Event Leadership
Theory and Methods for Event Management and Tourism
Published on 30. April 2021
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-1-911635-25-3 (ISBN)
Description
Event Leadership: Theory and practice for event management and tourism examines, contextualises and applies leadership theory and practice at several levels. Using a wide range of contemporary research, this book explores in detail a range of leadership theories, providing insight into the developments that are driving leadership today. In light of the complex business needs of event organisations and in order to illustrate the concepts discussed, examples of case studies from the event sector are used throughout.
Providing a comprehensive grounding in leadership theory, this book explores leadership in events from three distinct viewpoints using various event settings and types of events to illustrate:
* "The leader" within event organisations: looking at leaders who are founders, or those that have been appointed, elected, evolved from other positions or emerged from a crisis - all of which have their own issues and effects.
* Leadership within the events community, such as political leadership or leaders within event portfolios and networks. Questioning what does it take to achieve effective collaboration among events and between events and other key stakeholders? Is it the individual leader, or leadership that emerges from network dynamics?
* The leadership role that events and professional organisations play in society, such as educational and inspirational leadership - looking at social marketing through events, with the aims of changing attitudes and behaviour.
Part of the Event Management Theory and Methods Series. This series examines the extent to which mainstream theory is being employed to develop event-specific theory, and to influence the very core practices of event management and event tourism. They introduce the theory, show how it is being used in the events sector through a literature review, incorporate examples and case studies written by researchers and/or practitioners, and contain methods that can be used effectively in the real world.
With online resource material, this mix-and-match collection is ideal for lecturers who need theoretical foundations and case studies for their classes, by students in need of reference works, by professionals wanting increased understanding alongside practical methods, and by agencies or associations that want their members and stakeholders to have access to a library of valuable resources. Series editor: Donald Getz PhD., Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada.
Providing a comprehensive grounding in leadership theory, this book explores leadership in events from three distinct viewpoints using various event settings and types of events to illustrate:
* "The leader" within event organisations: looking at leaders who are founders, or those that have been appointed, elected, evolved from other positions or emerged from a crisis - all of which have their own issues and effects.
* Leadership within the events community, such as political leadership or leaders within event portfolios and networks. Questioning what does it take to achieve effective collaboration among events and between events and other key stakeholders? Is it the individual leader, or leadership that emerges from network dynamics?
* The leadership role that events and professional organisations play in society, such as educational and inspirational leadership - looking at social marketing through events, with the aims of changing attitudes and behaviour.
Part of the Event Management Theory and Methods Series. This series examines the extent to which mainstream theory is being employed to develop event-specific theory, and to influence the very core practices of event management and event tourism. They introduce the theory, show how it is being used in the events sector through a literature review, incorporate examples and case studies written by researchers and/or practitioners, and contain methods that can be used effectively in the real world.
With online resource material, this mix-and-match collection is ideal for lecturers who need theoretical foundations and case studies for their classes, by students in need of reference works, by professionals wanting increased understanding alongside practical methods, and by agencies or associations that want their members and stakeholders to have access to a library of valuable resources. Series editor: Donald Getz PhD., Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 Figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-911635-25-3 (9781911635253)
DOI
10.23912/9781911635253-4274
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Ch 1 What is leadership?
* Introduction
* A brief review of the historical development of leadership
* Defining leadership
* Criticisms of leadership studies
* Leadership in the event literature
* The workforce of the future and events careers
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Lils Collingwood
Ch 2 Classic approaches to leadership
* Classic approaches to leadership - entity approaches
* Behavioural theories of leadership - what do leaders do?
* Contingency leadership - what leaders do depends on the situation
* Theory X and Y
* Event research and leadership style
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Jason Allan Scott
Ch 3 Leader/follower perspectives
* Leader/follower perspectives - entity-relational approaches
* Charismatic leadership
* Transactional and transformational leadership
* Followship in leadership studies
* Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Scott Taylor
Ch 4 The new wave of leadership studies
* The new wave of moral leadership studies
* Ethical leadership
* Authentic leadership
* Servant leadership
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Melissa Noakes
Ch 5 Leadership as a collective process
* Leadership as a collectivistic process
* The rise of collective leadership perspectives
* Shared leadership
* Team leadership
* Social identity theories of leadership
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Eamonn Hunt
Ch 6 Leadership as a skill
* Leadership as a skill
* Competency based leadership
* Specific event competencies
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from David Strafford
Ch 7 Knowledge and event leadership by Jane Tattersall
* Introduction
* The value of knowledge
* Aspects of knowledge
* Aspects of tacit knowledge
* Knowledge management
* Barriers and challenges
* Leadership in action: Knowledge management in small and medium sized enterprises
Ch 8 Events, leadership and power
* Introduction
* Who leads, and when - and what does that have to do with power?
* The power of leadership
* Access to leadership = access to power
* The power of events and event communities
* Stakeholder management, leadership and power
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Carrie Abernathy
Ch 9 Modelling events as social agents of change by Dr Miriam Firth
* Introduction
* Social agents of change: A definition
* Events as SACs
* Events are a stage
* Events are mirrors of society
* Events can be leaderless
* Events lead to new employment practices
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Rose Wilcox
Index
* Introduction
* A brief review of the historical development of leadership
* Defining leadership
* Criticisms of leadership studies
* Leadership in the event literature
* The workforce of the future and events careers
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Lils Collingwood
Ch 2 Classic approaches to leadership
* Classic approaches to leadership - entity approaches
* Behavioural theories of leadership - what do leaders do?
* Contingency leadership - what leaders do depends on the situation
* Theory X and Y
* Event research and leadership style
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Jason Allan Scott
Ch 3 Leader/follower perspectives
* Leader/follower perspectives - entity-relational approaches
* Charismatic leadership
* Transactional and transformational leadership
* Followship in leadership studies
* Leader-Member Exchange (LMX)
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Scott Taylor
Ch 4 The new wave of leadership studies
* The new wave of moral leadership studies
* Ethical leadership
* Authentic leadership
* Servant leadership
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Melissa Noakes
Ch 5 Leadership as a collective process
* Leadership as a collectivistic process
* The rise of collective leadership perspectives
* Shared leadership
* Team leadership
* Social identity theories of leadership
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Eamonn Hunt
Ch 6 Leadership as a skill
* Leadership as a skill
* Competency based leadership
* Specific event competencies
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from David Strafford
Ch 7 Knowledge and event leadership by Jane Tattersall
* Introduction
* The value of knowledge
* Aspects of knowledge
* Aspects of tacit knowledge
* Knowledge management
* Barriers and challenges
* Leadership in action: Knowledge management in small and medium sized enterprises
Ch 8 Events, leadership and power
* Introduction
* Who leads, and when - and what does that have to do with power?
* The power of leadership
* Access to leadership = access to power
* The power of events and event communities
* Stakeholder management, leadership and power
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Carrie Abernathy
Ch 9 Modelling events as social agents of change by Dr Miriam Firth
* Introduction
* Social agents of change: A definition
* Events as SACs
* Events are a stage
* Events are mirrors of society
* Events can be leaderless
* Events lead to new employment practices
* Leadership in action: Industry insight from Rose Wilcox
Index