Management : A Focus on Leaders

by McKee, Annie

• ISBN13: 9780132575904
• ISBN10: 0132575906
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-29
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Directly addressing the challenges and opportunities in our changing world, Management: A Focus on Leadersshows future managers how to lead in today#x19;s complex, yet exciting, global environment. Managing and Leading Today: The New Rules; The Leadership Imperative: It#x19;s Up to You; Motivation and Meaning: What Makes People Want to Work?; Communication: The Key to Resonant Relationships; Planning and Strategy: Bringing the Vision to Life; The Human Side of Planning: Decision Making and Critical Thinking; Change: A Focus on Adaptability and Resiliency; Workplace Essentials: Creativity, Innovation, and a Spirit of Entrepreneurship; Organizing for a Complex World: Structure and Design; Teams and Team Building: How to Work Effectively with Others; Working in a Virtual Word: Technology as a Way of Life; Organizational Controls: People, Processes, Quality, and Results; Culture: It#x19;s Powerful; Globalization: Managing Effectively in a Global Economic Environment; Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Ensuring the Future; Managing and Leading for Tomorrow: A Focus on Your Future For anyone interested in understanding the field of management through the theme of leadership.

Author Biography

 

Annie McKee has coauthored two groundbreaking books on leadership, Primal Leadership (with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis) and Resonant Leadership (also with Boyatzis), and her newest book, Becoming a Resonant Leader was published in March 2008. She serves as Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and teaches at the Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education. Annie is the founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute, a consultancy serving managers and leaders of businesses and not-for-profits all over the world. She received her doctorate in

organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve University and her baccalaureate degree, summa cum laude, from Chaminade University in Honolulu. Her life’s work has been to support people in reaching their full potential as employees, leaders, and people as they contribute to their families, organizations, and communities. As she puts it, “My mission is to, one by one, with leader after leader, help others embrace the hope that carried me through my life. If I can help people experience hope and find their dreams, and give them the power to realize them, I will consider my life worthwhile.”

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Managing and Leading Today: The New Rules

Chapter 2: The Leadership Imperative: It’s Up to You

Chapter 3: Motivation and Meaning: What Makes People Want to Work?

Chapter 4: Communication: The Key to Resonant Relationships

Chapter 5: Planning and Strategy: Bringing the Vision to Life

Chapter 6: The Human Side of Planning: Decision Making and Critical Thinking

Chapter 7: Change: A Focus on Adaptability and Resiliency

Chapter 8: Workplace Essentials: Creativity, Innovation, and a Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Chapter 9: Organizing for a Complex World: Structure and Design

Chapter 10: Teams and Team Building: How to Work Effectively with Others

Chapter 11: Working in a Virtual Word: Technology as a Way of Life

Chapter 12: Organizational Controls: People, Processes, Quality, and Results

Chapter 13: Culture: It’s Powerful

Chapter 14: Globalization: Managing Effectively in a Global Economic Environment

Chapter 15: Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Ensuring the Future

Chapter 16: Managing and Leading for Tomorrow: A Focus on Your Future