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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785959503321

Autore

Van Wart Montgomery <1951-, >

Titolo

Dynamics of leadership in public service : theory and practice / / Montgomery van Wart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-47275-6

1-317-47276-4

1-315-70507-9

1-78268-996-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Disciplina

352.3/9

Soggetti

Leadership

Public administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""



""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""""Chemers�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""

""Technical Skills""

Sommario/riassunto

Eminently readible, current, and comprehensive, this acclaimed text sets the standard for instruction in



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792244903321

Autore

Gilchrist Alan L

Titolo

Seeing black and white [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Gilchrist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-804051-2

1-4294-2042-1

9786610845637

1-280-84563-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Collana

Oxford psychology series

Disciplina

152.14/3

Soggetti

Brightness perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series from jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-408) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793515503321

Autore

Spring Laurence

Titolo

The Bavarian army during the Thirty Years War, 1618-1648 : the backbone of the Catholic League / / Laurence Spring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Solihull, West Midlands, England : , : Helion & Company Limited, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-913118-48-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Century of the soldier, 1618-1721 ; ; Number 15

Disciplina

940.24

Soggetti

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648

Bavaria (Germany) History Maximilian I, 1597-1651

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and indexes.