scholarly journals An Exploratory Look at a MENA Leadership Yardstick

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 510-516
Keyword(s):  
Challenging Behavior ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Developed World

It is held that contemporary Western organizations would neither exist nor develop without leaders who efficiently and effectively manage. Researchers assert that in modern business enterprises, leadership requires the skill of working with and through people and other organizational resources to accomplish organizational goals. In addition, many business leadership studies posit that a key skill is that unique ability to work with the additionally challenging behavior of Millennials and Generation Z geared 24/7 towards accelerated development. Nonetheless, Drucker (2003) looking at modern organizations from a much broader perspective asserted that effective management in the post-industrial arena is probably the main resource of the developed world and the most needed resource in the developing world. This research paper explores perceptions of a leadership yardstick in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ninety-three participants drawn from different departments in business organizations were randomly selected as a sample. Two research questions were posed: (1) In your opinion, are business leaders operationally efficient in reaching goals in the SME where you work? (2) In your opinion, are business leaders effective in reaching goals in the SME where you work? The results found that Millennial and Generation Z business leadership in the MENA had a novel moral compass that networked, coordinated, cooperated and united employees into a communal context. Additional research is recommended to further explore the MENA business leadership yardstick as it facilitates measuring the first worldwide horizontal generation whose leadership seems to be socially accountable

What future for school business leadership? Recent change and looming possibilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 089202062096985
Author(s):  
Karen Starr
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
International Research ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
School Communities ◽  
The Cross ◽  
School Business ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Policies And Practices

Fundamental widespread changes affecting education’s purposes, policies and practices have had transformational repercussions for school business across the developed world. Subsequently, school business demands and accountabilities continue to escalate in scope and complexity and governments, education authorities and school communities are acknowledging the primacy and imperative of proficient school business leadership. International research chronicling the subsequent rapid professionalisation of school business leaders demonstrates pervasive policy moves that have re-focused school business priorities. Drawing on research conducted in Australia, USA, UK, Canada and New Zealand this article describes recent widespread changes before discussing issues and trends portending future professional adaptation for school business leaders whose work lies at the cross hairs of macro pressures and micro necessities.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence and Business Leadership Development: Applications and Solutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Enoch O. Antwi. EdD.
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
Development Applications

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the promise of today and future businesses. Any leadership development model that ignores AI could miss out on modern business tools, technology, and resources. Though evaluations in developing business leaders present a positive relationship between AI and leadership development (Husain, 2017; Reese, 2018; Hosanagar, 2019), not many studies have been conducted in these areas. With Roomba Robots listening to social media and iRobot’s identifying customers and reaching out to them through private channels (Carr, 2011), a question arises: will AI be required to use business leadership practices in solving applicable challenges, or it will just be a marketing tool? Leadem (2017) quoted Colin Angle, iRobot’s founder, and CEO in an Entrepreneur Magazine, “I have been able to remain CEO, not because of the fact I was CEO yesterday, but because I've worked very hard to listen, learn and evolve in the seat." Developing business leaders could be rooted in AI knowledge, applicability, challenges, and solutions while paying attention to the three keywords of listening, learning, and evolving in leadership.

scholarly journals The Underrepresentation of Iranian Females in Business Leadership Positions: A Qualitative Case Study

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Research Questions

Although 60% of university students in Iran are females as a result of huge investments in women’s education, highly educated females occupy only 10% of leadership positions (Arasti, 2012). The purpose of this study was to clarify from Iranian female business leaders’ perspective the reason or reasons behind such a gap. In this research female business leaders explain their perception about barriers that hinder Iranian females from obtaining higher positions in business organizations. This research was conducted in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, and data was gathered by interviewing female business leaders who have experienced obstacles and barriers to obtaining higher positions. Based on the research questions, familial, cultural, and political barriers were studied and findings were analysed and evaluated. Because there are similarities between Iran and other Middle Eastern countries (Owen, 2000), the findings of this study may be significant to understand obstacles that females in Middle Eastern countries face in their progress to their empowerment and occupying decision-making positions. Keywords: Women, Leadership, Iran, Discrimination, Glass ceiling, Business, Organization, Female

Business leadership for peace

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Ledbetter
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Change ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leadership Strategy ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Conceptual Paper

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe what business leaders can do to promote peace. The paper begins by reviewing the salient literature on business and peace and adding to this discussion, leadership concepts that enrich an understanding of the role of business in promoting peace. Using a case example of a business leader committed to advancing peace, the paper introduces the concept of a theory of change to describe the process of transformation business leaders can take to promote peace. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper draws on literature from business and peace and adds literature from the field of leadership studies to enrich the discussion of business and peace. Findings This paper suggests business leaders promoting peace can take action using a theory of change that includes the application of participative and ethical leadership, strategy that embeds peace goals and the use of entrepreneurships in buffer conditions to mitigate identity-based conflict between opposing groups. By understanding a leader’s theory of change, insight is gained on transformational change in promoting peace. Originality/value This paper adds to the theoretical and practical discussion on business and peace by including leadership concepts and the concept of a theory of change as a way to describe business leadership for peace.

Responding to Social Responsibilities and Ethics - A Study of Refractory Industry in Odisha

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saikat Gochhait
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Industrial Markets ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Profit Maximisation

Businesses work in a wide social environment in which they have a responsibility to a range of stakeholders including the community. The term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the responsibility that modern business organizations have to creating a healthy and prosperous society. Ethical practices in refractory marketing help marketers distinguish between right and wrong behavior. Adherence to ethics is essential in industrial markets as mutual trust among buyers and sellers is the key to long-term success. Marketing has evolved from a production-centric approach to a societal marketing approach that lays greater emphasis on the ethical issues in marketing. With the advent of globalization, corporations continue to evolve, grow in power, and influence the process of consolidation. Corporations are in positions of power that allow them to do greater damage to others when they act unethically or socially in an irresponsible manner. The rights theory encompasses a variety of ethical philosophies holding that certain human rights are fundamental and must be respected by other humans. The economic theories of the firm cannot be segregated of ethical considerations as they have crucial impact on how the firm concentrates on economic power, formulate the rules of law. Profit maximisation has always been the driving force and an undercurrent behind the development of corporate. But profit is not made in vacuum, it always has an associated cost, some of which is always externalized (Rhee, 2008). Corporate law has an ethical foundation and the debate on values necessarily revolves round the activities of the firm. This research paper on the basis of secondary sources of data collected from reports, research papers and Internet, focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) of TATA Group with reference to Tata Krosaki Refractories Ltd, Bajoria Group with reference to IFGL Refractories Ltd (Odisha), OCL Refractories Ltd, Sarvesh Refractories, and Manishree Refractories (Odisha). The study intends to understand the scope of corporate social responsibility and get an insight in CSR and ethical practices in the light of the case study of the refractory industries in Odisha.

Digital / Humanities: New Media and Old Ways in South Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 127-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier> Cha
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Digital Or

This article outlines the background to the divide between ‘the digital’ and ‘the humanities’ in contemporary South Korea. Since the late 1990s, the government of South Korea has made concerted efforts to digitize information, resulting in increased access to an unusually high quantity of heritage sources. However, the massive investments in the building of online resources have not inspired a ‘digital turn’ in the mainstream of South Korea’s departments in the humanities. This indifference to ‘the digital’, or what might be called a ‘digital/humanities divide’ has a history going back to the 1980s, when the Korean government and business leaders prepared for a post-industrial transition without drawing the interest of humanists and without expecting the nation’s remarkable success inict.

scholarly journals Psychology of Business, Leadership and Communication as a Perspective Scientific Direction in Ukraine and Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Applied Ethics ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Business Leadership ◽  
Business And Management

The article deals with highlighting the relevance of the new direction of psychology of business, leadership and communication for the modern labor market. The emphasis has been placed on the fact that the modernization of educational programs promotes Europeanization and improvement of the quality of training so that specialists can operate in intercultural professional environment, and the quality of scientific research leads to constant search in order to ensure the competitiveness of graduates, spread of values and formation of a positive image of the country. The work presents the educational program “Psychology of Business and Management” for the training of specialists in the psychology of interpersonal and business communication, business counseling, psychological assessment of the staff, personnel management, legal support, organizational behavior and applied ethics, prevention of professional deformations, gender differences in the field of management activities; media psychology, psychology of advertising and public relations (PR) etc. Methods for successful formation and development of students’ personal and professional skills (soft skills) demanded by employers in order to provide their preparedness for being employed by business organizations have been offered; the general socio-psychological basics of success in business have been outlined. A system of values needed for leadership and success has been presented. The concepts of “success” and “successfulness” in the business environment have been considered.

Theory A, Theory B and Theory C of managing people at work

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Birendra Nath Singh
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Managing people and productivity are prime concerns of modern business organizations. Many empirical studies were conducted during the era of scientific management (Taylor, 1911) to investigate What and How? McGregor’s (1960) epic theory — Theory X and Theory Y, categorizing all employees into two groups and prescribing methods to motivate and control them was the best. However, his findings also suffered strong criticisms, creating research gaps. The objective of this study was to investigate further and to conclude that there are three major groups named Theory A, Theory B, and Theory C. Amongst them, a middle group — Theory B is most dominant, having all capabilities to significantly influence productivity and prosperity of organizations. The methodology used was qualitative, based upon intensive and critical shop-floor observations. Since this study was not empirical, it had many limitations requiring further researches. Therefore, rightly recommended that future studies should correlate the impact of technological advancements upon motivations and productivity of the modern business organization (Veitch, 2018).

Do Managers Understand Importance of Securing IT Resources?

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Nadianatra Musa ◽  
Vishv Malhotra ◽  
Trevor Wilmshurst
Keyword(s):  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Information Infrastructures ◽  
It Resources ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
And Control

Information infrastructures and resources has become critical component of the modern business and non-business organizations. In turn this dependence makes these organizations vulnerable to any significant failure in their information infrastructures and resources. Literature is full of examples of the companies suffering major losses and even demise as a result of information infrastructure and resources failures. To mitigate this vulnerability the senior management and governance of the organizations needs to pay direct role and attention to protect their critical information infrastructures and resources. This paper provides some results of a study we conducted recently to determine how the senior management of Malaysian business organizations view and control the information infrastructure and resources in their organizations to mitigate vulnerabilities to this critical component of their business organization.

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