Tools and Techniques of Leadership and Management : Meeting the Challenge of Complexity
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2012
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| Authors: | Stacey, Ralph |
| Publisher: |
London : Routledge |
| Subject: | Personalführung | Leadership | Management | Führungstechnik |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (193 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Introduction; The split between managers and leaders; Outline of the book; 2 The theory of complex responsive processes: understanding organizations as patterns of interaction between people; Introduction; Chaos and unpredictability; From the complexity sciences: local interactions and emergent global order; Interdependent individuals and the interplay of human intentions; The emergence of Facebook in the interplay of intentions; Conclusion 3 Understanding organizing activities as the game: implications for leadership and management tools and techniquesIntroduction; The nature of local interactions: communication; The nature of local interactions: power relations; The nature of local interactions: ideology and choices; Local interaction: the impact of the social background; Implications for leadership and management tools and techniques; Conclusion; 4 The leadership and management tools and techniques of instrumental rationality: rules and step-by-step procedures; Introduction; The management tools of instrumental rationality The nature of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationalityConclusion; 5 The limitations of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationality: incompatibility with expert performance; Introduction; Competence, perhaps, but not proficiency or expertise; Critique of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationality and responses to the critique; The tools and techniques of leadership: development programmes and models of leadership; Leadership models; Conclusion; 6 The leadership and management techniques of disciplinary power: surveillance and normalization; Introduction Disciplinary powerThe effects of disciplinary power in organizations; Thinking about leadership programmes; Conclusion; 7 Taking the techniques of disciplinary power to the extreme: domination and coercive persuasion; Introduction; Coercive persuasion; The techniques of coercive persuasion; Complex responsive processes of discipline; Taking the application of the techniques of disciplinary power to extremes: institutionalized bullying; Further thoughts on taking the application of discipline to extremes: 'Doublethink' and 'Newspeak'; Conclusion 8 Institutions and the techniques of leadership and management: habits, rules and routinesIntroduction; The nature of institutions; Institutional change; Power and institutions; The differences between the theory of complex responsive processes and the theories of institutions; Institutions and complex responsive processes: patterns of human interaction; Institutional techniques; Conclusion; 9 The leadership and management 'techniques' of practical judgment: reflexive inquiry, improvisation and political adroitness; Introduction; 'Technique' as a mode of inquiry: narrative and reflexivity Participation in conversation: group processes as 'techniques' of widening and deepening communication |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-53117-7 ; 978-0-203-11589-3 ; 978-1-280-87429-1 ; 1-280-87429-5 ; 978-1-136-29680-2 ; 978-1-136-29680-2 ; 978-0-415-53117-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011676976