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    Concepts of EffectiveLeadership in Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) :influence on Leadership Styles and Succession Plans
    (2014-05-14) Mtalimanja, Lloyd Kondwani
    This study sought to establish the concepts of effective leadership espoused by the seven top-most leaders in Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM). The study aimed to find out the extent to which those concepts were practiced and how they were influencing the formulation of leadership development and succession plans of the organization. The study adopted a non-experimental cross-sectional study design with a combination of descriptive and explanatory research approaches. To facilitate the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, the questionnaire used contained both closed- and open-ended questions. The researcher used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the quantitative data. The study revealed that the concepts of effective leadership that the said leaders in EAM espoused could lead to effectiveness if allowed to influence practice. Further, the study found that these concepts were significantly influencing leadership practice. However, there appeared to be other forces and/or values either in the organization or in the leaders themselves that were hindering the formulation of leadership succession plans. In view of the findings, the researcher recommended that the leaders in EAM need to endeavor to account for the lack of clearly laid out leadership development and succession plans since these plans are not only a mark of effective leadership, but are essential to an organization's continued effectiveness. The leaders should establish the forces/values, either in themselves or in the organization, which account for lack of clearly laid out leadership succession plans.
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    The influence of the Media on the Developmental Life of the Adolescents in Nairobi Pentecostal church
    (2014-05-09) Emenike, Mathias Princewill
    The purpose of this study was to find out the level of exposure to media communication among the adolescents, particularly adolescents in Nairobi Pentecostal Church-Central. An attempt was also made to find out specific ways that the media are exerting influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents. The researcher also sought to see whether these specific ways of media influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents have any relationship to the age of the adolescents, sex differences of the adolescents and the adolescents' level of exposure to media communication. The study focused further on attempt to discover the extent of this media influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents either positively or negatively. Based on the gathered information, recommendations were made to parents and Churches on how to help the adolescents get the best from the media. The findings of this study revealed that the adolescents have a high degree of exposure to media communication. Findings also revealed two positive and five negative ways of media influence on the social development of the adolescents and also two positive and two negative ways of media influence on their moral development. Again, while age and media influence have no significant relationship, gender differences seem to have strong relationship with media influence on their social development but not on their moral development. Level of media exposure also seems to have strong relationship with media influence on their social development but not on their moral development. The negative influence of the media was also discovered to be greater than the positive influence on their social and moral development although, the difference is not significant.