Entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders
Subtitle: what the airline industry can teach us about leadership
By: Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, Mark Rennella.
Contributors: Nohria, Nitin, 1962-; Rennella, Mark.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780230615670
Subjects: Airlines -- United States -- Management; Leadership
Description: This text reveals how leadership has evolved through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs dominate the industry's early history, but as the industry evolved a new breed of managers emerged who built a dominant business model that enabled their companies to grow dramatically.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Guggenheims : promoting aviation in America; title: Juan Trippe's early entrepreneurial efforts; title: C. E. Woolman and Delta Air Lines; title: Juan Trippe and the growth of international air travel; title: C. R. Smith and American Airlines; title: William "Pat" Patterson and United Air Lines; title: Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines; title: Gordon Bethune's revival of Continental Airlines.