Executive Leadership A Practical Guide to Managing Complexity

by Jaques, Elliott; Clement, Stephen D.; Lessem, Ronnie

• ISBN13: 9780631193135
• ISBN10: 0631193138
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-06
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Strong managerial leadership is a major factor in competitiveness and effectiveness in business. Companies must establish a managerial organization structure that puts competent managerial leaders into suitable roles. The aim of this practical text is to provide a foundation for leadership at a down-to-earth and understandable level.

Author Biography

Elliott Jaques continues the development of his comprehensive theory-based system of organizational structure and managerial processes, based on more that 46 years of practical field work in industry and commerce, government and health services, in the Church of England and in the US Army. He is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Brunel University, England, and is Visiting Research Professor of Management Science at George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Stephen D. Clement has spent fifteen years in the field of leadership development in the US Army where he was instrumental in developing policy and doctrine for leadership training. He is currently the president of Organizational Design Inc, of Boerne, Texas, where he consults for international corporations as well as the US Army on applying organizational design principles.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Requisite Leadership - Managing Complexity

Preface

Special Acknowledgement

Acknowledgments

Concepts and Principles

The Demystification of Leadership

Human Nature at Work

Role Complexity and Task Complexity

Basic Concepts of Organizational Structure

Requisite Practices

Task Assigning Role Relationships (TARRs)

Managerial Leadership

Supervisory Leadership

Project Teams and Expert Leadership

Manager-Once-Removed (MOR) Leadership Accountability

Organizational Leadership

Managerial Leadership Development Program

Outline and Summary

Bibliography

Index

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