Dilemmas Of Leadership

by Rickards; Tudor

• ISBN13: 9780415355858
• ISBN10: 0415355850
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-11-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

'The most important leader you study in this book is...yourself.' With these words, the authors indicate the emphasis on personal development in Dilemmas of Leadership. This textbook provides a reflective leadership development course for would-be leaders, through which readers explore and refine their understanding of leadership, and their own leadership goals and objectives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
A search for a leadership text	1	(1)
Dealing with the dependency dilemma	1	(1)
More about dilemmas	2	(1)
Maps, myths and mandrills	3	(1)
A statement of aims	4	(1)
Boxes	5	(1)
References	5	(1)
Support systems for the reader	5	(1)
Leadership journeys, stories and maps	6	(24)
Orientation	6	(2)
Overview	8	(1)
The platform of understanding	9	(3)
A first lesson in map-reading: the platform of understanding	12	(1)
Learning about map-testing	13	(1)
Integration	14	(1)
The skills of personal map-making	15	(1)
Finding and dealing with dilemmas	16	(4)
An example of map-making: a short history of leadership	20	(4)
Revisiting the Departure Lounge Dilemma	24	(3)
The basic structure of the book	27	(1)
Summary	28	(1)
Notes	28	(2)
Born or made? Dilemmas of destiny and development	30	(27)
Orientation	30	(2)
Overview	32	(1)
Platforms of understanding: leadership research and leadership development	33	(1)
Alan Bryman on leadership in organisations	33	(4)
David Day's meta-study of leadership development	37	(4)
Contextual materials	41	(2)
Leadership development	43	(1)
Development programmes: the Center for Creative Leadership	44	(3)
John Adair and action-centred leadership	47	(2)
I know I'm not a born leader	49	(1)
Richard Boyatzis and intentional change theory	50	(1)
Integration	51	(1)
Getting personal	52	(2)
Summary	54	(1)
Notes	55	(2)
Dilemmas of coordination and boundaries in project team leadership	57	(22)
Orientation	57	(2)
Overview	59	(1)
Platforms of understanding: project leadership	60	(1)
The team, the project and the leader: a functional approach	60	(3)
Innovation leadership	63	(2)
Contextual materials	65	(3)
Team development processes	68	(1)
Sporting teams and their dilemmas	69	(3)
Treatments for team pathologies	72	(1)
Integration	72	(3)
Getting personal	75	(1)
Summary	76	(1)
Notes	77	(2)
The magic of leadership: charisma and its redress	79	(23)
Orientation	79	(2)
Overview	81	(1)
Platforms of understanding: transformational leadership	81	(1)
Robert House and path-goal theory	82	(1)
Bernard Bass and the full-range leadership model	83	(3)
Jay Conger's work on empowerment	86	(4)
Contextual materials	90	(5)
Integration	95	(4)
Getting personal	99	(1)
Summary	100	(1)
Notes	101	(1)
Shared meanings and why myths matter: the power of the symbolic	102	(23)
Orientation	102	(1)
Overview	102	(3)
Platforms of understanding: symbolic leadership	105	(1)
Smircich and Morgan's map of the management of meaning	105	(3)
Barry Turner's treatment of symbolism	108	(4)
Contextual materials	112	(4)
Case example of a symbolic leader	116	(3)
Integration	119	(1)
Getting personal	120	(2)
Summary	122	(1)
Notes	123	(2)
Trust and the dilemmas of rationality and freedom	125	(21)
Orientation	125	(2)
Overview	127	(1)
Platforms of understanding: trust and leadership	127	(1)
Dirks and Ferrin's meta-analysis of trust in leadership	128	(3)
Anthony Giddens on trust and identity	131	(3)
Contextual materials	134	(5)
Integration	139	(3)
Getting personal	142	(2)
Summary	144	(1)
Notes	145	(1)
Do strategic leaders matter?	146	(26)
Orientation	146	(4)
Overview	150	(1)
Platforms of understanding: strategic leadership	151	(1)
Nahavandi and Malekzadeh's investigation into strategic leadership	152	(2)
Boal and Hooijberg's review of themes in strategic leadership	154	(2)
Contextual materials	156	(10)
Integration	166	(2)
Getting personal	168	(1)
Summary	169	(1)
Notes	170	(2)
Dilemmas of gender and diversity	172	(24)
Orientation	172	(2)
Overview	174	(1)
Platforms of understanding: gender issues and diversity	175	(1)
Robert Vecchio's meta-analysis of leadership and gender differences	175	(1)
Eagly and Carli's evaluation of the female leadership advantage theory	176	(3)
Nkomo and Cox's review of diversity	179	(2)
Contextual materials	181	(7)
Diversity leadership	188	(2)
Integration	190	(2)
Getting personal	192	(1)
Summary	193	(1)
Notes	194	(2)
Nice guys lose, don't they? Ethical dilemmas	196	(24)
Orientation	196	(2)
Overview	198	(1)
Platforms of understanding: ethical leadership	198	(1)
Joanne Ciulla's exploration of ethical leadership	199	(2)
MacGregor Burns and Greenleaf's voices of ethical leadership	201	(1)
Contextual materials	202	(7)
Integration	209	(4)
Getting personal	213	(4)
Summary	217	(1)
Notes	218	(2)
Emerging issues and dilemmas	220	(26)
Orientation	220	(1)
Overview	220	(2)
Platforms of understanding: the future of leadership	222	(1)
Gary Yukl's map of the future of leadership	222	(3)
Joseph Rost's map of twenty-first-century leadership	225	(3)
Contextual materials	228	(1)
The social basis of influence	228	(3)
Emotional intelligence and leadership	231	(2)
Positive turbulence	233	(2)
Getting personal	235	(6)
Summary	241	(3)
Notes	244	(2)
Index	246