Essays Tagged: "Bass"

Rick Bass's short story "Antlers".

e with trap doors and hidden rooms, each time I read Antlers, I found something I didn't see before.Bass uses the amazingly depicted setting to both attract and pacify the reader, sufficiently enough ... epest beliefs.First addressing the most obvious theme, the subject of hunting, I get the sense that Bass, like the men in the valley, encourages a passive acceptance of hunting. He sees it as a necess ...

(4 pages) 102 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Transactional Versus Servant Leadership focusing on the leadership style and the difference in leadership methods

es, articles have given us sufficient amount of information in regard to leaders and their behavior Bass' (1989 & 1990). However it is true that many leaders are born with trait capabilities they ... ce, (Charisma)- Inspirational motivation,- Intellectual stimulation,- Individualized consideration (Bass, 1985, 1996; Bass & Avolio, 1994a, 1994b).Bass's very four tenets according to Nick Nichols ...

(16 pages) 604 0 3.4 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Leadership Models Essay

es to the stage in a groups' life cycle or to the previous education and training of the followers (Bass, 1990).The situational theory of leadership separates leadership behaviors into two general cat ... Participating with subordinates, Selling ideas to subordinates and Telling subordinates what to do (Bass, 1990). The goal of situational theory is to match the leadership style to the maturity level o ...

(10 pages) 402 1 4.4 May/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Sports Leadership Behavior

l conclusion.In an interview with Wesse (1994), the world acclaimed leadership scholar, Dr. Bernard Bass commented "The effective leaders are those individuals who pay attention to the development of ... y improving set of relations, both inside and outside the organisation"� [P 183].Dr. Bernard BASS at the Center for Leadership Studies at the State University of New York, believes that transfo ...

(9 pages) 71 0 5.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Large mouth bass

There is a huge sound, as the perfect large mouth bass jumps after a low flying bug. With one gulp the fly is gone and so is the bass. The large mouth ... predators of the water. With no warning of attack it jumps out and kills its prey. The large mouth bass uses many of the fourteen behaviors. The one used most often however is ingestive. The bass use ... iminative, allelomimetic, sexual, play, sleep, use of tools, thermoregulation and social. While the bass not use all of these it uses most of them. The large mouth bass is very unique from the ...

(7 pages) 11 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Bass, The River, And Sheila Mant

In the story "The Bass, the Rive and Sheila Mant" by W.D. Wetherall, a boy acts like someone he's not to impress a gir ... is fishing rod when all of a sudden he felt a gigantic tug on the line. He knew it was a Largemouth Bass. Since Sheila had been going on about how she was disgusted with fishing the boy did not want h ... er to know that he had his rod out. Right there he had to decide what he wanted more: Sheila or the bass. Sadly, he cut the line loose and gave up probably the biggest fish he had ever caught all for ...

(2 pages) 7124 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Leadership

Bass defines transformational leadership to be synonymous with adaptive leadership. Adaptive leaders ... al leadership to be synonymous with adaptive leadership. Adaptive leadership, according to Aviolio, Bass, Berson and Jung (2003), provides a "more adaptive, flexible leadership." These adaptive leader ... his style of leadership was commonly labeled "active management by exception" according to Aviolio, Bass, Berson, and Jung (2003). The leader typically passed out awards for goal achievement and punis ...

(3 pages) 67 1 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

The Relevance of Understanding Pesudo-Transformational Leadership

nal leaders set challenging expectations and enable others to achieve higher levels of performance. Bass (1985) depicted transformational leadership as comprising of four distinct factors: charisma, i ... tellectual stimulation (p. 178).A basic premise of this "full range" leadership model (Avolio & Bass, 1989, p. 163) is that transformational leadership is not viewed as opposite ends of a continuu ...

(4 pages) 114 0 0.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Leadership Models and Communication

nal leaders set challenging expectations and enable others to achieve higher levels of performance. Bass (1985) depicted transformational leadership as comprising of four distinct factors: charisma, i ... tellectual stimulation (p. 178).A basic premise of this "full range" leadership model (Avolio & Bass, 1989, p. 163) is that transformational leadership is not viewed as opposite ends of a continuu ...

(4 pages) 22 0 0.0 Oct/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication