Effective Leadership 1 Running Head: LITERARY REVIEW

M1: Assignment 1: Discussion Effective Leadership Literary Review George Miller Argosy University

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Current research of textbooks, online databases and the Internet proposes that there is much theory, recent articles, reports and Web sites dedicated to effective leadership. It is the purpose of this literary review to narrow the research to leadership qualities and methods required to achieve positive results in an organization, methods to identify appropriate problems in an organization, reasons for failure of organizational initiatives, why solutions fail during implementation and do not yield sustainable results and suggestions for improving performance.

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References: Adler, H. (2007, December). Key Leader Characteristics. Leadership Excellence. p. 5. Retrieved January 12, 2011, from EBSCOhost. Christian, P. H. (1993). PROJECT SUCCESS OR PROJECT FAILURE: IT'S UP TO YOU. Industrial Management, 35(2), 8. Retrieved January 12, 2011 from EBSCOhost. Portny, S. E. (2010). Improving Project Performance With Three Essential Pieces of Information. Journal for Quality & Participation, 33(3), 18-25. Retrieved January 12, 2011 from EBSCOhost. Seven steps to problem solving, (n.d.). www.pitt.edu. Retrieved January 12, 2011 from http://www.pitt.edu/~groups/probsolv.html Shore, B. (2008). Systematic biases and culture in project failures. Project Management Journal, 39(4), 5-16. Retrieved January 12, 2011 from EBSCOhost.