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Most observers still adhere to the belief that single, heroic leaders initiate major change in contemporary human organizations. This "great person" paradigm seems especially strong when such change implements a new method of meeting the organization''s central goals. Huck seeks to test this paradigm by studying the implementation of web-based education at a university in the United States. Huck''s findings, based on ethnographic field research, tend to refute the "myth" of change by a principal authority in the organization. Instead, Huck finds that the constructs of Complexity Theory better…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Most observers still adhere to the belief that
single, heroic leaders initiate major change in
contemporary human organizations. This "great
person" paradigm seems especially strong when such
change implements a new method of meeting the
organization''s central goals. Huck seeks to test this
paradigm by studying the implementation of web-based
education at a university in the United States.
Huck''s findings, based on ethnographic field
research, tend to refute the "myth" of change by a
principal authority in the organization. Instead,
Huck finds that the constructs of Complexity Theory
better explain the processes and outcomes of change
in human groups. Huck argues that change in the
contemporary U.S. university is the product of
individual interactions that are usually inductive
and parochial, but which retain the potential to
cascade across an organization and transform it.
Autorenporträt
Daniel Huck holds the Gruver Chair of Leadership Studies at Berea
College. Dr. Huck began his career as an attorney and judge,
later pursuing his doctorate in leadership studies and a second
career in teaching. His publications focus on leadership theory,
and his recent field research focuses on survivors of the 1970s
genocide in Cambodia.