Jonathan Gosling, Ian Sutherland, Stephanie Jones

Key Concepts in Leadership (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What are the main characteristics of effective leadership?

How can we understand leadership today?

This wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are accessible and insightful entries on what leadership is, how it is practised and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a one stop introductory guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences.

An invaluable reference tool, this book offers insight into issues such as:

. Are leaders born or made?

. Authoritarian versus participative leadership

. The psychology of leaders and followers

. Leadership development

. Leadership styles, skills and functions

. Leadership in practice

This book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446268902
• Artikelnr.: 42154641

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Gosling is Emeritus Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter, UK, where he directed the Centre for Leadership Studies for 12 years. He is now an independent academic consulting through his company Pelumbra.com, a member of the Bristol Leadership and Change Centre, and Lead Faculty with the Forward Institute promoting responsible leadership in government, NGOs and business. He has designed and delivered many in-company executive development programs for corporations and International agencies. He is currently researching and assisting the leadership of malaria elimination programs, of social-value oriented business-models, sustainable supply chains in China, and of professional organizations (consultancies, universities, health research, etc.). He has written a series of papers on the relevance of philosophy to leading and managing, and books on well-known national heroes. His work is published in journals such as Leadership, Organization, Business Ethics and Harvard Business Review,. His books with Sage include Key Concepts in Leadership(2012), Napoleonic Leadership: a study in power (2015) and chapters in several Sage Handbooks such as that for Responsible Leadership and Management Education (2020). He co-founded the One Planet MBA with WWF-International and the One Planet Education Networks (OPEN) for academic and other experts. He has authored or edited 9 books, over 40 peer-reviewed articles, and a number of influential reports; chaired international conferences, institutional and programme reviews, Professorial and tenure appointments, research grant panels, and so forth. He is on the editorial boards of 6 journals, has supervised over 12 PhDs and examined many more, held visiting positions at universities in Canada, China, Denmark, France, India, Slovenia and New Zealand. He represented UK Universities at the Rio+20 UN Sustainability summit. He was an early instigator of the Critical Management Studies movement, co-founder of the IMPM.org and now plays a significant role in the 'greening' of management education worldwide. He worked many years as a mediator and on other interventions inspired by psychodynamic perspectives on power and organizing. He is co-founder of Coachingourselves.com and is a keen sailor.

Inhaltsangabe

How to Use This Book Introduction by the Authors Leadership Definition, Theory and Practice The Entries Accommodating Leadership and Competitive Leadership Analytical Leadership and an Intuitive, Instant Leadership Approach Authoritative Leadership and Participative Leadership Avoiding Leadership and Involved Leadership Behind-the-Scenes Leadership and Leading from the Front Broad-Based and Functional Leadership Change-Oriented Leadership and Continuity-Based Leadership
Chillaxed Leadership
and
Leadaholics
Coaching and Mentoring-Oriented Leadership and Directive, Telling-What-to-Do Leadership Colleague-Leading and Leading Prima Donnas
Company-Branded
and
Individually Branded
Leadership Compromising Leadership and Co-Operative Leadership Developmental-Oriented Leadership and Job-Hopping Leadership Diversity Leadership and Leading Homogeneity Eastern-Style and Western-Style Leadership: Contrasting and Converging National Cultures Employee Leading and Volunteer Leading EQ-Oriented Leadership and IQ-Oriented Leadership Expert and Generalist Leadership Extrovert and Introvert Leadership Finance-Oriented Leadership and Marketing-Oriented Leadership Global Leadership and Worldly Leadership Goal-Oriented and Opportunistic Leadership
Here and Now
Leadership and Legacy Leadership HR-Oriented Leadership and Production-Oriented Leadership Implementer Leadership and Shaper-Driver Leadership Individualistic Leadership and Relationship-Oriented Leadership Inspirational and Low-Key Leadership Interim Leadership and Tenured Leadership Knee-Jerk Leadership and Reflective Leadership Long-Term Leadership and Project Management Leadership Macro and Micro-Leadership Nurturing Leadership and Toxic Leadership Pragmatic and Principles-Driven Leadership Conclusion Bibliography Concept Index Name Index