April 24, 2008

Management Vs. Leadership: Going Back to the Beginning

I stumbled upon the quote from Stephen Covey.

“Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system.”

This goes back to the beginning of the semester but what better time to look back than the end. I think this quote really summarizes our many discourses on the management vs. leadership topic. I don't want to spoil anyones own thoughts by writing my own right away. But I thought it would be interesting if anyone else see this quote the way I do.

Quotes is from: http://thinkexist.com/quotes/stephen_r._covey/

Competitive Intelligence Strategies

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Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management: Two Key Factors to Successful Leadership

Throughout the semester I have focus mainly on the relationship between the leader and the follower. I have created my own personal theory of leadership that contains a situation in which the follower and leader must communicate. I have not done a tremendous amount of research on competitive intelligence (CI) or knowledge management (KM). The following is an essay that focuses on both CI and KM as attributes of a well-rounded leader.

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My Four Part Theory of Leadership

My theory of leadership breaks down into four main parts. Leadership only exists when these four aspects are present: a leader, a follower, a situation, and communication. I will begin the essay by stating my personal definition of leadership then explain each of the four parts of my leadership theory.

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