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This 11 page paper looks at whether or not leaders can and do make an impact on the organization that they run. The paper looks at theories and examples to consider how and why they will have an influence on the operations and whether this is always good. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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File: TS14_TEdiflead.rtf
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in its early growth stages formats were developed; Sony developed Betamax and JVC developed VHS (Thompson, 2007). There is general agreement in the industry that it was Betamax which was
technically best, but VHS became the industry standards due to better marketing (Thompson, 2007). This demonstrates that good ideas and design is not sufficient to create a business success.
There are also many businesses that appear to have succeeded against the odds, either recovering from difficulties, growing in a harsh market against stiff competition. The difficulty is determining which
factors are likely to lead to success and which to failure. The differences may be seen as starting with the leadership of the company. Leadership can be the source of
many advantages, in an entrepreneurial organization leadership is likely to drive the business forward, in a more established organization leadership will be responsible for the ultimate decision regarding strategies to
cope with ongoing growth and competition. However, there are many organizations that have thrived despite mediocre leadership, based not on the leadership, but on the middle management or on ideas
and initiatives of the employees. The question is even aware leashed it does not appear to be spearheading success, can it be argued that leadership still has a key role
in encouraging and promoting those who do spearhead success. In other words, is it myth or is it factual that leaders can have a real impact on the performance of
an organization. To consider the impact leadership can have theories and approaches to leadership need to be considered with the way leaders may be developed and the impact they will
have on a firm. The way in which leadership has developed in the commercial environment has changed over time. It may be argued that leadership in the commercial world changes
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