Essays about: "Metaphors on Leadership"

Found 5 essays containing the words Metaphors on Leadership.

  1. 1. Navigating through the storm: The managerial role and leadership during a crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Sjöström; Malin Wedin Olsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Managerial work; Leadership; Emotional intelligence; Metaphors on Leadership; Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Abstract Title: Navigating through the storm: The managerial role and leadership during a crisis Authors: Julia Sjöström and Malin Wedin Olsson Supervisor: Tony Huzzard, Lund University, Sweden Submission: date May 21st 2021 Purpose: The aim with this study is to gain a deeper understanding of managerial work and its relationship to the nature of leadership in the context of a societal crisis. Research Question: How do managers make sense of their own role during a crisis and what implications does that have for leadership practices? Methodology: This research is based on a qualitative research method following a interpretative and abductive approach. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shed Light on Leadership with Metaphor : How Chinese Leaders Integrate Themselves to Lead Better and even Lead beyond Domains

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Yonglin Jia; [2015]
    Keywords : Leadership; integrate; pattern; domain; influence; metaphor; self-construct; self-efficacy; balance; well-being;

    Abstract : Leadership has been studied from many angles. But in my study, I study leadership with metaphors, hoping to provide some new insights. With metaphors, I want to seek an answer what can leaders do to integrate themselves to lead better. In this time, leadership is no longer constrained within one domain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fictional characters as metaphors for leaders' learning ability concerning change and transformation : A comparison of students' perception

    University essay from Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Vanessa Prause; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Throughout past centuries, leadership developed to a topic of paramount importance considered not only individually, but also in interrelation with other concepts such as learning, change, and/or transformation. Because of this, it appears reasonable to further elaborate on this pivotal issue. READ MORE

  5. 4. Leading Beautifully : Towards a more efficient and legitimate future

    University essay from Handelshögskolan BBS

    Author : Maud Durieu; Anne-Laure Guesné; [2009]
    Keywords : Aesthetics; Beauty; Relational Phenomenon; Virtues;

    Abstract : Most of the literature explores ethics through the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, but little is written on Virtue-Ethics; in the sense of an individualistic quest towards human values and virtues. This Report “innovates” in the sense that it explores the concept of aestheticism when applied to business practices. READ MORE

  6. 5. Thriving at the Edge of Chaos

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik och datavetenskap

    Author : Jonas Bengtsson; [2004]
    Keywords : complexity theory; Scrum; agile software development; organization theory;

    Abstract : In this master thesis two different worldviews are compared: a mechanistic, and an organic worldview. The way we think the world and the nature work reflects on how we think organizations work, or how they ought to work. READ MORE