{"title":"The Lesson of Strategy: A Case Analysis of An E-Commerce Commercial Food Services Equipment Retailer","authors":"R. Mullaney","doi":"10.58809/khtd7663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/khtd7663","url":null,"abstract":"Literature on strategy is reviewed and applied directly in comparison to an e-Commerce company in the South Florida area. Practical managerial implications are discussed and laid out in an easy to follow format which provides insight to entrepreneurs and business leaders who are in need of a greater understanding of strategy. A comprehensive review of the company's current strategies, industry position, internal and external forces, GAP analysis, and plans for action preempt a conclusion that puts it all together; a conclusion which has led the company towards significantly greater financial and operational success.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"217 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133613958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reframing Systems Disasters With Three Perspectives of organizational Culture","authors":"Karen Page, J. Page","doi":"10.58809/pram3390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/pram3390","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the major literature on systems disasters and how organizational culture is portrayed in this literature. The paper then outlines the three cultural perspectives used by Martin 2002 to describe organizational cultures: integration, differentiation, and fragmentation. The paper explores show these perspectives influence interpretations about the disasters described. The paper concludes that the effect of an organization’s culture on safety, reliability, and disasters can be fully understood only when all three perspectives are applied.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131417485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning Leadership Across Generations In Family-Owned Enterprises","authors":"C. Pratt","doi":"10.58809/jred4311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/jred4311","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores leadership development issues in family businesses. Family owned enterprises comprise a significant proportion of the business population. However, approximately half of family owned businesses do not survive generational transitions. The sheer number of ongoing leadership transitions begs greater understanding on how leadership is learned in the family business and how to improve the leadership development process. This study sought to understand how leadership is learned across generations by asking family business leaders about their own experience and perceptions. Family business leadership development themes and needs for education and research are identified.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132600497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Escalating Commitment To Failing Financial Decisions: Why Does It Occur?","authors":"J. Morgan, James D. Hansen","doi":"10.58809/fpza5373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/fpza5373","url":null,"abstract":"Research indicates inappropriate escalation of commitment to apparently failing decisions occurs in many areas of life. Examples include doubling-up blackjack bets to recover losses, the too lengthy Vietnam War debacle, and the tendency to continue with financial investments long after they appear to be failing. What motivates such behavior? Two theories presently compete as major explanations for this behavior: the self-justification theory and the prospect theory. This paper compares the two theories to determine which theory better predicts escalation behaviors within au un-confounded and unambiguous context. The research is motivated by the belief that understanding why people escalate is prerequisite to successfully developing strategies for mitigating the damages of escalation. Results show, that after removing the confounding effects of framing differences across conditions, prospect theory better predicts escalation than does self-justification theory within the context tested.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133891228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming The Challenges of Establishing A Student-Managed Fixed Income Fund","authors":"David Krause","doi":"10.58809/jhjv5704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/jhjv5704","url":null,"abstract":"Student-managed funds (SMFs) offer unique educational opportunities. In a typical SMF, students select common stocks and manage a real portfolio, gaining practical money management experience. Until recently, establishing a fixed income SMF has been unworkable for most academic institutions. Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are relatively new financial offerings that allow non-institutional investors the ability to trade shares of an entire bond portfolio as a single security. By combining different ETFs into a fund of funds, it is possible for students to implement various bond portfolio management strategies - a valuable learning opportunity previously unavailable to most business students.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127628280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Globalizing Leadership Curriculum: A Priority For The Development of International Leaders","authors":"Anthony C. Andenoro, T. Murphrey, K. Dooley","doi":"10.58809/wfmj4839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/wfmj4839","url":null,"abstract":"Gaining perspective on how to deliver leadership education can be a daunting task. This paper provides a specific, yet powerful perspective to consider when attempting to engage students and develop leaders within formal leadership education. Moreover, this paper reports the findings of one objective within a multi-objective study to describe perspectives of global leadership priorities and accompanying competencies based on respondent perceptions. Insight on the development of global curricula form a qualitative perspective is provided in an effort to maximize the development of students within formal leadership degree programs. Based on respondents’ perceptions and the summary of the literature, it was determined that is essential for leadership educators to develop global perspectives and skills to empower student success in postgraduate leadership positions. The importance of a global perspective in leadership situations was noted by respondents as providing an indelible link between preparation of successful leadership professionals and a globalized curriculum.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115745750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Putting Followership On The Map: Examining Followership Styles and Their Relationship With Job Satisfaction and Job Performance","authors":"Leonard F. Favara, N. Null","doi":"10.58809/isfb5182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/isfb5182","url":null,"abstract":"The legitimacy of followership, as an area of research within organizational psychology is beginning to become more accepted. This study was designed to examine followership styles and their relationship with job satisfaction and job performance. This non-experimental study employed a quantitative survey design with a set of surveys returned representing 131 employees at a Midwestern automotive engineering and manufacturing company. The three standardized instruments used in this study include the Followership Questionnaire (Kelley, 1992), the Job in General Scale (Ironson, Smith, Brannick, Gibson, & Paul, 1989), and the Organizational Citizenship Behaviors scale (Williams & Anderson, 1991). Findings indicate that a significant positive relationship exists between followership styles and the two organizational variables job satisfaction and job performance. The findings enhance the theoretical study of followership by providing empirical evidence needed to validate further research.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115703299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Keller, J. Quick, Marilyn Macik-Frey, David A. Gray, D. A. Mack, C. Cooper
{"title":"Leader Development and Emotional Competence: Authentic Leadership, Self-Awareness, and Personal Integrity","authors":"N. Keller, J. Quick, Marilyn Macik-Frey, David A. Gray, D. A. Mack, C. Cooper","doi":"10.58809/lpvn8424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/lpvn8424","url":null,"abstract":"Can leadership be taught? (Doh, 2003) The dramatic growth of leadership academies, institutes, and programs from political science to business and psychology to reserve officer training corps for U.S. military services makes this a compelling question. We say \"yes\" and then: How can it be taught? And how are leaders developed? Ours is a developmental theory for teaching leaders and suggests that emotional competence is at the heart of developing authentic leaders with personal integrity.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124106283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Service Learning: Assessing Student Outcomes In A Strategic Management Class","authors":"Lisa C. Lindley, Noreen Buhrnann","doi":"10.58809/akfa4195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/akfa4195","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the fast-paced, unpredictable, and complicated world of business, business educators are challenged to connect theory to practice. Service learning is one method that not only enhances student learning through practical application, it also provides benefits to community organizations involved and the clients they serve. It connects theory to practice. The hypothesis proposed by this study is that service learning will result in a change in student skills as measured by the Learning Skills Profile. Senior, undergraduate business majors enrolled in a capstone Strategic Management class participated in a service learning project. Skills were accessed before and after the service learning experience. The findings suggested that service learning impacted analytical, interpersonal, informational, and behavioral skills.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"409 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124353362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finishing Well: Investigating Despair In Retired Leaders","authors":"Michelle L. Kilbourne","doi":"10.58809/lkjc9159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58809/lkjc9159","url":null,"abstract":"Due to conflicting information in the literature, the purpose of this research is to determine whether retired leaders experience despair or a loss of hope. This study interviewed eight male retired leaders, ranging in age from 60 to 82 and retired 1. 5 to 12 years, using a semi-structured interview guide. By analyzing question summaries, this research provided retirement insights from both organizational and individual perspectives. From an organizational perspective, this research builds upon the four exit strategies for organizational leaders, defined by Sonnenfeld 1988 as monarchs, generals, ambassadors, and governors. This research indicates the existence of a fifth exit strategy. While yet unnamed, this exit strategy is generally known as “forced retirement. ” Despite the desires of some of the retired leaders, organizations do not have frameworks to utilize this talent after traditional work roles have terminated. The retired leaders, all but one characterized as ambassadors or governors, did not experience despair. However, moments of frustration or sadness appeared related to existential despair, defined as the ability to transcend present circumstances to alter the status quo. These moments of frustration were caused by the realization of character defects, physical ailments, difficulty in dealing with family members and the inability to mentally separate from the organization itself. Most of the leaders spent little time preparing for retirement. From this research, there appears to be an opportunity to develop frameworks from both organizational and individual perspectives for working and living in the latter half of one’s life. Elements of these frameworks should include expanding the exit strategies for organizational leaders and methods for facilitating the progression of life predefined by the epigenetic principle Erickson, 1959.","PeriodicalId":335449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business and Leadership","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116102530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}