Leadership
9th Edition
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9789355320704
© 2022 | Published: November 22, 2021
OverviewOften the only difference between chaos and a smoothly functioning operation is leadership; this book is about that difference. Leadership is state of the art in its discussions, presents concepts in an easy-to understand format and allows st…
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PART ONE: Leadership Is a Process, Not a Position
Chapter 1: What Do We Mean by Leadership?
Chapter 2: Leader Development
Chapter 3: Skills for Developing Yourself as a Leader
PART TWO: Focus on the Leader
Chapter 4: Power and Influence
Chapter 5: Values, Ethics, and Character
Chapter 6: Leadership Attributes
Chapter 7: Leadership Behavior
Chapter 8: Skills for Building Personal Credibility and Influencing Others
PART THREE: Focus on the Followers
Chapter 9: Motivation, Performance, and Effectiveness
Chapter 10: Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential
Chapter 11: Groups, Teams, and Their Leadership
Chapter 12: Skills for Developing Others
PART FOUR: Focus on the Situation
Chapter 13: The Situation
Chapter 14: Contingency Theories of Leadership
Chapter 15: Leadership and Change
Chapter 16: The Dark Side of Leadership
Chapter 17: Skills for Optimizing Leadership as Situations Change
Chapter 1: What Do We Mean by Leadership?
Chapter 2: Leader Development
Chapter 3: Skills for Developing Yourself as a Leader
PART TWO: Focus on the Leader
Chapter 4: Power and Influence
Chapter 5: Values, Ethics, and Character
Chapter 6: Leadership Attributes
Chapter 7: Leadership Behavior
Chapter 8: Skills for Building Personal Credibility and Influencing Others
PART THREE: Focus on the Followers
Chapter 9: Motivation, Performance, and Effectiveness
Chapter 10: Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential
Chapter 11: Groups, Teams, and Their Leadership
Chapter 12: Skills for Developing Others
PART FOUR: Focus on the Situation
Chapter 13: The Situation
Chapter 14: Contingency Theories of Leadership
Chapter 15: Leadership and Change
Chapter 16: The Dark Side of Leadership
Chapter 17: Skills for Optimizing Leadership as Situations Change
Overview
Often the only difference between chaos and a smoothly functioning operation is leadership; this book is about that difference. Leadership is state of the art in its discussions, presents concepts in an easy-to understand format and allows students to be active participants in learning. By engaging students with numerous case studies, exercises, projects and questions that enforce concepts, Leadership creates a unique learning experience for both faculty and students. Additionally, there are diverse profile of leaders that help instill leadership qualities in students.
Key Features
• Inclusion of recent research findings across all chapters
• Addition of numerous new Highlights as well as the elimination of those that had become dated and/or less central to the material in their respective chapters. Examples of the new Highlights include bullying bosses, gender stereotyping, and possible evolutionary roots to the pull toward greater organizational transparency.
• New profiles of new leaders added such as that of Sheikh Zayed, founder of the United Arab Emirates; Stan Lee, who was the creative genius behind Marvel Comics; and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose musical Hamilton became a Broadway phenomenon.
• Chapter 9 revised to include five motivational theories along with a detailed description of the performance management cycle (planning, monitoring, and evaluating performance) as well as common ways to measure team and organizational effectiveness
• New Chapter 10 is a new chapter entitled “Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential.
• Chapter 6 has substantially more content on the subject of emotional intelligence as well as more extensive treatment of strength based leadership and neuro leadership.
• Chapter 12 includes expanded treatment of organizational culture types
Often the only difference between chaos and a smoothly functioning operation is leadership; this book is about that difference. Leadership is state of the art in its discussions, presents concepts in an easy-to understand format and allows students to be active participants in learning. By engaging students with numerous case studies, exercises, projects and questions that enforce concepts, Leadership creates a unique learning experience for both faculty and students. Additionally, there are diverse profile of leaders that help instill leadership qualities in students.
Key Features
• Inclusion of recent research findings across all chapters
• Addition of numerous new Highlights as well as the elimination of those that had become dated and/or less central to the material in their respective chapters. Examples of the new Highlights include bullying bosses, gender stereotyping, and possible evolutionary roots to the pull toward greater organizational transparency.
• New profiles of new leaders added such as that of Sheikh Zayed, founder of the United Arab Emirates; Stan Lee, who was the creative genius behind Marvel Comics; and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose musical Hamilton became a Broadway phenomenon.
• Chapter 9 revised to include five motivational theories along with a detailed description of the performance management cycle (planning, monitoring, and evaluating performance) as well as common ways to measure team and organizational effectiveness
• New Chapter 10 is a new chapter entitled “Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential.
• Chapter 6 has substantially more content on the subject of emotional intelligence as well as more extensive treatment of strength based leadership and neuro leadership.
• Chapter 12 includes expanded treatment of organizational culture types