
Frontiers of Leadership
An Essential Reader
David Syrett(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-631-18387-7 (ISBN)
Description
There are many aphorisms and assumptions surrounding leadership - which of them can be relied upon? Can we identify the qualities that make a good leader?
Are the characteristics that make a leader unchanging throughout time? Are leadership styles influenced by a person's background or sex? In short, are leaders born or bred?
This book presents current thinking about the phenomenon of leadership with nearly 100 articles from leading authorities including:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
John Harvey-Jones
Tom Peters
Peter Drucker
Charles Handy
John Katter
Meredith Belbin
Whether you study leaders, aspire to be one, or have to pot and develop the leaders of tomorrow the book will be enlightening reading.
Ethics and leadership; women as leaders; leading in a crisi; and leadership in a global market-place - these are some of the many topics covered in the book. A separate section discusses how leaders are developed and how changing attitudes to what sort of leaders we now require have affected approaches and techniques.
'Leadership is an endless subject and endlessly interesting because you can never get your conceptual arms around it' says Warren Bennin, world authority on leadership. Discover how he and other distinguished consultants, business people and academics have tried and succeeded.
Are the characteristics that make a leader unchanging throughout time? Are leadership styles influenced by a person's background or sex? In short, are leaders born or bred?
This book presents current thinking about the phenomenon of leadership with nearly 100 articles from leading authorities including:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
John Harvey-Jones
Tom Peters
Peter Drucker
Charles Handy
John Katter
Meredith Belbin
Whether you study leaders, aspire to be one, or have to pot and develop the leaders of tomorrow the book will be enlightening reading.
Ethics and leadership; women as leaders; leading in a crisi; and leadership in a global market-place - these are some of the many topics covered in the book. A separate section discusses how leaders are developed and how changing attitudes to what sort of leaders we now require have affected approaches and techniques.
'Leadership is an endless subject and endlessly interesting because you can never get your conceptual arms around it' says Warren Bennin, world authority on leadership. Discover how he and other distinguished consultants, business people and academics have tried and succeeded.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
879 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-18387-7 (9780631183877)
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Person
Michael Syrett and Clare Hogg are established business journalists and commentators. For over twelve years, they have written on organizational and management education issues for leading journals such as International Management, Director, Management Today, Eurobusiness and Personnel Management, as well as leading UK national newspapers such as the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Times
Content
Contents The Contributors The Cult of Leadership Introduction PART I: DEFINITIONS 1. Leadership and Management: Is There a Difference? 2. Leadership: The Value of Military Precedents 3. Leadership in Business: The Modern Characteristics 4. Leadership: A View from the Front 5. Leadership and Creativity 6. Crisis Leadership 7. Leadership, Ethics and the Environment 8. Leadership and the Non-profit Organisation 9. National Attitudes to Leadership 10. Leadership and the Global marketplace 11. Leadership and the Senior Management Team 12. Women as Leaders 13. Leadership in the 21st Century PART II: DEVELOPMENT 1. Leaders: Born or Bred? 2. Selecting Leaders: The Role of Fast-tracks and Succession Planning 3. How Leaders Learn 4. Leadership through Outdoor Training 5. Leadership and Teambuilding 6. Developing Women as Leaders 7. Developing International Leaders 8. Why Leaders Fail.