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9780415568456: Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World
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ISBN 10 : 0415568455 ISBN 13 : 9780415568456
Editeur : Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

We live in a leadership-obsessed society. The result is that we assume nearly any social or economic ill can be mended through better leadership. Sometimes, this commitment to leadership is followed by hero worshipping, wishful thinking and misplaced hope.

Seeking to understand the faith we place in leadership, the authors draw on a number of in-depth studies of managers trying to "do" leadership. It presents six metaphors for the leader: as gardener, cosy-crafter, saint, cyborg, commander and bully. Some of these offer unexpected insights into how leadership does and does not work. The book sheds light on a varied - often contradictory and sometimes darker - side of leadership.

Cutting through the management-speak drenched current literature on leadership, Metaphors We Lead By presents an enlightening and refreshing understanding of an important topic. It will be useful reading for students and researchers, as well as the thinking manager.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at the Lund University, Sweden. He is also affiliated with University of Queensland Business School. Another of his recent books, Changing Organizational Culture, is also available from Routledge.

André Spicer is an Associate Professor of Organisation Studies at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK. He is also a visiting research fellow at the University of Lund, Sweden. His recent publications (as co-author) include Unmasking the Entrepreneur and Understanding Corporate Life.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415568455
ISBN 13 
9780415568456
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
232
Éditeur
Alvesson Mats, Spicer André
Coordonnées du fabricant
Routledge
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