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This study aims to investigate whether there are differences among the opinions of the managers with regards to organizational health. The literature addresses the organizational health within the framework of three approaches that are: performance of the organization, individual health and both of them together. In this respect, it is argued that there are differences among the opinions of managers with regards to organizational health. For this purpose, through a questionnaire, the extent of the differences among the opinions of the managers in the city of Afyonkarahisar was attempted to be found. In light of the data obtained, it can be claimed that the managers view organizational health as a concept primarily focusing on organizational performance and then as a concept focusing on the individual health and performance. Finally, these findings were evaluated and suggestions were made for the future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of inspirational intelligence, charisma (idealized influence), inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration on transformational leadership. A three dimensional scale has been used which includes the characteristics of manager's inspirational intelligence. These dimensions are acceptance, self-identity, and purpose and values. In the first part the theoretical studies which are related with the concepts of transformational leadership and inspirational intelligence and their dimensions and their dimensions are emphasized. In the second part the empirical study has been conducted on graduate students studying management. The study which is conducted on 126 students was intended to measure whether individuals with high inspirational intelligence are more inclined towards transformational leadership. With this study the degree of influence of inspirational intelligence on transformational leadership and their relationships with each other. It has been found that individuals with high inspirational intelligence are more inclined towards transformational leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The organizations operating in the new economy can take the competitive advantage by using knowledge as a strategic resource. Due to the fact that the main production factor of information age organizations is knowledge, organizations should build their architecture on the basis of knowledge creation and management. In order to build a knowledge-based organizational architecture, managers should introduce systems and applications that provide the creation, distribution and share of knowledge by attaching importance to issues different from the ones considered by traditional business managers. At this point, behaviors proper for quality leadership may guide managers; because the leadership elements required for knowledge organization mostly overlap with the elements of quality leadership. In both of the types, some concepts such as culture, transformation in structure and organizational applications, communication, trust, articulation of vision, motivation, coaching, strategic thinking, external focus, human-centered thinking, cooperation, participation, education and learning come to the forefront. The main aim of this study is to display the effects of business managers' behaviors towards quality leadership on becoming knowledge-based organization. In order to reach this aim, a survey based on the questionnaire method was conducted on 298 businesses. The results state that managers' behaviors proper for quality leadership affect the organizational features towards becoming knowledge-based organization to a large extent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]