Introduction to Leadership
SAGE Publications Inc
978-1-5063-8984-4 (ISBN)
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Peter G. Northouse’s bestselling Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice provides students with an overview of practicing leadership and presents effective strategies for becoming a better leader.
The text is organized around key leader responsibilities such as creating a vision, establishing a constructive climate and overcoming obstacles. Three interactive components in every chapter – self-assessment questionnaires, observational exercises, and reflection and action worksheets – help readers to identify their leadership style and apply leadership concepts to their own lives.
The Fourth Edition features a new chapter on Embracing diversity and inclusion, which explores the nature of diversity and helps leaders to create an inclusive climate with the help of inclusion framework. There is also an updated and expanded chapter on Engaging Strengths, which highlights how leaders can recognize and use their own strengths, as well as those of their peers.
The new edition comes packed with features that encourage readers to engage and relate theory to practice and is complimented by a free Interactive e-book* featuring a new Leadership Profile Tool, which analyses reader responses in questionnaires and provides individual feedback. It also contains integrated links to SAGE Premium videos, journals, articles and external web links, allowing access on the go and encouraging learning and retention whatever the reading or learning style.
Suitable reading for students studying on leadership modules or courses.
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Peter G. Northouse is a professor emeritus of communication in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University. For more than 25 years he taught leadership and interpersonal and organizational communication at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to publications in professional journals he is the author of Leadership: Theory and Practice (9th ed.) and Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice (6th ed.) and co-author of Health Communication: Strategies for Health Professionals (3rd ed.). His scholarly and curricular interests include models of leadership, leadership assessment, ethical leadership, and leadership and group dynamics. He has worked as a consultant in a variety of areas, including leadership development, leadership education, conflict management, and health communication. He holds a doctorate in speech communication from the University of Denver and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communication education from Michigan State University.
Preface
About the Author
1. Understanding Leadership
2. Recognizing Your Traits
3. Engaging Strengths
4. Understanding Philosophy and Styles
5. Attending to Tasks and Relationships
6. Developing Leadership Skills
7. Creating a Vision
8. Establishing a Constructive Climate
9. Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
10. Listening to Out-Group Members
11. Managing Conflict
12. Addressing Ethics in Leadership
13. Overcoming Obstacles
Glossary
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.6.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Thousand Oaks |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 670 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5063-8984-8 / 1506389848 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5063-8984-4 / 9781506389844 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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