Leadership

Business & Money

Iszatt-White, Marian

Saunders, Christopher

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

Product Description 
Written by an author team from one of Europe's leading management schools, Leadership encourages critical appraisal of the mainstream viewpoints and personal reflection on leadership experience in a way that is both clear and highly engaging.\nDivided into four parts, the book brings together core themes and debates within the field and provides a wealth of diverse real-world case studies to help readers make the transition from theory to practice. The first part of the book, 'Defining the Terrain', lays the foundation for subsequent 
chapters by exploring what we mean by leadership, how it compares to management, and why we study it. The second and third parts of the book build on this, addressing core topics that have shaped leadership thinking for academics and practitioners over the last fifty years; as well as considering 
the cutting-edge debates within the field and tackling issues such as leadership-as-practice, strategic leadership, ethical leadership, and leading change. Finally, the fourth part, 'Developing Leaders', explores traditional and state-of-the-art development techniques, before encouraging the reader 
to consider their own leadership through identity work. Leadership mappings in the final chapter assimilate the range of theories and themes from the previous chapters, providing a framework for comparisons and connections throughout the book.\nIn addition to the book's thematic approach, carefully designed learning features invite readers to exercise critical thinking skills and develop their own practice and perspectives on the material presented.\nThis book has dedicated online resources, which include:\nStudent resources: 
Web links to related sites 
Links to feeds from topical journals 
Online glossary\nLecturer resources: 
Integrative case studies 
PowerPoint slides 
Suggestions for discussion points 
Video clips of inspirational speeches and discussions on leadership\nAbout the Author 
Marian Iszatt-White, 
Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University Management School,Christopher Saunders, 
Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education, Lancaster University Management School\nDr Marian Iszatt-White is a Senior Lecturer in the area of leadership at the School of Management, Lancaster University. Marian formerly held the position of Group Treasurer of top 100 plc Enterprise Oil, and also developed a freelance training and consultancy business.\nChris is the Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education at Lancaster University Management School. He has over 20 years' experience in the design and direction of leadership development programmes for a range of different organisations. Most recently Chris has been Director of Lancaster's Executive 
MBA programme, taught in the UK, Ghana, and Malaysia. He has previously been Director of the Full time MBA programme.

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