IntroductionThe following report will discuss the leadership qualities of Borjigin Temüjin and the organizational culture of his people, the Mongols. Readers may be confused as to who Borjigin Temüjin is, he was the man known today as Genghis Khan. This article will illustrate how Temüjin's leadership capacity developed by exploring his beginnings and how, through his exceptional leadership skills, he managed to create the largest contiguous empire in history. The first part of the article will focus on Mongolian culture in the 12th century, Temüjin's education in that culture, and how it changed it through the consolidation of the numerous Mongolian tribes. In the second part we will talk about the rise of Borjigin Temüjin to the office of Genghis Khan and which of his qualities allowed him to achieve this goal. Part three will discuss his legacy and how even after his death his planning was evident and his empire continued to expand. All of these parts will have explanations of how they relate to our current study of organizational behavior. “When we look closely at [organizational] culture and leadership, we see that they are two sides of the same coin; neither can really be understood alone. On the one hand, cultural norms define how a given nation or organization will define leadership: who will be promoted, who will attract the attention of followers. On the other hand, it can be argued that the only thing of real importance that leaders do is create and manage culture; that leadership's unique talent is their ability to understand and work with culture; and that destroying culture when it is seen as dysfunctional is a supreme act of leadership.” (Schein, EH 2004. Organizational culture and leadership. Jossey-Bass, San ...... middle of document ..... .UN). However, what was most notable about the post-imperial structure of the Mongol world was a remarkable degree of continuity with the past. Cultural exchange continued on a large scale and even gained momentum; the successor khanates enjoyed in many ways a common if disunited elite culture. The Mongolian empire stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Japan at the time of his death but the expansion did not stop afterward but continued for generations. Under Ögedei Khan the expansion reached its peak and they expanded into Persia, annihilated the Xi Xia and the remnants of the Khorasmids, and then came into conflict with the Chinese imperial Song dynasty, starting a war that lasted until 1279 and which concluded that the Mongols gained control of all of China. Russia and Eastern Europe were conquered after gaining control over China.
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