Leadership : a critical text / Simon Western.

By:

Western, Simon

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Sage, 2012.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 422pagesISBN:

9781526459527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781526459510 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781526478511 (epub 2)
9781526478528 (epub 3)
9781526478542 (web pdf)
9781526478535 (xmltei)

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DDC classification:

658.409 WES

Contents:

pt. I: Deconstructing Leadership 1. Why a critical theory approach to leadership? 2. What is leadership? 3. The plurality of leadership: a case study 4. Against leadership: autonomist leadership 5. Leadership and diversity 6. Leadership and organizational culture 7. Corporate fundamentalism pt. II: Reconstructing Leadership 8. The four discourses of leadership 9. The controller leadership discourse 10. The therapist leadership discourse 11. The Messiah leadership discourse 12. The eco-leadership discourse 13. An overview of the leadership discourses 14. Leadership formation: creating spaces for leadership to flourish 15. Seeking leadership symptoms 16. Epilogue

Summary: "In this original text, Simon Western deconstructs and then reconstructs leadership to challenge the popular notion of the heroic individual leader. He reveals how four dominant approaches to leadership have emerged - the Controller, Therapist, Messiah and Eco-Leadership discourses - and how these shape leadership practice today."--Provided by publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Medicine, Technology & Management	Non-fiction	658.409 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	47604

pt. I: Deconstructing Leadership
1. Why a critical theory approach to leadership?
2. What is leadership?
3. The plurality of leadership: a case study
4. Against leadership: autonomist leadership
5. Leadership and diversity
6. Leadership and organizational culture
7. Corporate fundamentalism
pt. II: Reconstructing Leadership
8. The four discourses of leadership
9. The controller leadership discourse
10. The therapist leadership discourse
11. The Messiah leadership discourse
12. The eco-leadership discourse
13. An overview of the leadership discourses
14. Leadership formation: creating spaces for leadership to flourish
15. Seeking leadership symptoms
16. Epilogue

"In this original text, Simon Western deconstructs and then reconstructs leadership to challenge the popular notion of the heroic individual leader. He reveals how four dominant approaches to leadership have emerged - the Controller, Therapist, Messiah and Eco-Leadership discourses - and how these shape leadership practice today."--Provided by publisher

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