Leadership /
Iszatt-White, Marian,author.
Saunders, Christopher(Lecturer in business administration),author.
"Divided into four parts, the book brings together core themes and debates within the field and provides a wealth of diverse real-world case studies to help readers make the transition from theory to practice. The first part of the book, 'The basic framework', lays the foundation for subsequent chapters by exploring what we mean by leadership, how it compares to management, and why we study it. The second and third parts of the book build on this, addressing core topics that have shaped leadership thinking for academics and practitioners over the last fifty years; as well as considering the cutting-edge debates within the field and tackling issues such as leadership-as-practice, strategic leadership, ethical leadership, and leading change. Finally, the fourth part, 'Developing leaders', explores traditional and state-of-the-art development techniques, before encouraging the reader to consider their own leadership through identity work. Leadership mappings in the final chapter assimilate the range of theories and themes from the previous chapters, providing a framework for comparisons and connections throughout the book." -- provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: The basic frameworks -- 1: Why study leadership? (and how we do it) -- 2: Leadership, management and strategy: distinctions and overlaps -- 3: Leadership, power and influence: defining the leadership construct -- 4: Critical approaches to leadership -- Part two: Essentialist approaches -- 5: Born versus made: early approaches to understanding leadership -- 6: Transformational and charismatic leadership: vision and values at the top? -- 7: Leading teams and leading change -- 8: Authentic leadership: a solution in search of a problem -- Part three: Relational approaches -- 9: Leaders and leading: everyone is a leader now! -- 10: Leadership as a social construction -- 11: Leadership-as-practice: the practice turn and discursive leadership -- 12: Responsible leadership for a sustainable world -- 13: Followship, bad and toxic leadership -- Part four: Developing leaders: developing as a leader -- 14: Leadership and leadership development -- 15: Crafting leadership practice and identity.
"Divided into four parts, the book brings together core themes and debates within the field and provides a wealth of diverse real-world case studies to help readers make the transition from theory to practice. The first part of the book, 'The basic framework', lays the foundation for subsequent chapters by exploring what we mean by leadership, how it compares to management, and why we study it. The second and third parts of the book build on this, addressing core topics that have shaped leadership thinking for academics and practitioners over the last fifty years; as well as considering the cutting-edge debates within the field and tackling issues such as leadership-as-practice, strategic leadership, ethical leadership, and leading change. Finally, the fourth part, 'Developing leaders', explores traditional and state-of-the-art development techniques, before encouraging the reader to consider their own leadership through identity work. Leadership mappings in the final chapter assimilate the range of theories and themes from the previous chapters, providing a framework for comparisons and connections throughout the book." -- provided by publisher.
Leadership.