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BADM 3380
FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
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Aimee Seek
Professor Faria and Wilt
Organizational Behavior and Development
17 September 2017
How Lincoln Builds up Alliances
Presidents have tried before and failed numerous times in their attempts to
persuade others for change. Abraham Lincoln was a little different in how he handled
conversations and interactions with others. He had a huge mind and a huge resource of
people to backup what he did. In addition, he had some great charisma to move his ideas
forward. He also had a way of keeping to his opinions and not letting any other enemy
change his thinking.
In the chapter that I read, the author discusses various ways that Lincoln was able
to handle his nation under various tests. Smiliat to a manager, he had to control the
behavior of his members. He partly did this because he “understood the motives of
people and how they tended to react under stress” (page 34). Great businesswomen need
to know how to handle different areas of businesses when hard times come. Knowing the
right people for the job means taking some personality tests and interrelating the
strengths of the many together. Lincoln was a good diplomat and he made friendships as
well as some key military strengths. Part of the way that he did this was with some
strategies.
. A good war is won with some planning and some rules, just as Lincoln operated
under some of his personal “rules”. For example, he had a personal rule to be lenient with
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those who disrespected him. One of his presidential duties was to ensure the homeland
security of Americans. He partly did this by having some leniency with others.
Lincoln appointed many people for jobs in the government. He appointed
McClellan, Stanton, and William Seward based for various positions. William Seward
was placed into a defense position. However, Seward was a little biased for doing things
without the approval of the president. In fact, he participated in “secret negotiations with
the South” (page 29). With their help, American became a little safer. Lincoln appointed
McClellan for the “young man’s confidence and his ability to organize and train the
troops” (page 31). Their tactics were similar to managers, because they all had divided
responsibilities. Negative actins and behaviors in a leader influence others to act the same
way or to feel uninspired.
Lincoln started his presidency like any other leadership position. He had a sense
of patriotic duty, a high sense of ethics, and a sense of values. He would choose to be the
better person when disagreements over policies happened. This is similar to businesses
because not everyone can get their way one hundred percent of the time. Businesses often
have disagreements and problems over too many people thinking the same thing. For
example, it is an overload of information for managers to do the same thing as once. A
lack of communication happened when Seward sneaked around Lincoln’s back. If that
happened in a business, than there would be inconsistencies, inefficiencies in time usage,
and corrupted politics.
Successful businesses happen when people delegate different things for each
member to do. Lincoln remained successful in his efforts to assign duties often.
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Document Summary
Presidents have tried before and failed numerous times in their attempts to persuade others for change. Abraham lincoln was a little different in how he handled conversations and interactions with others. He had a huge mind and a huge resource of people to backup what he did. In addition, he had some great charisma to move his ideas forward. He also had a way of keeping to his opinions and not letting any other enemy change his thinking. In the chapter that i read, the author discusses various ways that lincoln was able to handle his nation under various tests. Smiliat to a manager, he had to control the behavior of his members. He partly did this because he understood the motives of people and how they tended to react under stress (page 34). Great businesswomen need to know how to handle different areas of businesses when hard times come.
