Overview

Often the only difference between chaos and a smoothly functioning operation is leadership; this book is about that difference. Leadership is state of the art in its discussions, presents concepts in an easy-to understand format and allows students to be active participants in learning. By engaging students with numerous case studies, exercises, projects and questions that enforce concepts, Leadership creates a unique learning experience for both faculty and students. Additionally, there are diverse profile of leaders that help instill leadership qualities in students.

Key Features

• Inclusion of recent research findings across all chapters
• Addition of numerous new Highlights as well as the elimination of those that had become dated and/or less central to the material in their respective chapters. Examples of the new Highlights include bullying bosses, gender stereotyping, and possible evolutionary roots to the pull toward greater organizational transparency.
• New profiles of new leaders added such as that of Sheikh Zayed, founder of the United Arab Emirates; Stan Lee, who was the creative genius behind Marvel Comics; and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose musical Hamilton became a Broadway phenomenon.
• Chapter 9 revised to include five motivational theories along with a detailed description of the performance management cycle (planning, monitoring, and evaluating performance) as well as common ways to measure team and organizational effectiveness
• New Chapter 10 is a new chapter entitled “Satisfaction, Engagement, and Potential.
• Chapter 6 has substantially more content on the subject of emotional intelligence as well as more extensive treatment of strength based leadership and neuro leadership.
• Chapter 12 includes expanded treatment of organizational culture types