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UNINA9910785959503321 |
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Autore |
Van Wart Montgomery <1951-, > |
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Dynamics of leadership in public service : theory and practice / / Montgomery van Wart |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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1-317-47275-6 |
1-317-47276-4 |
1-315-70507-9 |
1-78268-996-6 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 p.) |
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Leadership |
Public administration |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Changes in the Second Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Types of Leadership""; ""History of the Literature on Leadership in the Mainstream and Public Sectors""; ""Perennial Debates in Leadership Theory""; ""A Discussion of Some Important Terms and Concepts""; ""An Operational Definition of Leadership for Individuals""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part I: Leadership Theories""; ""2. Theoretical Building Blocks: Contingency Factors and Leader Styles"" |
""Contingency Factors""""Dimensions of Styles""; ""Types of Leader Styles""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. Leadership Theories: Early Managerial and Transactional Approaches""; ""Use of a Causal-Chain Model to Compare Approaches and Theories""; ""Early Management and Leadership Approaches""; ""Transactional Approaches""; ""Conclusion""; ""4. Leadership Theories: Charismatic and Transformational Approaches""; ""Precursors to Contemporary Charismatic and Transformational Theories""; ""Comparing Transactional and Transformational Approaches to Leadership""; ""Charismatic and Transformational Approaches"" |
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""Conclusion""""5. Horizontal and Distributed Models of Leadership""; ""Distributed-Leadership Approaches""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. Ethics-Based Leadership Theories""; ""Perspectives on Ethics-Based Leadership""; ""Generic Leadership Model Based on Consciousness and Conscientiousness""; ""Conclusion""; ""7. Specialized Approaches to Leadership: Power, Culture, Diversity, and Gender""; ""The Power Approach to Leadership""; ""World Cultures and Leadership""; ""Subcultures, Diversity, and Leadership""; ""Gender and Leadership""; ""Conclusion""; ""8. Integrative Theories"" |
""Shared Leadership Theory""""Chemersà‚€?s Integrative Theory""; ""Transformational Theory""; ""Strategic Leadership Theory""; ""Social Change Leadership Theory""; ""Complexity Leadership Theory""; ""Leadership Competencies Theory""; ""Multiple-Organizational-Level Leadership Theory""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part II: Applying Theory""; ""9. Leader Assessments""; ""Assessment of the Organization and Its Environment""; ""Constraints of Leadership""; ""Conclusion""; ""10. Leader Formulation and Prioritization of Goals""; ""The Science and Art of Goal Setting""; ""Generic Skills Used in Goal Setting"" |
""A Model of Leader Goal Formulation and Prioritization in Organizational Settings""""Selecting Major Goals""; ""Balancing Goals""; ""Conclusion""; ""11. Traits That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness""; ""Self-Confidence""; ""Decisiveness""; ""Resilience""; ""Energy""; ""Need for Achievement""; ""Willingness to Assume Responsibility""; ""Flexibility""; ""A Service Mentality""; ""Personal Integrity""; ""Emotional Maturity""; ""Conclusion""; ""12. Skills That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness""; ""Communication Skills""; ""Social Skills""; ""Influence Skills""; ""Analytic Skills"" |
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Eminently readible, current, and comprehensive, this acclaimed text sets the standard for instruction in |
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UNINA9910792244903321 |
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Autore |
Gilchrist Alan L |
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Seeing black and white [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Gilchrist |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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0-19-804051-2 |
1-4294-2042-1 |
9786610845637 |
1-280-84563-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-408) and indexes. |
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The classic period -- The Katz period -- The Gestalt period -- The contrast period -- The computational period -- Computational models -- Illumination perception -- The anchoring problem -- Errors in lightness -- An anchoring model of errors -- Theories of lightness -- Concluding thoughts. |
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Reviews the history of the scientific development of lightness theory and outlines and critiques the theories of lightness laying out the strengths and weaknesses of each. This work presents author's argument that previous models of lightness perception fail to capture the errors and illusions present in human perception. |
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