Wicked Leadership in Film

Wicked Leadership in Film offers a novel theory of how leaders can contend with so-called "wicked problems," a class of important, entrenched, and far-reaching political and social challenges (such as climate change or mental illness) that resist ordinary policies and problem solving. Bruce Peabody’s relational theory is built on two central claims. First, it holds that we cannot confront wicked problems without understanding how they relate to other leadership challenges such as confronting crises or managing relatively routine decisions. Second, the model contends that our leaders’ approach to wicked problems must be understood through their ongoing cooperative or antagonistic relationship with the existing political order—a status that shapes their authority and overall, the potential for success. Besides its original argument about wicked leadership, this book provides a distinct method for testing this theory: by studying a series of cinematic case studies ranging from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter One: Understanding Wicked Problems
Chapter Two: A Relational Theory of Wicked Leadership
Chapter Three: Creative Destruction: Reconstructive Wicked Leadership
Chapter Four: Walking the Line: Orthodox-Innovators and Wicked Problems
Chapter Five: Loyal Representatives of Failure: Disjunctive Wicked Leaders
Chapter Six: Gadflies and Rebels: Wicked Problems and the Politics of Preemption
Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bruce Peabody

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bruce Peabody, Peabody Bruce
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.06.2024
• EAN: 9781793653895
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-389-5
• Seiten: 144
• Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Political science & theory, Communication Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film history, theory & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism