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Leadership : a very short introduction / Keith Grint.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 237Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199569915 (pbk.)
  • 0199569916 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.34 GRI 23 009263
Online resources:
Contents:
1. What is leadership? -- 2. What isn't leadership? -- 3. What was leadership? -- 4. Are leaders born or bred? -- 5. Who are the leaders? -- 6. How do leaders lead? -- 7. What about the followers? -- 8. Can we do without leaders?
Summary: The subject of leadership raises many questions: What is it? How does it differ from management and command? Are leaders born or bred? Who are the leaders? Do we actually need leaders? Inevitably, the answers are provocative and partial; leadership is a hugely important topic of debate. There are constant calls for 'greater' or 'stronger' leadership, but what this actually means, how we can evaluate it, and why it's important are not very clear. In this Very Short Introduction Keith Grint prompts the reader to rethink their understanding of what leadership is. He examines the way leadership has evolved from its earliest manifestations in ancient societies, highlighting the beginnings of leadership writings through Plato, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and others, to consider the role of the social, economic, and political context undermining particular modes of leadership. Exploring the idea that leaders cannot exist without followers, and recognising that we all have diverse experiences and assumptions of leadership, Grint looks at the practice of management, its history, future, and influence on all aspects of society.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.

1. What is leadership? --
2. What isn't leadership? --
3. What was leadership? --
4. Are leaders born or bred? --
5. Who are the leaders? --
6. How do leaders lead? --
7. What about the followers? --
8. Can we do without leaders?

The subject of leadership raises many questions: What is it? How does it differ from management and command? Are leaders born or bred? Who are the leaders? Do we actually need leaders? Inevitably, the answers are provocative and partial; leadership is a hugely important topic of debate. There are constant calls for 'greater' or 'stronger' leadership, but what this actually means, how we can evaluate it, and why it's important are not very clear. In this Very Short Introduction Keith Grint prompts the reader to rethink their understanding of what leadership is. He examines the way leadership has evolved from its earliest manifestations in ancient societies, highlighting the beginnings of leadership writings through Plato, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and others, to consider the role of the social, economic, and political context undermining particular modes of leadership. Exploring the idea that leaders cannot exist without followers, and recognising that we all have diverse experiences and assumptions of leadership, Grint looks at the practice of management, its history, future, and influence on all aspects of society.

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