Improving Organizational Effectiveness Through Transformational Leadership

by Bernard M. Bass

• ISBN13: 9780803952362
• ISBN10: 0803952368
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-20
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

How can managers bring about optimum performance from the individuals in their organizations? What leadership techniques produce the most effective organizations? This book examines the theory and practice of the dynamic and innovative style of transformational leadership. The transformational leader encourages followers by acting as a role model, motivating through inspiration, stimulating intellectually, and giving individualized consideration to their needs and goals. Chapters explore how transformational leadership affects important issues in today's organizations such as delegation, teamwork, decision making, total quality management and corporate reorganization.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Karl W Kuhnert

Transforming Leadership

Developing People Through Delegation - Francis J Yammarino

Indirect Leadership

Transformational Leadership at a Distance - David C Atwater and Bernard M Bass

Transformational Leadership in Teams - David A Waldman

Transformational Leadership in Multifunctional Teams - Bernard M Bass

Transformational Leadership and Team and Organizational Decision Making - Bruce J Avolio

The Alliance of Total Quality and the Full Range of Leadership - Leanne E Atwater and David C Atwater

Organizational Transformation

Strategies for Change and Improvement - K Galen Kroeck

Corporate Reorganization and Transformations in Human Resource Management - Bruce J Avolio and Bernard M Bass

Conclusions and Implications