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Complex Adaptive Leadership : Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty.
Title:
Complex Adaptive Leadership : Embracing Paradox and Uncertainty.
Author:
Obolensky, Nick.
ISBN:
9780566089336
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: What's This All About? -- Part I The Context -- 1 A Journey of Discovery -- 2 The World Wide Context - A Flow Towards Polyarchy -- 3 The Organisational Context - Evolve or Die -- 4 Finita La Comedia - Stop playing Charades -- A Quick Breather Between Parts I and II -- Part II Chaos and Complexity -- 5 Order in Chaos, Simplicity in Complexity - The Deeper Paradox -- 6 Getting to Grips with Chaos and Complexity -- 7 Getting Chaos and Complexity to Work -- A Quick Breather Between Parts II and III -- Part III The Leadership Angle -- 8 What is Leadership Anyway? -- 9 What About the Followers? -- 10 Complex Adaptive Leadership in Action -- A Final Breather Between Parts III and IV -- Part IV Looking Forward and Other Interests -- 11 Beyond This Book - the Choices You Have … -- Appendix A: The Insights of Tao and Buffalo Maps -- Appendix B: Polyarchy and Leadership Models -- Appendix C: Polyarchy and the Relevance to Modern Political Leadership -- Appendix D: Leadership Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- 3 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
Abstract:
We all seem intuitively to know leadership 'isn't what it used to be' but we still cling to old assumptions which look anachronistic in changing and challenging times. Organisations and their contexts are increasingly paradoxical and uncertain. A broader approach to leadership is needed. Nick Obolensky has practiced leadership in the public, private and voluntary sectors. He has also researched it, and taught it over many years in leading business schools. In this exciting book he brings together his knowledge of theory, his own experience, and the results of 15 years of research.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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