Questioning Leadership

This Element surveys the main traditions of leadership thought; considers the nature of the group and its questions; explores how culture and bureaucracy serve to provide stable answers to the group's questions; and explores how leaders offers disruptive answers, especially in times of crisis.

List of contents

1. What needs to be done?; 2. Traditions of leadership inquiry; 3. The group and its questions; 4. Stable answers; 5. Disruptive answers; 6. What about us?; 7. Coda: Lincoln and Lee; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element surveys the main traditions of leadership thought; considers the nature of the group and its questions; explores how culture and bureaucracy serve to provide stable answers to the group's questions; and explores how leaders offers disruptive answers, especially in times of crisis.

Foreword

Questions are the heart of leadership. Leaders help groups ask hard questions, find answers, and turn them into effective action.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Harvey, Michael (Washington College) Harvey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009484244
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948424-4
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Leadership
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Social groups, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, Social groups, communities and identities