Synopses & Reviews
Leadership authority Dick Daft offers managers valuable insight into proven and emerging leadership theory while equipping them with the practical skills and understanding to become more effective leaders. Packed with interesting examples and illustrations of effective leadership in action, this book offers the latest thinking about leadership theory and practice - including emerging trends in the business world as well as academic and military environments. A best-selling author, Daft is widely renowned for his reader-friendly style and cutting-edge coverage.
Synopsis
Packed with interesting examples and real world leadership, this text helps the reader develop an understanding of theory while acquiring the necessary skills and insights to become effective leaders. It is written for courses teaching leadership theory and application. The Leadership Experience integrates recent ideas and practices with established scholarly research in a way that makes the topic of leadership come alive.
Synopsis
Become an effective leader with THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE! Packed with interesting examples of real world leadership, this management text will help you acquire the skills you need to become an effective leader. See leadership in action with Leadership Profiles and In the Lead boxes that spotlight current leaders in business, education, the military, politics, and not-for-profit organizations. Each chapter ends with exercises that allow you to apply the concepts you?ve learned while gaining insight into your own leadership development.
About the Author
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where he specializes in the study of leadership and organization theory. Dr. Daft is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. He was the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science and served for three years as Associate Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or coauthored 13 books covering organization theory, management, research, and leadership. He has also authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters. His work has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, California Management Review, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Dr. Daft has been awarded several government research grants in organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing. An active teacher and consultant, Dr. Daft has served as associate dean, produced for-profit theatrical productions, and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has been involved in management development and consulting for many companies and government organizations, including the American Banking Association, AutoZone, Bell Canada, Nortel, Bridgestone, TVA, Pratt and Whitney, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, the United States Air Force, the U.S. Army, J. C. Bradford and Co., Central Parking System, USAA, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP. 1. What Does It Mean to Be a Leader? Part II: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP. 2. Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships. 3. Contingency Approaches. Part III: THE PERSONAL SIDE OF LEADERSHIP. 4. The Leader as an Individual. 5. Leadership Mind and Heart. 6. Courage and Moral Leadership. 7. Followership. Part IV: THE LEADER AS RELATIONSHIP BUIDER. 8. Motivation and Empowerment. 9. Leadership Communication. 10. Leading Teams. 11. Developing Leadership Diversity. 12. Leadership Power and Influence. Part V: THE LEADER AS SOCIAL ARCHITECT. 13. Creating Vision and Strategic Direction. 14. Shaping Culture and Values. 15. Designing and Leading a Learning Organization. 16. Leading Change.