Description
Product ID: | 9781849205894 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Sage Key Concepts Series |
Title: | Key Concepts in Leadership |
Authors: | Author: Ian Sutherland, Stephanie Jones, Jonathan Gosling |
Page Count: | 164 |
Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Political leaders and leadership, Management: leadership and motivation, Political leaders & leadership, Management: leadership & motivation |
Description: | Select Guide Rating An indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike. What are the main characteristics of effective leadership? How can we understand leadership today? This wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary book provides readers with a complete introduction to the essentials of leadership. Included here are accessible and insightful entries on what leadership is, how it is practised and the relevant strengths and pitfalls. The book provides a one stop introductory guide to one of the most central and contested concepts in the social sciences. An invaluable reference tool, this book offers insight into issues such as: • Are leaders born or made? • Authoritarian versus participative leadership • The psychology of leaders and followers • Leadership development • Leadership styles, skills and functions • Leadership in practice This book is an indispensable guide to the central concepts of leadership for professionals and students alike. |
Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-08-16 |