Munich University of Applied Sciences

Department of General and Interdisciplinary Studies

Assignment

General Understanding of Information

Emotions on managing and controlling
of information (Leadership)
Lukas Statkus
Prof. JOS MARA DAZ NAFRA

WS 2015/16
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Table of content

Table of content ............................................................................................................................................................ 1

Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

2.

Neuroscience research on emotion ...................................................................................................................... 2

3.

Churchill: Leader and Statesman .......................................................................................................................... 3

4.

Martin Luther King ............................................................................................................................................... 4

4.1 Biography of Martin L. King................................................................................................................................. 4
4.2 I have a dream! ................................................................................................................................................... 5

5.

Emotional intelligence .......................................................................................................................................... 5

6.

Closing Thoughts ................................................................................................................................................... 6

7.

References .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

8.

Illustrations ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

Abstract
Historian Thomas Carlyle once said, ""The history of the world is but the biography of
great men ". While the history of the Annals of the life of well-known leaders such as Alexander
Great, Genghis Khan, Peter the Great, Napoleon, Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela, most of
us realize that our life stories are not read in the history books. While leaders come in all shapes
and forms, very few of us will be, or will be, leaders with a great "L." This does not mean, however,
that we will get used to the smaller acts Leadership. It may even be true to say that all of us who
are in leadership positions, whether in the work or personal life. As the problem of leadership is all
around us, the leader can be anyone who successfully manages and controls to achieve a group
of people or even the success of the organization, community or country. In the organizational
world, effective leadership and organizational success is closely intertwined with no strong
organization than the quality of managing and controlling of information. Of course, these
observations beg the question of whether it is guide all business.

1. Introduction
Recent researches now point to emotional intelligence as the critical factor that sets star performers
apart from the rest of the workers because its principles provide a new way to understand and assess behavior of
people, management style, attitudes, interpersonal skills and potential. It is a recent behavioral model that came
into being with Daniel Golemans 1995 Book called Emotional Intelligence but the theory was developed in the
1970s and 80s through the writings and works of psychologists Howard Gardner of Harvard University, Peter Salovey
of Yale and John Jack Mayer of New Hampshire (TalentSmart INc., 2013) [a].

2. Neuroscience research on emotion

Basic emotions regulate our response to the environmental challenges and
opportunities. There is no exact definition and list of basic emotions. The most noticeable (Paul
Ekman expert of emotions) known emotions are six: sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust, and
joy. These six were found in each crop worldwide, and have also been shown to be recognized by
people in different continents. This suggests they have evolved responses more than cultural
expression. Each emotion can be described individually of their evolutionary features:
Fear - creates a feeling which is to get us out of dangerous situations or to avoid getting them. It
causes the heart to race, speeding breathing, preparing our bodies to take appropriate action,
such as running as fast as we possibly can.
Anger -The function of anger is to motivate us to protect and defend ourselves, loved ones, or
anything you consider valuable. Anger body is prepared in a way for defense, inducing
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expressions as narrowed eyes and lips (making them harder to damage in a fight), balling fists,
hunched shoulders, and so on.
Sadness - sadness function is to indicate that we have done or seen something that is detrimental
to the welfare or degrading, and to encourage us to do so in the future. Sadness makes eyebrows
to move up in the inner corners, the bottom lip to push out, and the body posture to collapse.
Tears streaming from our eyes indicate even stronger experience sadness.
Disgust - function is to keep in contact with or ingestion of hazardous, toxic or infectious
substances. Disgust makes curling the upper lip and nose wrinkle, constriction of facial holes away
from what causes disgust. A feeling of disgust may even cause vomiting.
Joy the function of joy is to indicate that we have done or seen something that is improving
welfare, and to encourage us to do that in the future. When we are happy, we smile, wrinkle corner
of our eyes, and our position becomes upright and open position.
Surprise purpose of surprise is to indicate that something unexpected has happened, to prepare
(and those around us) to deal with it. Surprise because our eyes flying wide, raised eyebrows, and
the jaw drops down.
While emotions created to motivate and change our behavior, we evolve under
conditions that were very distinct compared with currently living ones. This means that frequently
our emotions are conflicting with our common environment. For instance, in our ancestral
environments we are possibly very few strangers and very few loud sounds. Nonetheless, in a
modern urban environment people are surrounded by strangers and loud noises, leading some
psychologists to convey that this mismatch can be a created of depression and anxiety.

3. Churchill: Leader and Statesman

He held many positions during his long
career and was an accomplished civil servant. Winston
Churchill was enrolled to the Royal Military College of
Sandhurst, and graduated with honors in December of
18941. He later saw action in Cuba, India, Egypt,
Sudan, the front lines of World War I, and even took part
in one of the last British cavalry charges in history2. He
went on to serve as First Lord of the Admiralty, Minister
of Munitions, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Prime
Minster. In his private life, Winston Churchill was an avid
reader and scholar, painter, author, journalist, and war
correspondent. Historians widely attribute Churchill with
being the greatest statesman of the 20th
century. Churchill was an effective leader and
Illustration [1] : Winston Churchill
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statesman because of his tremendous ability to inspire people; his unique strategic insight; his
relentless passion; and his imperturbable personality
Churchill's power to inspire can be seen in the early days of World War II. It does not allow a
pessimistic attitude, nor would he entertain talk of reasonable terms with Adolf Hitler. As Sir
Martin Gilbert, Churchills official biographer, wrote, It was Churchills own opposition to all forms
of defeatism that marked out the first six months of his war premiership and established the nature
and pattern of his war leadership. 3 Another example of Churchills powers of enthusiasm was his
capability to channel his determination to the British nation, and commonly strengthen their resolve
through motivational encouragement and adoration to others. During the first days of the war he
said that, The British people are like the sea. You can put the bucket in anywhere, and pull it up,
and always find it salt. 4 Churchill inspired not only British leaders, but British civilians too, by
projecting an attitude of confidence and fearless bravery. Finally, Churchills powerful optimism is
perfectly demonstrated in a speech he made in the House of Commons on June 4, 1940, when he
spoke these unforgettable words:
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we
shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island,
whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we
shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. 5

4. Martin Luther King

4.1 Biography of Martin L. King
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. brought his
famous "I Have a Dream" Speech at the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C. In this historic speech, King said he had a
dream that white and black children would one day walk hand
in hand and that one day sons of former slaves and sons of
former slave-owners would be able to agree to live together.
The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were tremendously difficult
times for African-Americans. They were not treated like white
Americans simply because of their skin color. And the laws
protected the bad treatment. Laws requiring "separate" hotels,
restaurants, schools, and even drinking fountains were
common in many states. Martin Luther King was a leader in
the Civil Rights Movement, a drive to get more equal
treatment for all Americans, not just white ones.
Illustration [2] : Martin Luther King

Only a leader as he could change the mindset of people be his perfectly intertwined emotions and
information

4.2 I have a dream!

His inspiring and emotional speech was important in several ways:
He brought even more attention to the civil rights movement, which had been going on for many
years. The king's speech was part of the March on Washington, a meeting of more than 250,000
people in the capital of the nation. Afro-Americans were still not treated as equals. Marches like
this and earlier in Detroit and other cities called attention to this fact.
The speech was given in the next to the Lincoln Memorial, the monument in honor of President
Abraham Lincoln, who announced the Emancipation Proclamation, which discharged slaves in the
southern states. When giving his speech there, the King was trying to draw attention to how things
were so terrible a century before (during the Civil War) and how some things had not changed a
lot in 100 years.
It carried Martin Luther King and his message of pacifism to national audience. The speech was
made on the radio and was republished in newspapers and magazines across the United States
and around the world. After this speech, the name of Martin Luther King was known in all over the
world.
Congress did move faster in passing the Civil Rights Act. This plan of laws was finally certified
next year, in 1964. Many of these laws gave blacks equal treatment more than they had ever had.

5. Emotional intelligence
The communication between
emotional and rational brains is the physical
source of emotional intelligence. The
pathway for emotional intelligence starts in
the brain, at the spinal cord. Primary senses
enter here and must travel to the front of your
brain before you can think rationally about
your experience. However, first they travel
through the limbic system, the place where
emotions are generated. So, we have an
emotional reaction to events before our
rational mind is able to engage. Emotional
intelligence requires effective communication
between the rational and emotional centers of
the brain. [a].
Illustration [3]
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Plasticity is the term neurologists use to explain the brains ability to advance. Brain
grows new connections as you learn new skills. The change is steady, as brain cells create new
connections to speed the effectiveness of new skills gained. Strategy to increase emotional
intelligence provides billions of microscopic neurons lining the road between the rational and the
emotional center of your brain branch off a small "branch" (as well as a tree) to reach out to other
cells. A single cell grows about 15,000 connections with its neighbors. This chain reaction of
growth supports a better kick this new behavior into action in the future. Once brain is trained,
immediately using new emotional intelligence strategy, emotionally intelligent behaviors become
habits.

6. Closing Thoughts
Developing the leadership potential in others enables to build great unit with vision,
directions and inspiration. In all ages, there were some famous leaders who could inspire and lead
nations to success. The leader can be anyone who successfully manages and controls to achieve
a group of people or even the success of the organization, community or country. In the
organizational world, effective leadership and accomplishments are closely intertwined with no
strong organization than the quality of managing and controlling of information.

What makes leadership is the ability to get people

to do what they dont want to do and like it.
Harry Truman

7. References
[a] TalentSmart Inc. (2013). http://www.talentsmart.com/about/emotional-intelligence.php
[1] John B. Severance, Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist (New York: Clarion Books,
1996), 17.
[2] Ibid., 18.
[3] Martin Gilbert, Winston Churchills War Leadership (New York: Vintage Books, 2004), 27.
[4] Ibid., 26.
[5] Martin Gilbert, Churchill: A Life (London: Pimlico, 2000), 656.

8. Illustrations
Illustration [1]: http://www.storypick.com/churchill-eat-your-heart-out/
Illustration [2]: http://rolexblog.blogspot.de/2009/01/martin-luther-king-jr-day-in-usa.html
Illustration [3] https http://www-app01.lax.entrepreneur.com/article/241998