Key Concepts in Leadership
Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior, Management & Leadership, Leadership
| Author: | Ian Sutherland, Stephanie Jones, Professor Jonathan Gosling | ISBN: | 9781446289754 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | August 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | SAGE Publications Ltd | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ian Sutherland, Stephanie Jones, Professor Jonathan Gosling |
| ISBN: | 9781446289754 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication: | August 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | SAGE Publications Ltd |
| Language: | English |
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here
What are the main characteristics of effective leadership?
How can we understand leadership today?
This wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are accessible and insightful entries on what leadership is, how it is practised and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a one stop introductory guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences.
An invaluable reference tool, this book offers insight into issues such as:
• Are leaders born or made?
• Authoritarian versus participative leadership
• The psychology of leaders and followers
• Leadership development
• Leadership styles, skills and functions
• Leadership in practice
This book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike.
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here
What are the main characteristics of effective leadership?
How can we understand leadership today?
This wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are accessible and insightful entries on what leadership is, how it is practised and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a one stop introductory guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences.
An invaluable reference tool, this book offers insight into issues such as:
• Are leaders born or made?
• Authoritarian versus participative leadership
• The psychology of leaders and followers
• Leadership development
• Leadership styles, skills and functions
• Leadership in practice
This book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike.
