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Achievement Motivated Leadership

Author : Thomas D. Darby

Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 30,7 MB

Release : 2014-09-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1631352776

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This intriguing novel uses an unusual method to present the lifestyle and political achievements of former President Paul Harvey Collins. The ex-president narrates the account of his career to presidential biographer Dylan Johnson. During their high school years, Paul and a friend take part in a civics class trip to the state legislature, but are dissatisfied with what they witness. They decide to enter politics to improve government efficiency. During their careers, they reduce the number and size of the haphazardly formed state and local governments, and support the merging of government departments. The result is a large decrease in the cost of government operations. Removing state House of Representatives reduces funding and increases effectiveness. Collins also improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the executive branch. His new constitution produces a unicameral federal government. Collins relates how senators are now elected from near equal population senate districts, making the Senate the most powerful branch of government. The President serves at the pleasure of the Senate. As democratic principles spread throughout the world, peace and prosperity follow.



Human Motivation

Author : David C. McClelland

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 694 pages

File Size : 25,12 MB

Release : 1988-01-29

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1316101681

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Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creative empirical studies of human motives span forty years. David McClelland describes methods for measuring motives, the development of motives out of natural incentives and the relationship of motives to emotions, to values and to performance under a variety of conditions. He examines four major motive systems - achievement, power, affiliation and avoidance - reviewing and evaluating research on how these motive systems affect behaviour. Scientific understanding of motives and their interaction, he argues, contributes to understanding of such diverse and important phenomena as the rise and fall of civilisations, the underlying causes of war, the rate of economic development, the nature of leadership, the reasons for authoritarian or democratic governing styles, the determinants of success in management and the factors responsible for health and illness. Students and instructors alike will find this book an exciting and readable presentation of the psychology of human motivation.



Introduction to Business

Author : Lawrence J. Gitman

Publisher :

Page : 1455 pages

File Size : 13,46 MB

Release : 2024-09-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.



Multiple Intelligences and Leadership

Author : Ronald E. Riggio

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 15,97 MB

Release : 2001-07

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1135662436

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Is a high IQ a prerequisite for a leader? This volume brings together well-known researchers in the field of intelligence who are investigating the multiple domains or facets of intelligence.



Achievement Motivation in the Leadership Role of Extension Agents

Author : Maimunah Ismail

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 44,13 MB

Release : 2014-07-24

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1443864811

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This book is relevant to the practice and theory of agricultural extension. In the current context of significant changes in thinking, policy, and expectations, these changes require extension agents to respond to challenges in developing leadership skills to support and encourage changes at farm and household levels. The book has identified the background, personal, and environmental factors influencing achievement motivation in the leadership role of extension agents. The background factors are primary dimensions of diversity and are less amenable to change, exert significant impacts, and shape our basic self-image, sense of identity, and early learning experiences. Researchers often ignore the interdependence of the background factors with other (secondary) dimensions of diversity, in which the latter are changeable personal characteristics that are acquired, and may be modified or abandoned throughout life. Although the secondary dimensions of diversity are more controllable, they will be affected by other people’s decisions, which in this book we see as environmental factors. The reliability and applicability of the above-mentioned theoretical discussions have been tested in an original study involving extension agents in Iran.



A Theory of Human Motivation

Author : Abraham Maslow

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 21,1 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Motivation (Psychology)

ISBN : 1365991490

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The Leadership Principles of Jesus

Author : Joe D. Batten

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 41,51 MB

Release : 2001-09-10

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1725203561

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This book is a powerful success formula for your own personal happiness and achievement; for providing inspired leadership in your organization; and for being a worthy contributor to your church, community, and society. Anyone who reads The Leadership Principles of Jesus will come away with a whole new appreciation for their own magnificent potential, and a dedication to seeing that potential fulfilled." Joe Tye, Author Never Fear, Never Quit: A Story of Courage and Perseverance Joe Batten is an acknowledged master in the writing of books on business which call us to the highest standards of conduct. By teaming with Warren Howard on The Leadership Principles of Jesus he has given us a most useful and usable resource. There can be no better leader to study than the Lord Jesus. Batten and Howard have done a super job." Bob Briner, Author, The Management Methods of Jesus and Business Basics from the Bible The Leadership Principles of Jesus is a book for this time and any other time. It fits each one of us who aspires to do the best we can with what we've got. Honest, straightforward, well researched, it is candor and conviction wrapped in sound, biblical principles and applied with the loving touch of the Master's Word. It combines information, inspiration and wisdom in working clothes. Zig Ziglar, Author/Motivational Teacher In this era of hyper-speed" change, hope is hard to come by. This book, however, gives you that plus" encouragement, mental sustenance, focus, and much, much more. Read it, enjoy it, apply it, and YOU will MAKE it a WINNING Life! Wolf J. Rinke, Ph.D.; President, Wolf Rinke Associates, Inc. Author, Make It a Winning Life and Winning Management



The Progress Principle

Author : Teresa Amabile

Publisher : Harvard Business Press

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 35,3 MB

Release : 2011-07-19

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1422142736

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What really sets the best managers above the rest? It’s their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives—consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly. As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in The Progress Principle, seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees’ inner work lives. But it’s forward momentum in meaningful work—progress—that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies, the authors explain how managers can foster progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: (1) catalysts—events that directly facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy—and (2) nourishers—interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality. Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, The Progress Principle equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people’s performance.



Motivation

Author : Brian Tracy

Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Page : 131 pages

File Size : 12,86 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0814433111

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Most of your employees have all the ingredients for greatness inside them already. They simply need you to motivate them. Learn how today!



The Achieving Society

Author : Prof. David C. McClelland

Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing

Page : 874 pages

File Size : 37,75 MB

Release : 2016-11-11

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1787202917

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Harvard University Professor David C. McClelland is chiefly known for his work on achievement motivation, but his research interests extended to personality and consciousness. He pioneered workplace motivational thinking, developing achievement-based motivational theory and models, and promoted improvements in employee assessment methods, advocating competency-based assessments and tests, arguing them to be better than traditional IQ and personality-based tests. His ideas have since been widely adopted in many organisations, and relate closely to the theory of Frederick Herzberg. He is most noted for describing three types of motivational need, which he identified in this book, The Achieving Society: 1. achievement motivation (n-ach), 2. authority/power motivation (n-pow), 3. affiliation motivation (n-affil). First published in 1961, his classic book provides a factual basis for evaluating economic, historical, and sociological theories that explain the rise and fall of civilizations.