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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827108603321

Autore

Harris Philip R (Philip Robert), <1926->

Titolo

Developing High Performance Leaders [[electronic resource] ] : A Behavioral Science Guide for the Knowledge of Work Culture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

0-203-11880-4

1-136-31167-X

1-283-86218-2

1-136-31168-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

658.3

658.4/092

658.4092

Soggetti

Employee motivation

Leadership

Performance

Personnel management

Management

Business & Economics

Management Styles & Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of exhibits; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the author; Prologue: the organization as an energy exchange; 1 High performance leaders for a knowledge culture; 2 Leading in a high performance work environment; 3 Increasing performance at work; 4 Improving leadership communication skills; 5 Influencing work culture at home and abroad; 6 Enhancing organizational and team relations; 7 Leading in the management of change; 8 Developing people through learning; 9 Energizing personnel through meetings

10 Future of leadership in the twenty-first centuryEpilogue: the learning leader; Afterword; Glossary of abbreviations; Further reading;



Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Every leader has human resource management and development responsibilities. Using a behavioural science perspective, Developing High Performance Leaders will enable leaders throughout the various business sectors to increase the yield on their organization's human capital and help their team members achieve their goals. In this instructive book, Philip Harris centres his teaching around five key aspects of the leadership process: human behaviour and performancecommunicationscultural influencesorganizational relationschange management