Leadership Perspectives Knowledge into Action [Hardcover]

Taking its theme from the fifth annual Studying Leadership conference held at Cranfield School of Management, this work?offers new formulations of the concept of leadership.?Making a clear link between research and practice,?it explores how new ideas about leadership will lead to new approaches to leadership practice.New Perspectives on Leadership: How Practical is a Good Theory? K.Turnbull James& J.Collins The Event's the Thing: Brief Encounters with the Leaderful Moment; M.Wood& D.Ladkin Leadership, Spirituality and Complexity: Wilberforce and the Abolition of the Slave Trade; P.Simpson& C.Hill Sharing Thoughts on Leadership and Friendship; R.French How to Become a Globally Responsible Leader: Rites of Passage and Transitional Space; M.Dubouloy Strategic Leadership; K.Turnbull James, C.Bowman& R.Kwiatkowski Voluntarism, Representative Leadership and Organisational Democracy; M.Clarke& D.Butcher Public Sector Leader Change Strategies; A Focus on Technical or Collaborative Solutions; S.Maddock Leadership in the British Army  a Gendered Construct? M.Dunn Leadership in Higher Education; A.Bryman Departmental Affiliation, Leadership and Leadership Development; G.Edwards& D.Jepson Leading with Political Awareness: Leadership Across Diverse Interests Inside and Outside the Organisation; J.Hartley& C.Fletcher Political-management Leadership; S.Baddeley Leaders and their Self-efficacy Beliefs: Why Working Relationships Matter; J.Jaina The Importance of Role Models in the Development of Leaders' Professional Identities; R.Sealy& V.Singh Distributed Leadership in Project Teams; J.D.J.vanAmeijde, P.C.Nelson, J.Billsberry& N.vanMeurs

SIMON BADDELEY studies at the Institute of Local Government Studies at Birmingham University and was a member of the 2005 SOLACE Commission, whose report 'Leadership United', examined how chief executives managed in political environments JON BILLSBERRY Director of Research and Senior Lecturer in OrganilS8