Discourse on Leadership - A Critical Appraisal

Informationen zum Autor Bert A. Spector (Ph.D., American History) is Associate Professor of International Business and Management at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. His research interests include organizational change, leadership, business model innovation and management history. His articles have appeared in Leadership, Management and Organizational History and the Harvard Business Review. He is the author/co-author of seven previous books, including The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal (1990), which received the Johnson, Smith and Knisely Award for New Perspectives on Executive Leadership. He has been a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and INSEAD. Klappentext A critical study of the concept of leadership within both a historical and cultural context. Zusammenfassung A critical study which explores evolving theories of leadership. Paying particular attention to the social! economic! political! intellectual and historical forces that have helped shape the discussion! Discourse on Leadership offers an insightful historiography of leadership as a concept and considers how our understanding of it continues to evolve. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: a discussion without end, and the nature of this inquiry; 1. The great man and the beginning of contemporary discourse; 2. More who than do and the trait vs behavior debate; 3. Whistling in the dark and the insertion of power between followers and leaders; 4. The sublime myth and the ideology of purpose; 5. (White) men named John and the persistence of bias; 6. No longer just managing and the misuse of ideal types; 7. Globalization and the challenge of complexity; Epilogue: key moments in leadership discourse and a plausible chronological narrative; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bert Spector, Bert a Spector, Bert A. Spector
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2016
• EAN: 9781107049789
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04978-9
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Business communication & presentation, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Business communication and presentation, Organizational theory and behaviour, Management and management techniques