Leadership

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

*Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2016* The authors, an international team of experts, guide students on an entertaining journey through key concepts, contemporary issues and debates in leadership studies. Students can: Understand how theory comes to life through a fascinating selection of case studies, ranging from political leaders such as Tony Blair to business leaders such as Steve Jobs, and from leadership in the arts to leadership in gang culture. Be inspired by the 'Leadership on screen' feature, which encourages analysis of how leadership is represented in film and TV, including The Dark Knight, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games and Grey′s Anatomy. Visit the companion website for access to additional resources including author videos and journal articles.

Critical and rigorous, yet also easy to digest, this text is ideal for students and practitioners with or without any prior knowledge of the field.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Case Studies (p. vii)
• List of Editors and Contributors (p. ix)
• Foreword (p. xi)
• Guided Tour of the Book (p. xiv)
• Introduction: The Powers of Leaders (p. xvii)
• Part I Classical Theories of Leadership (p. 1)
• 1 Leadership, Management and Headship: Power, Emotion and Authority in Organization (p. 3)
• 2 Trait Theories of Leaders and Leadership: From Ancient Greece to Twenty-first-century Neuroscience (p. 26)
• 3 Leading through Contingencies (p. 45)
• 4 Transformational Leadership: Secularized Theology? (p. 69)
• Part II Leading in Context (p. 87)
• 5 Leadership Learning and Development (p. 89)
• 6 Leadership, Governance and Strategy (p. 109)
• 7 Difference and Leadership (p. 130)
• 8 Studying Followers (p. 150)
• Part III Contemporary Perspectives (p. 167)
• 9 Leadership and Process (p. 169)
• 10 Relational Leadership (p. 188)
• 11 Leadership without Leaders: Understanding Anarchist Organizing through the Lens of Critical Leadership Studies (p. 212)
• 12 Leadership, Post-structuralism and the Performative Turn (p. 233)
• 13 Seeing Leadership: Becoming Sophisticated Consumers of Leadership (p. 253)
• References (p. 272)
• Index (p. 290)