Metaphors we lead by : understanding leadership in the real world / / edited by Mats Alvesson & Andre Spicer

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/4
• Soggetto topico: Leadership; Metaphor
• Altri autori: AlvessonMats <1956-> SpicerAndre
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP; CHAPTER 3: METAPHORS FOR LEADERSHIP; CHAPTER 4: LEADERS AS SAINTS: Leadership through moral peak performance; CHAPTER 5: LEADERS AS GARDENERS: Leadership through facilitating growth; CHAPTER 6: LEADERS AS BUDDIES: Leadership through making people feel good; CHAPTER 7: LEADERS AS COMMANDERS: Leadership through creating clear direction; CHAPTER 8: LEADERS AS CYBORGS: Leadership through mechanistic superiority ; CHAPTER 9: LEADERS AS BULLIES: Leadership through intimidationCHAPTER 10: COMMUNICATING LEADERSHIP METAPHORS; CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: We live in a leadership-obsessed society. The result is that we assume nearly any social or economic ill can be mended through better leadership. Sometimes, this commitment to leadership is followed by hero worshipping, wishful thinking and misplaced hope. Seeking to understand the faith we place in leadership, the authors draw on a number of in-depth studies of managers trying to ""do"" leadership. It presents six metaphors for the leader: as gardener, cosy-crafter, saint, cyborg, commander and bully. Some of these offer unexpected insights into how leadership does and does n
• Titolo autorizzato: Metaphors we lead by
• ISBN: 1-136-88942-6; 1-136-88943-4; 1-283-04378-5; 9786613043788; 0-203-84012-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820582903321
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