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Applied Covey

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should have been required reading in all of Americas boardrooms. Certainly Enron, Rite-Aid, Worldcom and others - and their stakeholders - could have benefited well from such a requirement.  The purpose here is to align Coveys "moral compassing" and "principle-centered power" with current management practices. Effects of Leadership Style Management style  has a direct effect on quality and productivity. The autocratic manager is likely to get just "good enough" from his subordinates - neither praise nor recognition typically is forthcoming  from these managers. When autocracy is the corporate theme, quality and productivity suffer even more. Kast and Rosenzweig (1992) define the business  organization as a "man-made system which has a dynamic interplay with its environment ... a system of interrelated parts working in conjunction with each other in order to accomplish a  number of goals, both those of the organization and those of individual participants" (p. 44). According to the authors, managers within the organization can use the concept "dynamic equilibrium"  to better coordinate their efforts. The result should be integration of the several parts into a "meaningful total system" (Kast and Rosenzweig, 1992; p. 44). Trend Toward Democracy  Deming (1986) admonished American business to adopt a democratic management style with small doses of authoritative measures only when necessary. "Proper" management style  is crucial, and companies that work at retaining employees typically see a much higher degree of motivation among their employees. In "Leadership vs.  Autocracy: They Just Dont Get It!," author Oren Harari (1996) reinforces the lessons the most innovative of companies have discovered. He points out some of the many faults