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Leadership and Technology
Leadership is a necessary component to the success of any business or organization. Leadership says, “I care about you” to the customer. Used correctly, technology can enhance the practice of leadership in today’s businesses and organizations. ... Technology has taken over or enhanced traditional ways of communication such as face-to-face interaction and mail. ... bz has taken this technology to position itself as a leader in the new world of virtual companies and as a human resources professional, I am very cognizant of the need to integrate technology with leadership and management. However, with the benefits of technology, has fundamentals such as leadership been overlooked? Leadership used to focus around personal interaction when meetings would be held in a conference room and tasks would be accomplished by people standing side by side to each other. Leadership can be divided into three categories: mentoring, risk-taking, and facilitating. ... Technology can be applied to each of these categories to enhance the business or organization’s success. No business is complete without leadership and today, leadership is not complete without technology; and working out of a virtual office poses unique problems for leadership. ... Those who oppose the connection between technology and leadership would argue that this is where it is most difficult to integrate. ... Is it impossible to integrate technology and the mentoring aspect of leadership so that they work together towards the goal of the company or organization? ... Risk-taking Risk-taking is the second category for leadership.
Approximate Word count = 1237
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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