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The leader's companion : insights on leadership through the ages / edited by J. Thomas Wren.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: EB00569747 | Recorded BooksPublication details: New York : Free Press, �1995.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 554 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781439135976
  • 1439135975
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Leader's companion.DDC classification:
  • 303.3/4/09 20
LOC classification:
  • HM141 .L375 1995
Other classification:
  • 85.08
Online resources:
Contents:
The cry for leadership / J.W. Gardner -- The crisis of leadership / J.M. Burns -- Defining a citizen leader / R.A. Couto -- Servant leadership / R.K. Greenleaf -- Thinking and learning about leadership / T.E. Cronin -- Paths of inquiry into leadership / I.J. Spitzberg, Jr. -- The meaning of leadership / B.M. Bass -- What is leadership? / R.L. Hughes [and others] -- Concepts of leadership : the beginnings / B.M. Bass -- The hero as king / Thomas Carlyle -- Rulers and generals are "history's slaves" / Leo Tolstoy --The republic / Plato -- Politics / Aristotle -- How princes should keep faith / Niccolo Machiavelli -- Tao Te Ching / Lao-tzu -- Satyagraha / Mohandas Gandhi -- The talented tenth / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Contemporary leadership theory / M.M. Chemers -- Transactional and transforming leadership / J.M. Burns -- The transformation of transforming leadership / R.A. Couto -- Beyond the charismatic leader : leadership and organizational change / D.A. Nadler, M.L. Tushman -- What leaders really do / J.P. Kotter.
Personal factors associated with leadership / R.M. Stogdill -- Leadership : do traits matter? / S.A. Kirkpatrick, E.A. Locke -- Behavioral theories of leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Ways women lead / J.B. Rosener -- Would women lead differently / Virginia Schein -- Women and minorities in management / A.M. Morrison, M.A. Von Glinow -- Leaders and followers / J.W. Gardner -- Leaders and followers are the people in this relationship / J.C. Rost -- In praise of followers / R.E. Kelley -- Situational leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Superleadership : beyond the myth of heroic leadership / C.C. Manz, H.P. Sims -- Domination/subordination / J.B. Miller -- Challenging the barriers to opportunity / A.M. Morrison -- The historical and contemporary contexts of leadership : a conceptual model / J.T. Wren, M.J. Swatez -- Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede -- Defining organizational culture / E.H. Schein -- Strong cultures : a new "old rule" for business success / T.E. Deal, A.A. Kennedy.
Leadership in large-scale organized systems / J.W. Gardner -- Leadership and democracy / T.E. Cronin -- The making of a citizen leader / Cheryl Mabey -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : charismatic leadership in a mass struggle / Clayborne Carson -- Understanding and influencing follower motivation ; Power, influence, and influence tactics / R.L. Hughes [and others] -- Developmental sequence in small groups / B.W. Tuckman -- Groupthink / Irving Janis -- The artform of leadership / Warren Bennis -- What it means to think critically / S.D. Brookfield -- Common views of organizations / L.G. Bolman, T.E. Deal -- Choosing a fundamental change strategy / Richard Beckhard, Wendy Pritchard -- Visionary leadership / Marshall Sashkin -- The decision-making process / E.F. Harrison -- Decision making and the leadership process / V.H. Vroom -- Leadership communication skills / M.Z. Hackman, C.E. Johnson -- Designing systems for resolving disputes in organizations / J.M. Brett [and others].
Leadership jazz / Max De Pree -- Redefining leadership for the next century / L.J. McFarland [and others] -- Talent and training for leadership / R.B. Smith -- A new vision of leadership / Michele Darling -- Moral leadership / J.M. Burns -- Moral development in individuals / H.T. Prince II -- Messages from the environment : the influence of policies and practices on employee responsibility / J.B. Ciulla -- Universal human values : finding an ethical common ground / R.M. Kidder.
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Summary: This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and W.E.B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns, John Kotter, and Warren Bennis join such leading practitioners as Max De Pree and Roger B. Smith in discussing contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-544) and indexes.

The cry for leadership / J.W. Gardner -- The crisis of leadership / J.M. Burns -- Defining a citizen leader / R.A. Couto -- Servant leadership / R.K. Greenleaf -- Thinking and learning about leadership / T.E. Cronin -- Paths of inquiry into leadership / I.J. Spitzberg, Jr. -- The meaning of leadership / B.M. Bass -- What is leadership? / R.L. Hughes [and others] -- Concepts of leadership : the beginnings / B.M. Bass -- The hero as king / Thomas Carlyle -- Rulers and generals are "history's slaves" / Leo Tolstoy --The republic / Plato -- Politics / Aristotle -- How princes should keep faith / Niccolo Machiavelli -- Tao Te Ching / Lao-tzu -- Satyagraha / Mohandas Gandhi -- The talented tenth / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Contemporary leadership theory / M.M. Chemers -- Transactional and transforming leadership / J.M. Burns -- The transformation of transforming leadership / R.A. Couto -- Beyond the charismatic leader : leadership and organizational change / D.A. Nadler, M.L. Tushman -- What leaders really do / J.P. Kotter.

Personal factors associated with leadership / R.M. Stogdill -- Leadership : do traits matter? / S.A. Kirkpatrick, E.A. Locke -- Behavioral theories of leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Ways women lead / J.B. Rosener -- Would women lead differently / Virginia Schein -- Women and minorities in management / A.M. Morrison, M.A. Von Glinow -- Leaders and followers / J.W. Gardner -- Leaders and followers are the people in this relationship / J.C. Rost -- In praise of followers / R.E. Kelley -- Situational leadership / Paul Hersey, K.H. Blanchard -- Superleadership : beyond the myth of heroic leadership / C.C. Manz, H.P. Sims -- Domination/subordination / J.B. Miller -- Challenging the barriers to opportunity / A.M. Morrison -- The historical and contemporary contexts of leadership : a conceptual model / J.T. Wren, M.J. Swatez -- Cultural constraints in management theories / Geert Hofstede -- Defining organizational culture / E.H. Schein -- Strong cultures : a new "old rule" for business success / T.E. Deal, A.A. Kennedy.

Leadership in large-scale organized systems / J.W. Gardner -- Leadership and democracy / T.E. Cronin -- The making of a citizen leader / Cheryl Mabey -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : charismatic leadership in a mass struggle / Clayborne Carson -- Understanding and influencing follower motivation ; Power, influence, and influence tactics / R.L. Hughes [and others] -- Developmental sequence in small groups / B.W. Tuckman -- Groupthink / Irving Janis -- The artform of leadership / Warren Bennis -- What it means to think critically / S.D. Brookfield -- Common views of organizations / L.G. Bolman, T.E. Deal -- Choosing a fundamental change strategy / Richard Beckhard, Wendy Pritchard -- Visionary leadership / Marshall Sashkin -- The decision-making process / E.F. Harrison -- Decision making and the leadership process / V.H. Vroom -- Leadership communication skills / M.Z. Hackman, C.E. Johnson -- Designing systems for resolving disputes in organizations / J.M. Brett [and others].

Leadership jazz / Max De Pree -- Redefining leadership for the next century / L.J. McFarland [and others] -- Talent and training for leadership / R.B. Smith -- A new vision of leadership / Michele Darling -- Moral leadership / J.M. Burns -- Moral development in individuals / H.T. Prince II -- Messages from the environment : the influence of policies and practices on employee responsibility / J.B. Ciulla -- Universal human values : finding an ethical common ground / R.M. Kidder.

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This book serves as a guided introduction to the richly diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and W.E.B. Du Bois provide a wide range of insights into the eternal practice and problems of leadership. Modern masters of leadership such as James MacGregor Burns, John Kotter, and Warren Bennis join such leading practitioners as Max De Pree and Roger B. Smith in discussing contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice.

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