Online Assignment+May+20+Group+5

Everyone needs to finish their research for the people that they choose so when can start putting the powerpoint together.(waseem) Guadalupe will put the powerpoint together ( Guadalupe)
 * a) Note what tasks you still need to do **

**b) When your group has met (date, members who attended, and what was accomplished). Organize by date for each time your group meets.** Date: May 20, 2010 Members who attended: Waseem and Guadalupe, What was accomplished: Guadalupe and I helped each other on the theories that we choose. We discussed different people and organizations that will help us on are part. We also discussed on how we wanted the powerpoint to look. (waseem)
 * c) Document all information regarding the presentation. While there is no report due for this project, I would like for you to have a informal report to document the theories, explanation of the theories, information you gathered from observations and interviews, and information from the text that you will use for your presentation. Basically, I would like you to build content over the next two weeks so I can read your information gathering process. **

Waseem work: Richard Branson was not the smartest kid in school but he discovered that he was able to connect with others easily. He always had a passion for music because he was selling music records out of the trunk of his car. He opened Virgin Records in 1972 and sold it to EMI records in 1992 to keep his Virgin Atlantic running. He made V2 records to reenter the music industry because he was not happy when he sold his music label. He is worth 4.2 billion. He likes to try to break world records. He is the oldest child in his family. Virgin Atlantic Airways was formed in 1984 Virgin mobile was created in 1999 "For me business is not about wearing suits, or keeping stockholders pleased. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials" This is what makes him an authentic leader because he true to his values, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. He is self-aware of surroundings He divided his settlement from his case with his staff Virgin Galactic was formed in 2004 it designed to take people to space Richard was ranked in 2007's Time Magazine for being in the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World ** Role model: ** I believe Richard Branson is role model for people all over the world and not just in the United Kingdom. By being aware of his surroundings and having a high self-esteem he is a good example of authentic leadership. Also, he is a thrill seeker which may appeal to people on the way he lives his life. He cares about his employees because he wants the best for them.
 * Theory**
 * Authentic Leadership**: “know thyself” it involves both owing one’s personal experiences( values, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs) and acting in accordance with one’s true self(expressing what you really think and believe, and act accordingly).
 * Background Information on Richard Branson:**
 * Business**:

Allen Iverson is one of best smallest players to play in the National Basketball Association and a leader of 76ers for a long time. Iverson has had controversy throughout his life. When he was a young he allegedly hit woman with chair at bowling alley. Which caused him to go to jail for four months and people began to question his character as a person. Iverson would always argue with his coaches for example Larry Brown when he played for 76ers. Iverson was not a team player and it never changed till the end of his career because he still thinks he is the player on the court while he was getting older. **Role Model:** Allen Iverson was not the greatest role model for children on and off the court. He got in trouble with the law, and with lots of tattoos gives him a bad look. While arguing with his coaches and people in the front office he lost the respect of those people.
 * Theory**
 * Resistance to change:** is an attitude or behavior that shows unwillingness to make or support a change.
 * Why people resist change:** fear of the unknown, insecurity, lack of a felt need to change, lack of resources.
 * Resistance to the change itself:** people may reject change because they believe it is not worth their time, effort, or attention.
 * Background Information on Allen Iverson:**
 * Theory applied:** Allen Iverson was never willing to change and he never wanted to support a change. For a person being the best player on the team for all of his life he was not going to take a backseat to someone else. Fear of the unknown played huge factor because he thought if he went to the bench that his career would over. He did not think that he needed a change because he still thought he was good enough to be a starter to be in NBA. I believe he thought that change was not worth his time because he was a superstar and had a lots of money so he continued to do whatever he wants because with money comes power which he thought he lots of it. I believe he thought he was above the law.

Theory: Shared leadership Shared leadership is a dynamic, interactive influence process among individuals in groups for which the objective is to lead one another to the achievement of group or organizational goals

Facts about shared leadership Some early research on shared leadership in intrapreneurial teams (e.g., Pearce, 1999) and entrepreneurial teams (e.g., Ensley & Pearce, 2000) suggests that shared leadership is a more important predictor of team effectiveness than simply the leadership exhibited by the team leader. Role models : Monandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Theory: Spiritual Leadership <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Spiritual leadership theory (SLT) is a causal leadership theory for organizational transformation designed to create an intrinsically motivated, learning organization. Spiritual leadership comprises the values, attitudes, and behaviors required to intrinsically motivate one’s self and others in order to have a sense of spiritual survival through calling and membership—i.e., they experience meaning in their lives, have a sense of making a difference, and feel understood and appreciated. The effect of spiritual leadership in establishing this sense of leader and follower spiritual survival is to create value congruence across the strategic, empowered team, and individual levels to, ultimately, foster higher levels of organizational commitment, productivity, and employee well-being.

role model persons for spiritual leadership are : Mohandas Gandhi, The Buddha ( Siddhartha Gautama), Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul I)I, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Still looking for examples to used in shared leadership any ideas,


 * Henry**

__**-Ethical Leadership**__ Key concepts: • Concern for others   • Integrity – an individual’s adherence to moral and ethical principles, honesty and soundness of moral character. • Role modeling – an individual’s ability to display characteristic’s/traits that others will want to take after. • Ethical decision making  • Ethical leaders emphasize and revolve around moral management – A leader will employ ethical norms that adhere to a high standard of ethical behavior   • Ethical leaders emphasize ethical standard  President Franklin D. Roosevelt  • Went against popular consensus to stay out of the war   • Provided support for countries in need pre-Pearl Harbor   • Maintained defiance towards fascism in Europe and imperialism in Japan, despite the impending problems it would invoke. • Rallied the country together in the face of numerous atrocities that were being committed around the globe, e.g China, Europe, North Africa, etc.  • Based his defiance and willingness to participate in the war on the unethical treatment of various people __**-Phases of planned change**__

Key concepts: • Unfreezing – Preparation for situational change. Involves slowly removing existing attitudes, behaviors or strategies. A degradation of current norms. • Changing – The actual action taken to modify existing attitudes, behaviors or strategies. Implementation. Potential problems : planned change that completely skips the unfreezing stage and jumps right into implementation. • Refreezing – Designed to maintain the momentum of change and institutionalize it (cement it). Changed attitudes, behaviors and strategies become the new norm. Also involves evaluation of progress/results and analysis of the change: allows room for altering new changed standards in order to achieve a higher level of productivity. Thomas J. Watson • Previous general manager of Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation • Led the company in it’s transition into International Business Machines (IBM) • Current profit maker was the NCR cash register. Company processes revolved around creating simple business solutions for logging transactions. • With name change came product change. • Leading profit maker became the IBM 650 RAMAC which was one of the first and mass produced computers. Could do a myriad of tasks besides simple transaction logging. • Spawned a sales increase of $1.4 million to $140 million from 1941 to 1945.

= = = __** Ting Yi's Work: **__ = = ** Full range leadership & Change leadership/ Leader as a change agent ** = **﻿**  full range leadership: <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Five **__transformational__** ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Motivate followers by personal beliefs and strengths ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Put the interest of the organization and followers before their ownto reach the common goal ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Ideal for organization face complex changes

<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";"> Three **__transactional__**

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Motivate by rewards and punishments

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Satisfy the needs and wants of their followers by to satisfy theirown needs and wants in return

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Typical “boss-employee” relationship

<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">One **__nonetransactional__**

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">a.k.a. laissez-faire

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Opposite position from transformation leadership

ü <span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Increase frustration and aggression, less efficient and organized

<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">FRLT can serve as a baseline for pointing outthe systematic treatment of context on leadership.

<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Results can help future leadership developmentapproaches.

<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";">Change leadership/ leader as a chang agent:

Two types of CHANGE

“Change” “Transformational” : Significant shifts in basiccharacteristics

ü Overall purpose and mission

ü Underlying values and beliefs

ü Supporting strategies and structures

“Change” “incremental”: builds on //existing// ways of operating to //extend//them in new direction

ü Frequent, less traumatic

ü Introduction of new products, new technologies, and new systems andprocess

Dream the Impossible

ü World’s first “Theme Park”

ü First sound cartoon “Steamboat Willie”

ü First full-length animated feature film “Snow White and the 7Dwarts”

ü New ideas never stopped coming

Never did Anything Halfway

ü Didn’t believe in small risks

ü Invested $1.5 million into the production of “Snow White”

ü World’s must see film in 1937

Used Innovative Technology

Encourage Creativity in Others

ü Inspiring and coaching others

ü Surrounded himself with creative people

ü Fun to work with

ü Ideas, ideas, ideas

Never Stopped Dreaming