According to Phua (2015), he describes that Jack Ma has ten traits can affect new businessmen. First, jack Ma prefers to his instinct to make commerce decisions. Secondly, Jack Ma never satisfied with status quo, unwilling to mediocrity. He focuses on long-term investment and development. Third, he puts attentions to dreams and missions instead of constant management model. Forth, Jack Ma tends to set unreasonable goals for himself and his teams. He thinks it is good for them to achieve goals effectively. Fifth, Jack Ma supports an idea of businesses should put customers’ needs before the industry’s needs. Sixth, Jack Ma does not always receive investors’ suggestions. He thinks investors do not consider customers, they always focus on how …show more content…
His leadership style is participating. Totally, Jack Ma has low concern for tasks and high concern for relationship. He pays more attention to customers’ need and building loyalty so that customers can get best services in his company, and trust his company. Moreover, Alibaba is internet based company which requires employees own relevant experiences, necessary education background, skills, and experiences. Jack Ma does do it. He once said, employees should have superior technical skills than their leaders. If they do not, it means leaders hired the wrong employees. Ma as a leader to guide his employees’ development, offer necessary help and resources, listen to his followers’ suggestions, share ideas with them, and promote solving problems (Sattar, …show more content…
They considered him as their motivation. All of them are fully inspired by Jack Ma’s philosophy regarding business and life. He is a symbol of fast changing life of economic business running throughout the world. Some of the followers of Jack Ma started their own business by following his goals to help people. And the most important thing that his followers call him ‘Steve Jobs’ of China. His followers like him due to his humanistic approach to business events. One of the follower of Jack Ma said he was here in China just because of him. He too started his organization to help people just like him to fulfil their hidden capability. Like Jack Ma he is also a billionaire
There is a passage in David Malouf's Johnno where the adolescent narrator muses upon the very full address which he, like Stephen Dedalus1 and schoolchildren all over the world, has written on the fly-leaf of his exercise books: ‘Arran Avenue, Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, the World’. Queensland is ‘a joke’ and about Australia he asks,
Nick Jans suggests that McCandless was either mentally ill or suicidal, however, this does not seem to be the case. Jans observations gives very good points, but they are not in the correct perspective. McCandless did not die because he disrespected the very land he purported to love.
Chris McCandless lived a life in which he disgusted by human civilization, and left it, eventually being led to his death in Alaska. McCandless entered the Alaskan wilderness severely unprepared, a brutal error that cost him his life. In the novel, Into the Wild by John Krakauer, Chris glances into his mindset by they way of his journal, history, and analysis of his life reveals that Chris McCandless as an arrogant and judgemental narcissist, while not mentally unstable, had a condescending attitude towards society and perished not only from his reckless stupidity but also from his unparalleled ego. Chris McCandless was immune to love and had an obsession with nature and society, him showing characteristics that created the appearance of McCandless
Across the globe, there are CEO’s, managers, and several other individual’s in leadership-type roles that have the expectation of making their company successful in the eyes of the investors, the employees, and the customers that they serve. This may be measured by a company’s gross profitability, employee engagement or overall customer satisfaction. Most companies have leadership models and strategies in place that leaders are expected to use in order to drive the expectations of the company while maintaining consistency across the business. In an effort to examine various types of leadership styles, I have conducted interviews with two individuals that are or have been previously tasked with leading their teams and their company towards success.
“What’s ruining television today are those big productions – It’s the fairies who are going to ruin show business.” For some, this quote from The Jack Paar Show may seem unsettling. In the midst of a Supreme Court that has recently extended even more rights to a community so harshly oppressed, it is shocking to think that just fifty years ago, thoughts like this represented the majority opinion. The evolution of homosexuality in television has seen tremendous leaps and countless obstacles; yet what has emerged in the wake of it all is a form of media that has drastically impacted discourse surrounding gay men. This analysis aims to discuss the show Glee, as well as the key aspects of homosexuality that are portrayed. It will examine the characters
Richard Wright has been referred to me for therapy regarding his theft from the local theater, and I believe that he committed this crime because he believes that because of his station in society he would never be able to support himself and his family through honest means. Despite the fact that he does hold some remorse for his actions, it would appear that whatever remorse he holds is tempered by his justifications for stealing. A thorough analysis of his reasoning has been conducted and with testimony from the patient to serve as my proof, I will begin treatment to show him the error of his ways.
John Mackey has a core belief in “Conscious Capitalism” and uses McGregor’s Theory Y to get the most out of his employees. He thinks that if the employees are in charge of their own careers that they will work that much harder. He believes that someone who wants to be at work will positively impact all customer relations which helps the brand maintain its high level of customer satisfaction. The core belief is that happier people doing their jobs will lead to a much higher degree of service for the customers. Happy customers tend to have repeat business and helps the brand grow or maintain their level of business. Mackey also wants employees that have a high degree of ingenuity and creativity. The next great idea will not come from a board meeting but often come from those that work directly in the field. Essentially he wants to make use of eve...
The events, especially the end, of "The River” do not seem representative of grace; however, on a more thorough examination, God’s grace is evident, shown in the symbolism of the pig earlier in the story and in Harry’s non-Christian family. If Harry had not drowned himself that day in the river, there would have been a substantial chance that his family would have led him away from the faith. O’Connor also portrays the pig/Mr. Paradise as the devil when Mr. Paradise attempts to save Harry. Should Mr. Paradise have succeeded in saving Harry, Harry would not have been spiritually saved.
Leadership at times can be a complex topic to delve into and may appear to be a simple and graspable concept for a certain few. Leadership skills are not simply acquired through position, seniority, pay scale, or the amount of titles an individual holds but is a characteristic acquired or is an innate trait for the fortunate few who possess it. Leadership can be misconstrued with management; a manager “manages” the daily operations of a company’s work while a leader envisions, influences, and empowers the individuals around them.
Jack Andraka presented the TED Talk “A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager”. It is about the story of Jack’s discovery of a way to test for pancreatic cancer in its earlier stages rather than the later ones like our current tests can only detect. The main point of the talk is to inform the audience and share the process Jack had gone through to finally create a test for pancreatic cancer due to the death of his friend’s uncle from this cancer. In addition, it was to inspire others to do the same or do something as equally as productive to help people live healthfully and fight this cancer and make a difference rather than waiting around hoping for a solution.
Leader is only effective if it is behind the motivation of employees. The proposed methods and tools of directors, but if employees focus on achieving the real goal is not expressed, it will be some changes.
Yukl, G. (2012). Effective leadership behavior: What we know and what questions need more attention. Academy Of Management Perspectives, 26(4), 66-85. doi:10.5465/amp.2012.0088
Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Leadership is leading a group of people or company to reach a result or further and the organization. A leader is supposed to be an example of how all employees are expected to act and what they should be striving for. Good leaders also don’t use their position within a company to take advantage of the company and its employees. A good leader is supposed to be able to perform their job with high standards, efficiency, and honor. However, for every good leader, there are bad leaders and the worse the leader the more detrimental he or she becomes to employees and the company they run. Poor leadership skills can ultimately ruin a company 's chance of success. The attitude
House et al. (2007) discovers that leadership and Organisational culture are closely linked together as leaders influence the culture of their organisations. Researches talk about a range of leadership definitions but it is not easy to define. (E.g. Western, 2008; Yukl, 2010). However, Cohen (2009) critically analyses definitions from Dracker (1996), Eisenhower (1969), Northouse (2004) and finally summarised the definition of leadership constitutes five elements. First of all, ask question to set direction, which means effective leaders need to listen to followers’ voice respectfully and then share the common goals and ideas with them. In addition, leaders need to seek insights and allocate resources optimally; act ethically; allow their employees to work in a conformable and most effective way. This essay will explain different leadership styles and how they influence the organisations with examples of organisations and leaders with main focus on well-known entrepreneur: Sir Alan Sugar. He grows from nothing to incredible success (£ 730 million), is a legend in the UK business history; his reality TV show “The Apprentice”, a great entertainment for recruitment appeals to the public without reasons. However, he as a person is controversial amongst people, probably due to his leadership style as bullying or harassment (destructive). There are four schools of leadership styles: Trait, behavioural, contingency and transformational. Nevertheless, in the case of Alan Sugar, trait and transactional styles match him which will be illustrated following in detail.
”Leadership involves the exhibition of style or behavior by managers or supervisors while dealing with subordinates; leadership is a critical determinant of the employees ' actions toward the achievement of the organizational goals” (Saeed, Almas, Anis-ul-Haq, & Niazi, 2014). Leadership is a strength that initiates, inspires, and guides the cooperation and attitudes of others on the way to set vision. Leadership is influential and involves several styles of approaches that involve trust, accomplishment and focus to reach a projected result. Using and implementing the ideas of others motivates new thinking and gains the confidence to build the trust and encourage everyone to work to the same goals (Northouse,