Business Leadership

Business Leadership

Culture and leadership in Global Perspective

International mergers and acquisitions face problems of compatibility not only of corporate but of national cultures too . How do leaders break down barriers in cross-cultural situations , recognizing that culture is intangible

The cultural aspect of the society is of abstract nature and that is intangible to the empirical approach of business culture however , its presence and significance is indeed reflected in the humanistic aspect of the people itself . People are what culture is made of and the very basic characteristics of it

are evidently seen through the lifestyle social perception and philosophy of its people . Thus , breaking down cultural barriers in cross-cultural situations only means creating dialogues between each culture so people from different society can see and understand intrinsically the social norms and cultural aspect

Even though cultural is intangible , it is still visible through the nature of each people exercising their cultural lifestyle and with this as their main tool , leaders can understand their differences and learn to adapt and respect their cultural diversity . As leaders communicate and relate to people of other cultures , they will be able to learn their lifestyles together with their similarities and differences thus creating a vision of unity with the people from each group . Through this , leaders can unite and merge social groups of different cultures in their aims to create a unified community amidst the prevalent cultural diversity in the society

Shared Leadership

What is the added value (if any ) of shared leadership to an organization and its members ? Commonly , leadership is perceive to be a concept that is tasked to a single individual however in the present shared leadership is also being implemented as a more develop stage of leadership . In this concept , the tasks of a leader are divided and distributed to capable parties thus instituting the leadership function to a committee or with the members of the group itself . However , this approach still employs the system of hierarchy of leadership power and responsibility to manage the distribution of rights and the responsibility to each necessary task

This leadership approach is known and is perceived to posts several advantages to the group itself such as efficient distribution of responsibility minimizing chances of neglect brought by stress and it promotes group cooperation since it mainly solicits participation from each member . In addition , this approach also strengthens the ties and connection within the group as they help each other with the completion of their tasks and basic group functions

Climate change and Global warming

Climate change and global warming is becoming a very crucial issue for business and industry . What are the challenges for leaders in the next twenty years in tackling this issue and forging ahead as leaders

As obviously being observed in the present environmental condition critical climate change and global change indeed have undesirable and detrimental effects to the economic industry aspect of the society . This concept is mainly because vital resources that are crucially important to the economic industries...