Fred Fiedler

There has always been a fine line for me between the story and the reality. This is one of the many reasons why I find 1984 so special. After having read the novel and later on watched the movie, I took a moment to reflect on the different situations our world has been through, or going through. The movie 1984 presents a world that is unimaginable to our youth ears and eyes, a place where power is everything, and the less you know about the past, the better the future will be. However, there…

My experience has been interesting, positive, and at the same time rewarding. My very first experience with working in group was couple of years ago during a final year project, in my country of birth. The project was in community medicine, and involved repeated trip to a rural community by my group to access their health status, and needs. We had many challenges, but overcame them all as a group. I learnt the act of collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making by consensus…

Hi Peeps, Today's Quote When your study from The Owner, The Big Boss, The Creator, then you can learn to change your mistakes to manage your lifestyle correctly and teach others how to improve themselves, fixing and recognizing, their own mistakes." ~ Jon Barnes Recognizing Rights It is your right to recognize your own problems and finding the right solutions quickly-- early in the game of life-- is essential. God gives us the common sense to know right from wrong, and it is a good idea to…

Everyone has a different Leadership styles. It depends on how they provide direction, implement plans, and motivate people. Those leaders who are very much concerned with completing the task at hand are Task-oriented leaders. My characteristic in term of leadership style is suitable for People-oriented leadership style. This style definitely differs from Task-oriented leaders. People-orientation leaders concern much about how they are supporting, motivating and developing the people on their…

With any organization, trust is a significant trait associated with leadership. Leaders cannot excel in leadership if the people they are trying to do not trust them. They learn of the employees’ dilemmas and make an attempt to solve them; however, it is trust that influences the employees to believe that their leader has the understanding required to resolve any problems (Frazier et al., 2015). Trust is an optimistic idea that others will act in an appropriate manner. Trust is to nurture; an…

Before delving further into leadership and management theories and styles it is good to understand the difference between a manager and a leader. Bennis and Nanus (1985, p221) state that ‘managers are people who do things right and leaders are people that do the right thing.’ Yukl (2002, p7) goes on to suggest that leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how it can be done effectively, and the process of facilitating individual and…

In conclusion, Mark Knapp’s theoretical model on interpersonal relationships proved correct when in correlation to Tina Fey’s iconic 2004 film, Mean Girls (Waters, 2004). Putting in place relational escalation and deescalation between leads, Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, both undergo all ten phases between the two stages present in Knapp’s Staircase Model (Waters, 2004). Including, but not limited to, initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating,…

“Reputation is what YOU’RE PREVEIVED to be. Character is WHAT YOU REALLY ARE.” Success and achievement in life have so much to do with character-and yet character is so hard to define. In my mind, it’s simply having an innate sense of the right thing. The right thing to do, the right thing to say, the wise decision to make. To me, someone with character is someone who can be trusted with anything. Who can be relied upon to know the proper thing to do in any situation. And character, to my mind,…

The purpose of the individual during this time period has also been widely discussed and debated. While some agree with the argument that the individual is central to progress, some authors also feel that creating the distinctions in society bring about negative side effects. For this section Hobbsbawm and Woods are able to back up their points with valid evidence. Hobbsbawm is an author that is for the development of the individual. As I’ve stated before Hobbsbawm feels progress wouldn’t be…

The concept that I found the most important in Module 5 Adaptable Leader is Followership. We read about Followership in Chapter 2: Leader Influence beginning on page 70. In the reading followership was defined as being, “one in the service of another; one that follows the opinions or teachings of another; one that imitates another.” I found this concept most important because I believe effective followership is equally as important as effective leadership. They go hand in hand. In fact, part of…