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Six Concepts for Brain-Friendly Leadership: Leading Your Organization Smart and Easy
Sanghee Yeon,
Dan Shepherd
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2021
Pages:
137-141
Received:
28 April 2021
Accepted:
15 May 2021
Published:
30 October 2021
Abstract: Employees often comment that they work many hours a day but see little beneficial impact. These people possess adequate intelligence and work diligently, often to the point of losing sleep in favor of additional work time. Researchers have long known that sleep is vital to mood maintenance and body wellness. Does this brain-centered issue have implications for work efficiency, and do we as leaders need to know this to better lead? Recent improvements in technology have provided additional knowledge on how the brain functions. These discoveries enable researchers to see how a person processes information and which factors––sleep, for example––influence how well that processing occurs. However, it seems that these beneficial efforts in cognitive psychology and neuroscience are not applied effectively among the work force. Hence, this paper will connect six foundational concepts, from neuroscience and cognitive psychology (i.e., positive environment, movement, rest, non-monetary reward, repetition, and using gut feelings) to the field of leadership in effort to augment the emphasis of this burgeoning science on that field of study. These six concepts are not at all difficult to achieve in the workplace. Smart leaders are encouraged to take these small steps toward fostering a brain friendly workplace.
Abstract: Employees often comment that they work many hours a day but see little beneficial impact. These people possess adequate intelligence and work diligently, often to the point of losing sleep in favor of additional work time. Researchers have long known that sleep is vital to mood maintenance and body wellness. Does this brain-centered issue have impl...
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The Influence of Leadership Styles on the Effectiveness of the Public Policy Implementation Process in Ethiopia: The Case of Addis Ababa City Government
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2021
Pages:
142-160
Received:
21 August 2021
Accepted:
3 September 2021
Published:
30 October 2021
Abstract: Policy implementation desires the increased commitment and coordination of applicable stakeholders or actors. Policy implementation gap also emanates from leadership development practice because; leadership development and an appointment done through political appointments, rather than career posts depend on the leader's competencies. This study tried to investigate the relationship between specific leadership styles and the effectiveness of the policy implementation process. It is justifiable to conduct this study to contribute and cover the gap in relation to leadership style and policy implementation. This study aimed to explore the influence of leaders' leadership styles on the effectiveness of the policy implementation process in selected government public sectors in Addis Ababa City Government. The study was focused on well know leadership styles i.e., transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire, and the major variables that measure the implementation process effectiveness of policies i.e., policy-practice alignment, stakeholder engagement, active implementation or communication, ongoing evaluation and support, and transparency. The study was employed a descriptive survey design that uses a cross-sectional survey methodology. Primary data were collected from 237 individuals through closed ended questionnaire. The sample was selected using a simple random sampling method. The data analyzed by descriptive statistics (percentages, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regressions). Predominantly the results of the study indicate the transformational leadership style was positively and significantly influences policy implementation process effectiveness (sig = 0.000 at p < 0.05). Both transactional (sig = 0.105 at p < 0.05) and Laissez-Faire (sig .957 at p < 0.05) Leadership Style have no statistically significance influence on implementation process effectiveness of policies. Surprisingly, the Laissez-Faire Leadership Style has a statistically insignificant negative influence on the policy implementation process. The study concludes that, if leaders exhibited a transformational leadership style, they could contribute more to the effectiveness of the policy implementation process than transactional and Laissez-Faire Style. It implies that leadership is responsible for the implementation of policies. The study mainly recommends leaders of government public sectors of Addis Ababa City Government to give due emphasis to appropriate leadership style as context as.
Abstract: Policy implementation desires the increased commitment and coordination of applicable stakeholders or actors. Policy implementation gap also emanates from leadership development practice because; leadership development and an appointment done through political appointments, rather than career posts depend on the leader's competencies. This study tr...
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COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Policy Stance, Leadership Response, and Challenges
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2021
Pages:
161-172
Received:
21 August 2021
Accepted:
7 September 2021
Published:
30 October 2021
Abstract: International community impacted by the incidence like COVID-19 in different point of time. The virus caused by RNA virus that belongs to the family of CORONA (Latin Crown, from the structure of the virus under electron microscope) virus. The world both developed and underdeveloped nations has been challenged/challenging by the virus significantly. It was the first reported in China in Wuhan City at the end of 2019. The disease began to create destruction and the devastating effect of the pandemic forced the World Health Organization to declare it as a global pandemic. COVID-19 is animals and the virus spread in the form of human-to-human transmission. Physical contact and respiratory routs are the two most important well-established routs of transmission of the virus. Poor hand hygiene practice, overcrowding, and close physical contacts like hand shaking contributes for the fast spread of the virus with in very short period. In China the disease was first recognized shows educating the public is proven as a key in preventing transmission. The main objective was to explain and explore the practice of leadership response, policy stance and challenges of COVID-19 in Ethiopia. The report includes describing the response of leadership and policy stance of stance of Ethiopian government towards COVID-19 lesson from Ethiopia. The major purpose of this desk review was to arrive at synthesis opinion, analyses the data, evaluate the practice of COVID-19 protection, and provide possible conclusion and recommendation to for further regulatory directives and research issues of the government of Ethiopia. Qualitative research techniques have been used for the desk review. The method includes literature review by analyzing secondary data, research findings, and case analysis. The major governmental response of Ethiopia was like closed schools due to COVID-19 on 16 March 2020, following the declaration of the virus as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 12 March 2020. The Ministry of Education of Ethiopia developed a ‘Concept Note for Education Sector COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan’ on 3 April 2020. The national COVID-19 prevention guideline dictates the roles and responsibilities of Health care workers’ Rights, Employers and managers in health facilities and Health care workers. Though, the government doing things well, since June 2020, the number of identified COVID-19 cases has increased substantially in Ethiopia. There are insufficient network capabilities, high-quality digital education resources, and teacher capacity in use of information technology, and online teacher-student interaction and emotional communication.
Abstract: International community impacted by the incidence like COVID-19 in different point of time. The virus caused by RNA virus that belongs to the family of CORONA (Latin Crown, from the structure of the virus under electron microscope) virus. The world both developed and underdeveloped nations has been challenged/challenging by the virus significantly....
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