Leading in a Changing World-Jiahao Wang

  According to Mullins (2010), “change is nothing new and a simple fact of life.” However, different people have different reactions to change. While some people can thrive on the new challenges that change brings, others may resist change due to their attachment to the status quo. The attitude of employees toward organizational change is understood as a psychological tendency employees develop based on their positive or negative evaluative assessment of the change (Lines, 2005). Different employees may have different change attitudes; thus, some may display readiness and openness toward change, while others may remain resistant and cynical. It is widely agreed that people today live in a time of unprecedented change. Today, change in the external world is inevitable and constant. Businesses needs to be swift in adopting to various changes in order to survive in today’s market. Those that refuse to accept changes and undergo transformation on the organizational will not survive. ...

  Analysis of Leadership Manage and lead are two terms often used interchangeably. Both management and leadership are concerned with guiding a team to accomplish a collective goal. However, the difference between management and leadership is also noteworthy. Management focuses on planning, organizing, and coordinating a group for the achievement of certain goals. Management is mainly task oriented, with focus on completing current goals are meeting set objectives. On the other hand, leadership focuses on people and relationships. While management focuses on completing certain tasks, leadership seeks to motivate and inspire followers towards a vision of the future. Different fro managers who assume tasks for the group, leaders are often responsible for looking forward and imagining potential possibilities. Based on their insight and vision, leaders set directions for their followers. There are multiple approaches that managers can adopt to ensure success. The command and contr...

When there are differences between individual members of a team on various dimensions, including age, nationality, religion, skills, etc., there would be a diverse team. Overall, researchers suggest that diverse teams in work are more productive as well as better performing. In 2017, a study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found diversity to be a key driver of innovation; as a result, diverse teams can create as high as 19% more profit compared to their counterparts (Lyons, 2019). According to this study, diversity allow teams to remain in tune with the changing needs of their customers, and thereby develop more relevant products to serve customer demands. The diversity among team members lead them to contribute diverse insights and ideas during work, which foster a high level of adaptability for the team. The solutions of diverse teams can often take into account multiple perspectives. In this way, they become more well-rounded. The benefits of diversity in the work env...

  What is ethical leadership? We take the leader of a software development team as an example to analyze what is an ethical and long-lasting leadership. First of all, the ability of leadership is directly related to the morality of leadership. Ethical leadership should be organized and consider the specific capabilities and tolerance of employees. The work of the team requires planning first. Without a good plan, employees will suffer from inconsistent requirements, which can even slow down the progress of the project. Ethical leaders should not change their plans too much, which will bother employees and cause trouble to the entire project. In addition, ethical leaders should be fully considerate of the actual situation of employees. It is good to have a fixed time schedule every day, but formal mandatory time regulations may undermine the enthusiasm of employees and impair productivity due to formal requirements. It is not right to over-assign too many tasks to a talented employe...