Understanding leadership perspectives: theoretical and practical approaches

There is no dearth of popular books on leadership, often extolling the virtues of charismatic, celebrity leaders or offering simplistic formulas for ‘inspiring the troops’ to achieve ‘extraordinary results’. However, empirical research and exploration of leadership and its many elements is in much less supply.Confronted by failures of leadership in all of our major institutions - business, government, educational, cultural, medical, and spiritual -researchers, concerned citizens, and would-be leaders alike are interested in the prospects for achieving effective leadership. This book fills a gap in the literature ofLeadership Studies by presenting the Leadership Perspectives Model (LPM), which observes and analyzes leadership through five distinct orientations: scientific management, excellence management, values leadership, trust cultural leadership, and spiritual leadership.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-84901-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 230
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés