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The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26037 The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done Cook, Jonathan ichelp@gibs.co.za Sandilands, Ian UCTD Knowledge attributes Getting things done Knowledge acquisition Leadership Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The purpose of this qualitative research is to gain a deeper understanding of the knowledge attributes that influence how South African business leaders get things done. Knowledge is described as the social and emotional skills that allow leaders to enact behaviours. Therefore the components of the knowledge necessary for leaders to get things done are based on an understanding of their skills (learned capacity) and their abilities (the natural talents). The research assessed the relative importance of knowledge and the relationship with personal traits and leadership behaviour through fifteen indepth interviews. Knowledge was seen as relatively less important than personal traits and behaviours although it provides a crucial link between these leadership attributes. The importance of key knowledge attributes, including an awareness of the mechanisms to acquire knowledge, enable emerging leaders to be more effective and achieve sustained results. Therefore, the value of knowledge may be seen as the process of acquiring the body of information, concepts and principles required to lead and get things done. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T02:09:56Z 2011-07-04 2013-09-07T02:09:56Z 2010-11-10 2010 2011-07-03 Dissertation Sandilands, IM 2010, The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26037 > F11/496/hj http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26037 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07032011-123730/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretori application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Knowledge attributes Getting things done Knowledge acquisition Leadership The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title | The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title_full | The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title_fullStr | The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title_full_unstemmed | The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title_short | The knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| title_sort | knowledge attributes of leaders who get things done |
| topic | UCTD Knowledge attributes Getting things done Knowledge acquisition Leadership |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26037 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07032011-123730/ |