Leading Contemporary Organizations - Psychodynamic Perspectives on Crisis and Change

Fraher explains how the likelihood of crisis increases when leaders are challenged to make difficult decisions in ambiguous contexts.

List of contents

Preface; Crisis case studies; 1. Irrationality and crisis; 2. Leadership and crisis; 3. Change and crisis; 4. Hubris and crisis; 5. Sensemaking and crisis; 6. Ethics and crisis; 7. Identity and crisis; 8. Policy and crisis; 9. Power and crisis; 10. Paradox and crisis; Endnotes; References; Index.

About the author

Professor Amy L. Fraher is a retired US Navy Commander and Naval Aviator, and former United Airlines pilot, currently serving as head of department in the Southampton Business School. She has authored several books, including Thinking Through Crisis: Improving Teamwork and Leadership in High-Risk Fields (Cambridge, 2011).

Summary

Fraher explains how the likelihood of crisis increases when leaders are challenged to make difficult decisions in ambiguous contexts. This accessible textbook will appeal to business students and researchers studying leadership, change and crisis, as well as progressive-minded business leaders keen to improve their own organizations.

Additional text

'All CEOs and Risk and Crisis leaders within organizations should read this thought provoking book. Amy dissects a wide range of contemporary crises in a critical manner and helps explain why most of these could have been avoided.' Brian McGarrie, Director, Part Time BSc Business Management Programme (Singapore), University of Birmingham

Product details

• Authors: Amy Fraher, Amy L. Fraher, Amy L. (University of Birmingham) Fraher, Fraher Amy L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781107162266
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16226-6
• No. of pages: 343
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Organizational theory & behaviour, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Organizational theory and behaviour