Managing without Leadership

Towards a Theory of Organizational Functioning

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

A critical examination of leadership theories past and present, "Managing without Leadership" argues that leadership as traditionally understood does not explain organizational functioning. Bounded by empiricist assumptions and methodology, and including a narrow theory of mind as symbol processor, leadership theories are unable to support their claims about leaders and their actions. Drawing on coherentist epistemology, connectionism, and the theory of self-organizing dynamic systems, a naturalistic account of organizational functioning and organization design is explored that includes leaders as non-privileged agents in the cognitive fabric of organizational life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-12-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9780080433523

Utforska kategorier

Företagsekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Recensioner i media

"Managing Without Leadership challenges orthodox thinking about leadership provoking scholars in the field to re-examine the epistemological assumptions that underpin their work." - Professor James Spillane, Northwestern University, US

Innehållsförteckning

Explaining Organizational Functioning: Leadership's Past and Present. Why We Can Manage without Leadership, Postmodernist Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Change, Substituted or Distributed: The End of Leadership as We Know It? Explaining Organizational Functioning: Moving beyond Leadership. Managing Organizational Knowledge, Moving Knowledge: What is transfer?, Organization, Emergence and Design, A Road Map to Managing without Leadership.