Leadership : enhancing the lessons of experience / Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, Gordon J. Curphy.

By: Hughes, Richard L, 1946- [author]
Contributor(s): Ginnett, Robert C [author] | Curphy, Gordon J [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill, c2002Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xix, 604 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072445297 (alk. paper)Subject(s): LeadershipDDC classification: 303.34 LOC classification: HM1261 | .H84 2002Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
PART I LEADERSHIP IS A PROCESS, NOT A POSITION 1. Leadership is Everyone's Business 2. Leadership Involves an Interaction between the Leader, the Followers, and the Situation 3. Leadership is Developed through Education and Experience 4. Assessing Leadership and Measuring its Effects PART II FOCUS ON THE LEADER 5. Power and Influence 6. Leadership and Values 7. Leadership Traits 8. Leadership Behavior PART III FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWERS 9. Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance 10.Groups and Teams PART IV FOCUS ON THE SITUATION 11.Characteristics of the Situation 12.Contingency Theories of Leadership 13.Leadership and Change PART V LEADERSHIP SKILLS Basic Leadership Skills Advanced Leadership Skills
Summary: Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience, 4th ed., was written for the general student to serve as a stand-alone introduction to the subject of leadership. The text consists of 13 chapters and a final section on Basic and advanced leadership skills. Authors Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy have drawn upon three different types of literature: empirical studies; interesting anecdotes, stories and findings; and leadership skills to create a text that is personally relevant, interesting and scholarly. The authors' unique quest for a careful balancing act of leadership materials will help students apply theory and research to their real-life experiences.
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 542-588)

PART I LEADERSHIP IS A PROCESS, NOT A POSITION
1. Leadership is Everyone's Business
2. Leadership Involves an Interaction between the Leader, the Followers, and the Situation
3. Leadership is Developed through Education and Experience
4. Assessing Leadership and Measuring its Effects

PART II FOCUS ON THE LEADER
5. Power and Influence
6. Leadership and Values
7. Leadership Traits
8. Leadership Behavior

PART III FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWERS
9. Motivation, Satisfaction and Performance
10.Groups and Teams

PART IV FOCUS ON THE SITUATION
11.Characteristics of the Situation
12.Contingency Theories of Leadership
13.Leadership and Change

PART V LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Basic Leadership Skills
Advanced Leadership Skills

Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience, 4th ed., was written for the general student to serve as a stand-alone introduction to the subject of leadership. The text consists of 13 chapters and a final section on Basic and advanced leadership skills. Authors Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy have drawn upon three different types of literature: empirical studies; interesting anecdotes, stories and findings; and leadership skills to create a text that is personally relevant, interesting and scholarly. The authors' unique quest for a careful balancing act of leadership materials will help students apply theory and research to their real-life experiences.

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