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Book The Anatomy of Leadership

Download or read book The Anatomy of Leadership written by Camilius Chike Egeni Ph. D and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THIS BOOK This book analyzed the various leadership strategies. It is grouped in three key components, namely: breadth, depth and the application components. The breadth component explored and analyzed the theories of leadership from various theorists, such as: Fiedler (1967), Sanford (1949), Reuters (1967) and Stogdill (1957), (1960). The depth component provided a comprehensive analysis of current literature and research studies on leadership. Over fifty-five current literature and research studies on leadership were reviewed, analyzed, compared and contrasted. As the name may suggest, in the application component the concepts of leadership identified in both the breadth and depth components were applied to solve a known public problem. The suicide epidemic among the Inuit of Nunavut was used to demonstrate how the learning from the theories, literature and research studies on leadership could be used to solve a public problem. The author applied the leadership tenets identified in the various leadership strategies, namely: charismatic, transformational, situational, and transactional leadership approaches for the exposition. The book emphasized on the importance of leadership and how leadership creates social change. This is a good book for managers, supervisors, leaders from various backgrounds, research scholars, teachers and anyone who wants to add values to create social change. It is a strategic book for decision makers.

Book The Anatomy of Leadership  a Conceptual Analytical Approach

Download or read book The Anatomy of Leadership a Conceptual Analytical Approach written by Camilius Chike Egeni and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THIS BOOK This book analyzed the various leadership strategies. It is grouped in three key components, namely: breadth, depth and the application components. The breadth component explored and analyzed the theories of leadership from various theorists, such as: Fiedler (1967), Sanford (1949), Reuters (1967) and Stogdill (1957), (1960). The depth component provided a comprehensive analysis of current literature and research studies on leadership. Over fifty-five current literature and research studies on leadership were reviewed, analyzed, compared and contrasted. As the name may suggest, in the application component the concepts of leadership identified in both the breadth and depth components were applied to solve a known public problem. The suicide epidemic among the Inuit of Nunavut was used to demonstrate how the learning from the theories, literature and research studies on leadership could be used to solve a public problem. The author applied the leadership tenets identified in the various leadership strategies, namely: charismatic, transformational, situational, and transactional leadership approaches for the exposition. The book emphasized on the importance of leadership and how leadership creates social change. This is a good book for managers, supervisors, leaders from various backgrounds, research scholars, teachers and anyone who wants to add values to create social change. It is a strategic book for decision makers.

Book Blessed Are Those Who Ask the Questions

Download or read book Blessed Are Those Who Ask the Questions written by J. Goosby Smith and published by IAP. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s organizational environment is characterized by high levels of cross-cultural, cross-national, and cross-religious communication, conflict, collaboration, and commerce. This environment produces myriad encounters between individuals who embrace different ideologies, religions and spiritual practices. As such, unanswered (and even unasked) questions about management, spirituality, and religion abound. This book, seeks to advance our understanding by asking the big questions. Blessed are Those Who Ask the Questions: What Should We be Asking About Management, Spirituality, and Religion in Organizations? is intended to be provocative in nature. Its chapters address novel ways that leadership, organizations, and organizational stakeholders mutually impact each other by their similarities and differences in religious, spiritual, and ideological traditions, cultures, and practices. Interdisciplinary in nature and firmly grounded in scholarly literature, this book identifies and maps out bold new trajectories for advancing the study of management spirituality, and religion (including but going far beyond Western, Christian conceptualizations of religion). Sometimes universal, sometimes quite specific, this volume identifies unexplored, underexplored, or unresolved issues in the field and proposes new streams of research. Diverse conceptual, empirical, theoretical, and critical treatments that honor a variety of inquiry styles and research methods push the boundaries of MSR research.

Book The Epistemology of Motivation

Download or read book The Epistemology of Motivation written by Egeni Chike Camilius and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epistemology of motivation harnesses the art of motivation. It analyzed and explained motivation and what motivate people. Targeting employee motivation, epistemology of motivation reviewed the motivational theories and discussed their strengths and weaknesses. The theories analyzed, include: the Maslow's needs hierarchy, Goal setting theory, theories and X, Y and Z, the Management by Objective and the newly Humanistic, Influence and Affluence factors. Various scholarly reports published within the past fifteen years were analyzed and referenced. The results show that employee motivation is key to achieve organizational goal; it reduces cost of operations and makes goals attainable.

Book Key Concepts in Leadership

Download or read book Key Concepts in Leadership written by Jonathan Gosling and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Concepts for Air Force Leadership

Download or read book Concepts for Air Force Leadership written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond Leadership

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  • Author : Scott Eacott
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2017-11-06
  • ISBN : 9811065683
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book Beyond Leadership written by Scott Eacott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book systematically elaborates Scott Eacott’s “relational” approach to organizational theory in education. Contributing to the relational trend in the social sciences, it first surveys relational scholarship across disciplines before providing a nuanced articulation of the relational research program and key concepts such as organizing activity, auctors, and spatio-temporal conditions. It also includes critical commentaries on the program from key figures such as Tony Bush, Megan Crawford, Fenwick English, Helen Gunter, Izhar Oplatka, Augusto Riveros, and Dawn Wallin. As such, the text models an approach to, or social epistemology for building knowledge claims in relation rather than through parallel monologues. Eacott’s relational approach provides a distinctive, post-Bourdieusian variant of the relational sociological project. Shifting the focus of inquiry from entities (e.g., leaders, organizations) to organizing activity and recognizing how auctors generate – simultaneously emerging from and constitutive of – spatio-temporal conditions unsettles the orthodoxy of organizational theory in educational administration and leadership. By presenting its claims in the context of other approaches, the book stimulates intellectual debate among both relational sociologists and opponents of relational approaches. Beyond Leadership provides significant insights into the organizing of education. As it does not fit neatly into any one field, but instead blends educational administration and leadership, organizational studies, and relational sociology, among others, it charts new territory and promotes important dialogue and debate.

Book Concepts of Air Force Leadership

Download or read book Concepts of Air Force Leadership written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dynamic Management and Leadership in Education

Download or read book Dynamic Management and Leadership in Education written by Anthony Kelly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new integrated theory of dynamic management and leadership in one comprehensive approach. It offers a new way of looking at the field, drawing on a wide body of research and practice in the fields of leadership and management, across all sectors in education and more broadly. The book focuses on management against a backdrop of leadership theory. Including examples of practice and application in schools, colleges and universities, it uses a range of historical leadership approaches to scaffold different management techniques that are known to work in effective organisations. It explores the overlap between management and leadership as dynamic theoretical and practical activities, merging the two together into a holistic model that can be applied by managers working in educational settings. Its twenty-six chapters also consider the praxis of educational leadership and management from political, economic and ethical perspectives in relation to issues such as equity and widening participation, and outline how ‘managership’ impacts on student achievement. Offering a unique balance of theory and practice, across school, college and university sectors, the book will be of great interest to researchers, academics, graduate students and practitioners in the field of educational leadership and management, and will be important reading for all stakeholders in the area of educational effectiveness and improvement.

Book Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management

Download or read book Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management written by M. Ronald Buckley and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management is designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources management.

Book Organizational Behavior and Virtual Work

Download or read book Organizational Behavior and Virtual Work written by Arvind K. Birdie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the globalization of work and technological advancements in recent years, and with emphasis on service quality today, organizations have changed. Virtual work has emerged as the new employment relationship and has been embraced by employees and employers in many industries. This book explores the dynamics of changing organization structures, theories of leadership and trust, and how dimensions of self-efficacy works in this new work relationship. Organizational Behavior and Virtual Work: Concepts and Analytical Approaches shows the enormous impact of technology and globalization on employment relationships and also predicts how they will contribute to the changing dimensions of organizations in the future. With a unique blend of theory and application in the real world of virtual workers, the book presents the most recent research and developments in the relatively new and still emerging area of virtual work. It takes an in-depth critical look into the key factors affecting the virtual work environment with practical inputs of suggestions and recommendations. With the objective of presenting information about this new work scenario, this book attempts to unfold important human behavior processes in organizations. The volume presents a rare combination of the necessary concepts of human behavior in organizations along with the results of research in the field and also makes practical recommendations on virtual work programs. Key features include a unique blend of research with organizational behavior concepts and practical recommendations for workers, managers, and business executives.

Book Organization Development for Facility Managers

Download or read book Organization Development for Facility Managers written by Stormy Friday and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Organization development is not just a murky, high-end concept for staff in human resources. In reality, it's a set of powerful tools for building and strengthening any department -- including facilities management. What's more, there are certain characteristics that are common to successful and effective FM organizations. Now, the well-known consultant Stormy Friday has devised an original, easy-to-follow blueprint for applying the best ideas in organization development (OD) specifically to the FM arena. Put it to use and you'll increase your department's performance, morale, and sustainability -- while equipping you and your staff with the skills and knowledge to make FM a strategic player in fulfilling your company's long-term goals. This clearly written book is organized around seven crucial ""DNA links,"" or building blocks for designing and developing a high-performance department. Within each link, the author outlines a set of OD skills for you to develop and apply, as well as practical tools and techniques and revealing case studies of OD at work in an FM environment (Dow Corning Corporation, Adaptec, Applied Physics Laboratory, and more). The DNA links are: 1. Leadership: FM managers often overlook the impact of their leadership on an FM organization. This book helps you focus on the skills you need to create a fully engaged workforce, where risk-taking, innovation, and strategic thinking are everyday occurrences. 2. Individuals: Without people, you don't have an FM department -- and you need to know how individuals think, what motivates them, and how to use that knowledge to positively influence their behavior. You'll find valuable insights into what makes people tick inside. 3. Groups: How do you distribute work -- to individuals or groups? This book shows you how to make the best decision based on an informed understanding of individual versus group behavior, and whether or not group process will effectively accomplish your organization's goals. 4. Culture: Corporate culture profoundly influences the development of an FM department, and is typically the cement that holds the enterprise together. Learn about the components of culture and how to conscientiously change that culture to build a stronger department. 5. Visioning and Strategic Planning: Most FM departments are too focused on their hectic day-to-day activities to engage in visioning and strategic planning. But stepping back and devising a practical FM action plan will actually reduce the daily frenzy! Find out how to do it inside. 6. Structure: Organization structure is a critical DNA linkage. Figuring out the best possible structure for your department is a difficult but essential skill. To simplify the task, the author supplies step-by-step guidelines for choosing the most appropriate structure and the right mix of staff and skills. 7. Future: FM organizations need to pay close attention to business trends and activities that could impact their company and department in the future. Learn about the skills necessary to predict changes and challenges that might soon affect your profession. Filled with how-to instructions, up-to-the-minute research, and a broad, historical perspective, Organization Development for Facility Managers is an important contribution to the field and an essential guide for FM professionals."

Book A Problem based Approach for Management Education

Download or read book A Problem based Approach for Management Education written by Philip Hallinger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the use of problem-based learning (PBL) in management education. The authors draw upon their experience in using PBL in a broad array of management education programs at the Bachelor, Master, Doctoral and Executive levels, in North American and in Asia. The book explores how PBL can make knowledge about management locally relevant, and clarifies how PBL can enable students to apply their knowledge to real problems.

Book New Paths for Selecting Political Elites

Download or read book New Paths for Selecting Political Elites written by Giulia Sandri and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a cross-country study of the consequences of the expansion of intra-party democracy, the trend towards more inclusive methods of selection for party candidates and leaders, and the impact of these on political elites in terms of sociopolitical profile and patterns of careers. It explores the link between political organizations and political elites, by studying the role of parties in parliamentary and political selection and its impact on the political leadership appointed. Putting an emphasis on primary elections, it analyses the party elites that emerge from those selection processes and those democratized organizational settings. It focuses not only on the analysis of the processes through which party elites are selected and the consequences at the level of the party but also at the level of party elites themselves, i.e. what impact party primaries have on the characteristics parties’ candidates and leaders. The book offers a theoretical, comparative, and empirical account of the internal electoral processes of parties and their impact on political recruitment. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, political parties and party systems, electoral politics, democracy, populism, and leadership, and more broadly to comparative politics.

Book An Analytical Approach to the Process of Leadership

Download or read book An Analytical Approach to the Process of Leadership written by John Russell Green (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Trends  Challenges  and Practices in Contemporary Strategic Management

Download or read book Trends Challenges and Practices in Contemporary Strategic Management written by M?zrak, Filiz and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern business dynamics are an intricate and strategic landscape that underpins organizational triumphs despite today’s turbulent market. Those fervently exploring the symbiosis of theory and reality within the strategic realm of contemporary strategic management require a solid understanding of the concept, and they can now enhance this journey with Trends, Challenges, and Practices in Contemporary Strategic Management. This seminal work unfurls a tapestry of erudition, guiding its readers through the corridors of contemporary strategic management. Targeting a diverse readership encompassing academicians, researchers, students, and industry leaders, the book’s scope is as expansive as its subject matter. For scholars and researchers, its pages unfold a treasure trove of contemporary strategic management theories, their evolution, and cutting-edge practices. Practitioners entrusted with steering strategic compasses will glean a pragmatic arsenal of insights and best practices, their leadership acumen fortified to navigate the most tempestuous waters of organizational strategy. Covering from disruptive innovation and strategic leadership in a digital epoch to sustainability, global strategy, and the pivotal role of artificial intelligence in shaping strategies, this book mirrors the ever-evolving cadence of contemporary strategic management.

Book Business Research Methods

Download or read book Business Research Methods written by Emma Bell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: