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Philosophers Missing the Point

the manner by which one point can be (mis)interpreted in at least two different ways is attempting to successfully isolate a singl...

Great Philosophers and Contemporary Leadership

of these seemingly paradoxical perspectives on the nature of society and the role of the individual in society. Plato appears to ...

Literature Review for Use in a Project on Leadership in Kuwait

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

Leadership Theories

people and meanings including emotions, while managers work at a lower level of emotion and do not look for meaning, focusing on t...

Socrates' Trial and a Juror's Fictitious Report

In five pages this paper explores an Athenian juror's perspective of Socrates with 'Spirulinus' presenting his trial observations ...

Apology of Plato and Counterarguments

In six pages Socrates arguments, counterarguments and the great philosopher's defense techniques are examined. Four sources are c...

Catherine the Great’s Accomplishments

As a young woman Catherine was apparently already determined to be a very powerful and effective leader. She "was ambitious as wel...

Life and Personality of Peter the Great

travels he would be influenced by various artisans, craftsmen, and the way of life of many places. His personality was shaped, the...

Job Satisfaction Motivation and the Leader

A great deal has been written about how leadership styles and behaviors impact and influence employee motivation, job satisfaction...

History Of Leadership Theories

theory (ChangingMinds.org, Trait, 2007). Trait theory still insisted that people were born with certain traits that "are particul...

Theories of Leadership and Nursing

"organization does not need transforming" (Transformational leadership, 2007). Transactional leadership is much in keeping with ...

An Examination of Leadership

a goal, a direction, an objective, a vision, a dream, a path, a reach" (p.7). How do the individuals just noted demonstrate a visi...

The World War II German Achievements of Admiral Karl Donitz

In six pages the German U-boat leader that eventually replaced Adolf Hitler as head of state is discussed not only in an historica...

Fundamental Theories/Nursing Faculty Shortage

in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...

Leadership as a Privilege

In one page this essay discusses the privileges of a leadership that is earned in an examination of successful leadership qualitie...

'Justice as Fairness' and John Rawls

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

Max Weber's Bureaucracy Theory and Hospital Structure

and generally run by fairly specific rules. This is necessary especially in a hospital -- for example, a surgeon just doesnt drag ...

Nursing Leadership, Advocacy & Responsibilities

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

Issues Concerning Leadership

managers and leaders, which are sometimes hard to discern, one thing that is certain is that leaders manage and mangers lead. Each...

Final - Organizational Leadership

change and how it is going to affect them. They need to know whats in it for them? Bolognese (2008) noted that people fear the unk...

Burns - Transformational Leadership

few of the many theories will be discussed here. The theories describe how an individual can use the inherent strategies to become...

W.D. Ross and the Philosophy of Pleasure and Pain

a world in which there is much pleasure but the people are vicious, unless they derive pleasure from viciousness, which seems to b...

Leadership - Goleman as the Basis of New Model

leadership requires more than this, as Peter Drucker states, the leaders need to have followers, to inspire and to achieve results...

Rene Descartes and Thomas Aquinas on the Body and Mind

the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...

Philosophical and Scientific Role of Rene Descartes

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

Socrates, Crito, and Euthyphro

In seven pages this paper considers the great philosopher Socrates' dialogues with Crito and Euthyphro and the accusations that ha...

British Politics and Constitution According to Hippolyte Taine

In 5 pages this paper examines how the French philosopher perceived the politics and Constitution of Great Britain. There are 7 s...

Knowledge According to Socrates and Descartes

This research report looks at how knowledge is acquired according to these two theorists. A great deal of information is contained...

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

Contemporary Thinking and the Influence of Existentialism, Romanticism, and the Enlightenment

In five pages this report explores how the schools of philosophical thought that characterized the Enlightenment have influenced c...