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Leadership Quality Behind The

Pyramids

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What are Pyramids?

Ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structureslocated in Egypt

138 Pyramids in Egypt, with Giza as the largestPyramid complex in Egypt

Pyramids are used as a tomb for Egyptian leadersor Pharaoh, filled with treasure and hiddencompartments to prevent the raiding of the tomb

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The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza, or also known asPyramid of Cheops was built by the pharaohCheops or Khufu

The Pyramid was around 146 metres tall, with230 metres in width

The pyramid was built with approximately 2.3million limestone bricks and the constructiontook over 20 years the finish

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Contd

The Pyramid was meant to be a tomb for the

Pharaoh Cheops, but may have used for other

purposes

The pyramid was filled with multiple

chambers filled with sarcofaguses, idol

sculptures, and treasures

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How The Pyramid was Built

Structure

Transporting the Materials

Designing the structure

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Challenges in Building The Pyramid

ArchitechturalTechnologicallimitations

Harsh Nature of theEgyptian Desert

Large amount of ManPower needed

Heavy Materials

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Egyptian Innovations

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Why the Egyptians built the Giza

Pyramid

The construction of the Pyramid was initiated bythe Pharaoh Khufu as his tomb

With their devotion to Khufu, the people of Egyptgot together and put all their effort into buildingthe structure

The people saw that the pyramid can be thelandmark that will be the pride of the nation foreternity, which motivates them to build andcomplete the grand structure

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Khufu Leadership Qualities

Herodotus:

Cruel and heartless

leader

Absolute power

Lead by fear

Incredible organizationskills

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Khufu Leadership Qualities

Westcar Papyrus:

A traditional orientalmonarch : good nature

Keen to increase hisown power

Amiable to his inferiors

Built the pyramid as amethod to solvecyclical unemployment

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Analysis

The building of the pyramids involves

management skills such as:

Assignment of specific job descriptions

The use of high quality human capital: Architects

and Scientist developing technological and science

development

Labor Welfare/Handling Industrial Relationship Developing solutions for unemployment

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Sources

Sources:

www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htm

"Who Built the Pyramids?". National Geographic Society.1996

Clarke, Somers; Reginal Engelbach (1991).AncientEgyptianconstruction and architecture. Dover Publications ISBN978-0-486-26485-1.

http://puffin.creighton.edu/museums/cohagan/egypt_build.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/khufu.shtml http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/Khufu.html

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