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LEADERSHIP BLOG

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  LEADER AND MANAGER Leader definition A leader is a person who holds a dominant position in a given field and has the ability to influence a group of people towards achievement of objectives. “ The process of leadership, whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (Rost, 1991) . Manager definition A manager is someone who is an in-charge of the organization and has a group of subordinates who reports to him about the day to day operations. " The management is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives " (Gilley, 2005) . Leader vs Manager Managers frequently depend on implementing procedures and they are executors of policies to interconnect employees to produce best outcome, meanwhile leaders are visionaries, who can   inspire people or a group of people to achieve a common goal with the cooperation of all members in a team. Managers frequently depend on implementing procedures and the...

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND INNOVATION

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  ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND INNOVATION Organizational culture is the pattern of shared assumption, principles and standards which govern how people behave in an organization. These standards have a strong influence on the people and dominate or dictate their behavior and performance. Every organization creates, develop and maintain their unique culture to provide guidance and limitations for the action of the members of the organization. Organizational or corporate culture is the pattern of values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions that may not have been articulated but shape the ways in which people in organizations behave and things get done (Armstrong, 2009) . Culture also includes the organization’s vision, values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits (Needle, 2004). Simply stated, organizational culture is “the way things are done around here” (Deal & Kennedy, 2000). Organizational culture and Innovation Innovative cultu...

Introduction to Human Resources Management

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  Introduction to Human Resources Management Introduction Human resource management is described as organizational activities of recruiting, selecting, designing to work, train, rewarding, managing, motivating and controlling the employees. “ The practice of human resource management is concerned with all aspects of how people are employed and managed in organizations ” (Armstrong, 2009) . History of HRM The HRM initiated from Personal Management (PM). In the industrial era the human were taken as a cost for the production therefore Personal Management implemented to maintain this cost in production. There after when organizations started to realize the human as assets the PM was transferred to Human Resource Management (HRM), so to develop the human assets organizations used many tools such as training and motivating to achieve a better output. In the 21 st century the concept further developed as Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). In present world the orga...