Leadership, Loyalty and Deception
Lessons Learned from the Race to Find Weapons of Mass Destruction
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-230-52482-8 (ISBN)
Description
This new book illustrates how the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction leading to the Iraq war represents a broader problem in organizations: the breakdown of learning in crisis. Kayes is an award-winning author and leader in the field of organizational behaviour. He has been repeatedly recognized for the quality of his work and has an outstanding reputation. His previous book, "Destructive Goal Pursuits", has sold very well and received many great reviews.The book offers a groundbreaking approach to leadership, drawing upon the controversy behind the search for WMD, illustrating the destructive side of leadership.This startling non-fiction book has an engaging narrative and a host of incredible characters-dictator, scientist, spies, and government leaders, amongst others. These elements seem to come straight from popular fiction, yet all the information comes from recently released reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, documents compiled by British and U.S. intelligence services, and reports in the pressThis explosive new book offers a fresh look at the race to find the Weapons of Mass Destruction that led to the invasion of Iraq, and the most disturbing leadership breakdown in a generation.
Drawing on the latest thinking on leadership and psychology, the author sets his sights on three men and their race to uncover the truth about WMD.
Drawing on the latest thinking on leadership and psychology, the author sets his sights on three men and their race to uncover the truth about WMD.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-230-52482-8 (9780230524828)
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Person
D. CHRISTOPHER KAYES is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at George Washington University, USA. His research includes 35 papers and numerous consulting engagements around the world. He has won several awards, including best paper in 2004 in the journal Human Relations for The 1996 Mt. Everest Climbing Disaster: The Breakdown of Learning in Teams. His paper Experiential Learning and Its Critics: Preserving the Role of Experience in Management Learning and Education was one of three best papers for 2002-2003 in the Academy of Management Learning and Education, nominated alongside Henry Mintzberg and Jeffery Pfeiffer. Kayes is the author of the acclaimed Destructive Goal Pursuit; The Mount Everest Disaster.
Content
Prologue; Introduction; PART I: THE RACE TO FIND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; Believing is Seeing; Customer Driven Intelligence; The Elusive Tragic and Bloody Final Act; Children, Animals and Dossiers; PART II: LEADERSHIP, LOYALTY AND DECEPTION; Culture and the Race for WMD; The destructive Cultural Cocktail; Leadership; Loyalty; Deception; Leadership, Learning and Performance; Epilogue - Iran NIE.