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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458281003321

Autore

Andrews Matt

Titolo

Development as leadership-led change [[electronic resource] ] : a report for the Global Leadership Initiative / / Matt Andrews, Jesse McConnell, Alison Wescott; [foreword, J. Edgardo Campos]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010

ISBN

1-282-72566-1

9786612725661

0-8213-8422-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

World Bank study

Altri autori (Persone)

McConnellJesse

WescottAlison

Disciplina

324.22

Soggetti

Leadership - Developing countries

Organizational change - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1: Introduction; 2: Development as Change; 3: Leadership and Change: Theory and Propositions; 4: Examining Our Propositions: A Method; 5: Examining Leadership-led: Change Propositions:: Results and Discussion; 6: Conclusions, and a Case for More: Leadership Work in Development; Appendixes; References; Eco-Audit: Environmental Benefits Statement; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global Leadership Initiative and led by the World Bank Institute (WBI), to examine leadership in the change processes of fourteen capacity development interventions in eight developing countries, through 140 in-depth structured interviews. It explores what it takes to make change happen and in particular, the