of leadership self and reactions contributes highly to the ability to serve the organizational need. Additionally, the research showed that considered approaches to achieve higher quality information from staff contributed to a better level of strategic alignment. The published shared leadership concepts and models benefitted from peer review in the academic community, in journals and at conference. These resulted in more robust contributions to modern opinions on distributed/collaborative leadership. The 6D framework, along with other original models from the author, have been used extensively with business people at different levels of leadership. Their use has contributed to the leadership impact and further understanding during times of great economic pressure, social and technological change.

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Kgwete, Ephraim Matala. "Understanding school leadership : a study of the ACE school leadership programme and leadership practices." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44145.

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The South African Department of Education (DoE) introduced a new threshold qualification, Advanced Certificate in Education (School Leadership), which was the first concrete step towards implementing a compulsory professional qualification for principalship. The qualification is called ACE ‘School Leadership’ but the outcomes in the learning content designed by the DoE tend to focus on ‘management’. Since this qualification was only implemented from 2008, the synchrony between the theory and practice has not yet been investigated. The focus of this paper was to determine whether the ACE promoted leadership practices (ideographic dimensions) rather than just management skills (nomothetic dimensions). This study employed qualitative case study research methods and procedures to investigate the influence of the ACE School Leadership programme on leadership practices. Six principals who had completed the ACE School Leadership programme and their 24 subordinates from Mpumalanga, one of the poorest provinces in South Africa, were purposively selected. The findings display ample evidence of the nomothetic dimensions of the social systems theory outweighing the ideographic dimensions in the principal preparation programme. Principals showed confidence in management and this gave rise to unconscious leadership practices. Subordinates in their schools scored them highly regarding compliance and stated that they were more participative in their approach. The contribution that this research makes is that future preparation programmes be balanced regarding the social systems theory and contain contextual case studies; networking opportunities and strategic and innovative thinking which would result in principals not just being compliant, but competent and capable of leading school improvement. The study suggests a model for future effective leadership preparation programmes. The model outlines the threshold principal roles and the principal primary roles. The study acknowledges the need for more research on how principal leadership preparation programmes influence leadership practices. The ACE school leadership programme demonstrated in this study its ability to develop principals’ management practices and a need to develop principals’ leadership skills more. Findings in this study demonstrate improvement in learner performance for the principals who attended the ACE programme. The refinement of the ACE programme’s curriculum could lead to school leadership improvement
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Lalli, Dominic. "Cycle-to-cycle control of the angioplasty balloon fabrication process." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98984.

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The development of a new angioplasty balloon from a new material can be a long and arduous process that may take months. These balloons must meet some very stringent requirements such as high rated burst pressure with minimal wall thickness. The purpose of this thesis is to help reduce the amount of time invested in the experimental development stages of these medical balloons. This can be achieved with the aid of a cycle-to-cycle controller. The controller presented here may be simplistic, but it has shown that with further testing and modeling, it has the potential to completely replace the trial-and-error method of balloon development in use today.

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Antonakakis, Nikolaos, Max Breitenlechner, and Johann Scharler. "Business Cycle and Financial Cycle Spillovers in the G7 Countries." Elsevier, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2015.03.002.

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In this study we examine the dynamic interactions between credit growth and output growth using the spillover index approach of Diebold and Yilmaz (2012). Based on quarterly data on credit growth and GDP growth over the period 1957Q1 -2012Q4 for the G7 countries we find that: (i) spillovers between credit growth and GDP growth evolve rather heterogeneously over time and across countries, and increase during extreme economic events. (ii) Spillovers between credit growth and GDP growth are of bidirectional nature, indicating bidirectional spillovers of shocks between the financial and the real sector. (iii) In the period shortly before and during the global financial crisis, the link between credit growth and GDP growth becomes more pronounced. In particular, the financial sector plays a dominant role during the early stages of the crisis, while the real sector quickly takes over as the dominant source of spillovers. (iv) Interestingly, credit growth in the US is the dominant transmitter of shocks to the G7 countries, and especially to other G7 countries' real sectors in the run up period to (and during) the global financial crisis. Overall, our results suggest that the magnitude and direction of spillovers between financial cycles and business cycles vary over time along with changes in the economic environment in the G7 countries. (authors' abstract)

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Vaughan, Chester Dewey. "Cycle-to-cycle control of reconfigurable die sheet metal forming." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17953.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-86).
This research addresses cycle to cycle control as applied to a sheet metal stretch forming process. More specifically, it attempts to validate the use of cycle to cycle (CtC) control for a multiple input-multiple output process. The work presented in this thesis attempts to answer some basic manufacturing questions. The first is, "Can a multivariable discrete system control theory be used to model a sheet metal shape control process?" The second question is, "Does such a "cycle to cycle control system provide a significant improvement over the present industry standard control methods". To address these questions, CtC control methods are applied to a reconfigurable die stretch forming process. The theoretical foundation of the stretch forming process is presented. Several open and closed loop control methods are discussed. A methodology for evaluating the part quality is defined in terms of the process mean shift and variance. The system dynamics are presented in terms of unwanted process disturbances. In-depth experiments are then performed to quantify the process performance under CtC control. The CtC process yield is compared the process yield of an identical process under open loop control using the Expected Quality Loss Function. It is shown that implementation of the reconfigurable die under CtC control eliminates the process mean shift but increases the part variation. It is also shown that CtC control produces the highest yield of acceptable parts.
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Baxter, Vincent P. "Communitarian Leadership Practice Acquisition in Educational Leadership Preparation." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3556534.

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Principals have tremendous influence on the schools they lead (Bamburg & Andrews, 1990; Marzano et al., 2005). Certain leadership behaviors impact school level factors (Cotton, 2003; Hallinger & Heck, 2010; Leithwood, Begley, & Cousins, 1990; Marzano et al., 2005; Orr, 2003). To affect high levels of student achievement, school principals must be responsible for uniting diverse groups under shared purposes with purposeful emphasis on others rather than on self (Cotton, 2003; Hallinger & Heck, 2010; Leithwood, Begley, & Cousins, 1990; Marzano et al., 2005; Orr, 2003). Effective programs in educational leadership preparation include cohort-modeled groupings, among other features (Davis et al., 2005). Because cohorts are a feature of effective programs, yet few aspiring school leaders are prepared through cohort-based programs (Browne-Ferrigno & Muth, 2009), a concern regarding a problem of practice is raised.

The purpose of this study was to explore how aspirant school leaders experience the acquisition of leadership practices within their educational leadership preparation program and to contribute to the empirical understanding of how to best prepare school leaders for successful practice. This study was designed to examine: How do school leaders make meaning of their experience in a principal preparation program? In what ways do their experiences support the development of communitarian leadership?

The sample included nineteen school leaders who were alumni of a university-based educational leadership preparation program. Participants were interviewed using a basic interview protocol that followed the semi-structured approach for interview technique outlined by Moustakas (1994). The data analysis was carried out in the stepwise manner, using Atlas.ti 7.0 to code and group significant statements from the interview texts and using a basic memoing process to address any concerns of subjectivity.

Leaders who experienced preparation activities, including activities that gave them practice leading diverse individuals to shared outcomes articulated how preparation influenced the development of communitarian leadership skill, including relationship-building, communication, and values-identification. Communitarian leadership, which includes leadership actions linked to improved school-level outcomes (Marzano et al., 2005), may have utility as a framework for developing aspiring principals through formal preparation programs.

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Hedges, Pamela M. "Leadership and culture : international perceptions of organizational leadership." Curtin University of Technology, School of Management and Marketing, 1995. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=11819.

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This study is a comparative investigation of organizational leadership internationally in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. The thesis developed is largely based on the "PM" (Performance/Maintenance) model of leadership developed by Misumi over the last three or four decades in Japan.The Misumi model sets a precedent interesting for its Eastern juxtaposition with Hofstede and for the tension it recognizes between behaviours general to all situations of organizational leadership and those which are context-specific. In addition to the focus on this theory in particular, the study examines the relationship of national and personal values to perceptions and interpretation of organizational leadership behaviour. The underlying purpose is to increase understanding of cross-cultural variables in the field of organizational leadership.For its premise, the research undertaken makes the suggestion that leadership behaviours are influenced by national cultural variables and therefore national similarities or differences are, at least to some extent, culturally determined. It is the scope of this cultural imperative which becomes the focus for the thesis. Hypotheses developed, and the data gathered to test them, centre on the perceptions of consistency between organizational leadership in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

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McKenzie, Brigitte. "Developing a community leadership model for Leadership Victoria." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ59509.pdf.

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Messner, Matthew. "Leadership that cares how intentional friendship revolutionizes leadership /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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