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Key concepts in leadership /

By: Gosling, Jonathan
Title By: Jones, Stephanie | Dijkstra, Joost | Sutherland, Ian
Series: SAGE key concepts.Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2012.Description: xxxii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781849205894Program: MGMT903Subject(s): Leadership | ManagementDDC classification: 658.4092 GO KE
Summary:
This book is a guide to the central concepts of leadership. What are the main characteristics of effective leadership? How can we understand leadership today? This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are entries on what leadership is, how it is practiced and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences. As a reference tool, it contains entries on: The eight questions of leadership ; The five minds of the manager ; Leadership and psychology ; Developmental approaches to leadership ; Functional leadership ; Leadership practice. The book also offers insights 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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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658.4092 GO KE (Browse shelf) Available T0055642

MGNT903 Winter2024

REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection
658.4092 GO KE (Browse shelf) Available T0055641
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Accommodating leadership and competitive leadership --
Analytical leadership and an intuitive, instant leadership approach --
Authoritarian leadership and participative leadership --
Avoiding leadership and involved leadership --
Behind-the-scenes leadership and leading from the front --
Broad-based leadership and functional leadership --
Change-oriented leadership and continuity-based leadership --
'Chillaxed leadership' and 'leadaholics' --
Coaching and mentoring-oriented leadership and directive, telling-what-to-do leadership --
Colleague-leading and leading prima donnas --
'Company-branded' leadership and 'individual-branded' leadership --
Compromising leadership and co-operative leadership --
Developmental-oriented leadership and job-hopping leadership --
Diversity leadership and leading homogeneity --
Eastern-style leadership and western-style leadership : contrasting and converging national cultures --
Employee leading and volunteer leading --
EQ-oriented leadership and IQ-oriented leadership --
Expert leadership and generalist leadership --
Extrovert leadership and introvert leadership --
Finance-oriented leadership and marketing-oriented leadership --
Global leadership and worldly leadership --
Goal-oriented leadership and opportunistic leadership --
'Here-and-now' leadership and legacy leadership --
HR-oriented leadership and production-oriented leadership --
Implementer leadership and shaper-driver leadership --
Individualistic leadership and relationship-oriented leadership --
Inspirational leadership and low-key leadership --
Interim leadership and tenured leadership --
Knee-jerk leadership and reflective leadership --
Long-term leadership and project management leadership --
Macro-leadership and micro-leadership --
Nurturing leadership and toxic leadership --
Pragmatic leadership and principles-driven leadership.

This book is a guide to the central concepts of leadership. What are the main characteristics of effective leadership? How can we understand leadership today? This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are entries on what leadership is, how it is practiced and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences. As a reference tool, it contains entries on: The eight questions of leadership ; The five minds of the manager ; Leadership and psychology ; Developmental approaches to leadership ; Functional leadership ; Leadership practice. The book also offers insights 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.

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