Synopses & Reviews
What is leadership? Are leaders made or born? Are the characteristics and challenges of leadership the same across time and cultures? Do leaders "pull" or are they "pushed"? Are leaders driven by needs that may be dysfunctional to the organizations they lead? Do women leaders behave differently from men? Should we look for models of business and organizational leadership in military organizations?
These are all just some of the many fascinating questions posed in this new collection, which ranges from key statements from classical philosophy (Plato, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli) to those of modern management writers (Barnard, Kets de Vries, Fiedler, Rosener). The latest in the new series Oxford Management Readers, the collection will be invaluable to a wide range of students, scholars, and practicing managers.
Review
"This collection provides a broad sampling of the literature of leadership."--Karen G. Evans, Indiana University Northwest
Table of Contents
Introduction,
Keith GrintPart I Classical Leadership
1. Philosopher Kings, Plato
2. The Art of War, Sun Tzu
3. The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli
4. The System of Government, Vilfredo Pareto
Part II Traditional Leadership
5. The Nature of Leadership, Chester Barnard
6. Leadership, Membership, and Organization, R. M. Stogdill
7. Situational Control and a Dynamic Theory of Leadership, Fred E. Fiedler
Part III Modern Leadership
8. A Definition and Illustration of Democratic Leadship, John Gastil
9. Top Management Styles in Europe, A. Kakabadse, A. Myers, T. McMahon, and G. Spony
10. Shatter the Glass Ceiling, Bernard M. Bass and Bruce J. Avolio
11. Sexual Static, Judy B. Rosener
Part IV Mythical Leadership
12. The Gentleman and the Hero, Iain Pears
13. The Leadership Mystique, Manfred R. F. Kets de Vries
14. Leadership: An Alternating Social Myth, Gary Gemmill and Judith Oakley
Part V Alternative Leadership
15. Organizing, Leadership, and Skilful Process, Dian Marie Hosking
16. Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King, Jnr., Stephen J. Lilley and Gerald M. Platt
17. Voicing Seduction to Silence Leadership, Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich