MLSD 500: Leadership Found in Research
A500.3.4RB – Exploring the ERAU Hunt Library
Submitted to ERAU Worldwide
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the
Degree of MBAA
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Worldwide
Online Campus
August 24, 2015
Understanding Peer-Reviewed / Scholarly Journals and
Leadership Concepts
When it comes to scholarly journals, the
terms peer-reviewed and refereed are interchangeable.
Before publication, peer-reviewed/refereed journals go through a highly
critical and rigorous review process by other scholars in the author's field or
specialty. This review process ensures that the content being published is
first being evaluated by the author's peers and also, reflect a solid
scholarship in their fields of study (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,
2015).
Although peer-reviewed journals are always
scholarly in nature, scholarly journals are not always peer-reviewed.
Scholarly journals are research focused, reporting results of original
research and experimentation. They are heavily cited in the form of either
footnotes or bibliographies, and written by, and addressed to, experts in a
discipline. However, whereas peer-reviewed journals require a strict
"peer-approval" for publishing, a scholarly journal that is not
peer-reviewed only requires the approval of an editorial board (Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University, 2015).
Figure
I: Side by Side Comparison
A fundamental and powerful concept is
one that can be used to explain or think out a huge body of questions,
problems, information, and situations. The concept behind leadership has
fundamental and powerful, central and useful ideas. If you are able to grasp
the leadership concept holistically, it will be easier to use fundamental and
powerful concepts in order to think through any new problem or questions that
may arise (Nosich, 2012, pg. 101).
A fundamental concept is the
foundation of our understanding of that era and a great many forms of life that
extend beyond that era. A concept is powerful because it is useful in
understanding a wide range of questions and problems, issues and situations.
Both of these concepts are important in understanding certain phenomena, as are
they in fields that emphasize the doing (Nosich, 2012, pg. 103).
If we were to focus our attention on
a concept regarding leadership, we would want to focus on the concept
leadership as a whole and not on the individual parts. We would then want to
identify three fundamentally and powerful concepts that underlie the whole
concept of leadership. In search of three concepts on Google for leadership
character traits, leadership skills and talents, and leadership team building,
we would find a plethora of information to choose from. This way, we are able
to share and discuss the fundamental and powerful concepts with others (Nosich,
2012, pg. 104).
The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Hunt Library, led me to the Leadership Skills Handbook: 50 essential skills you need to be a leader, by Jo Owen. According to Owen (2010), the handbook reflects the collective knowledge, wisdom and experience of thousands of leaders who had contributed through surveys and interviews. It is based on research that identifies the five different groups of skills that leaders must have – career skills, people skills, moment of truth skills, technical skills and values and behaviors. Topics include how to really take control; how to deal with politics of the organization; how to manage budgets when times are tough; how to achieve what’s necessary with limited time and money and how to deal with stress.
Considering all the fantastic topics the
scholarly journal covered, we chose to search a Forbes article on the same
topic of Leadership Skills. From this search, we found the Top 10 Qualities
That Make a Great Leader, by Tanya Prive in 2012. The contributor covered
honesty, ability to delegate, communication, confidence, commitment, positive
attitude, creativity, intuition, and the ability to inspire as leadership
qualities every good leader should possess and learn to emphasize.
In
conclusion, I believe that Forbes Inc. presented a good, brief summary of
leadership skill requirements; whereas, the information provided in the
scholarly journal reflected intellectual standards, like depth, significance, logic,
clarity and accuracy. Standards that a leader could clearly adopt and implement
to achieve successful outcomes.
References:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. (2015).
Understanding Journals: Peer-Reviewed, Scholarly, Trade & Popular. Hunt
Library. Retrieved from http://guides.erau.edu/journals
Nosich,
G. M. (2012). Learning to think things through: Critical thinking across the
curriculum. Columbus, OH: Prentice Hall. (ISBN: 9780137085149)
Owen,
Jo. (2010). The Leadership Skills Handbook: 50 essential skills you need to be
a leader. London: Kogan Page. (ISBN: 0749471573) Retrieved from http://voyager.db.erau.edu:7008/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1&recCount=50&recPointer=488&bibId=241305
Prive,
Tanya. (2012). The Top 10 Qualities That Make a Great Leader. Forbes. Retrieved
from http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/12/19/top-10-qualities-that-make-a-great-leader/
