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The subject of leadership raises many questions: What is it? How does it differ from management and command? Are leaders born or bred? Who are the leaders? Do we actually need leaders? Inevitably, the answers are provocative and partial; leadership is a hugely important topic of…
This text blends research on leadership with practical application of the skills and knowledge that students will need on the job. This text provides sport management students with a comprehensive understanding of the complex topic of leadership in sport through a presentation o…
Suitable for leadership studies scholars, this book offers a radical reconceptualisation of leadership as a contextually embedded, physically embodied phenomenon. It answers questions such as 'What is leadership?' and 'How do leaders lead change?', by addressing them from a phil…
"Straightforward in tone, Nonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning: Done in a Day Strategies is the new, painless, and uncomplicated way for your nonprofit to get risk management planning done. With some basic preparation - and a single day devoted to establishing the fi…
Done In a Day emphasizes a practical, hands-on approach to risk management and business continuity planning. The two templates included in the book serve to speed along the process for the first round of planning. Additional resources such as checklists and worksheets facilitate…
"Straightforward in tone, Nonprofit Risk Management & Contingency Planning: Done in a Day Strategies is the new, painless, and uncomplicated way for your nonprofit to get risk management planning done. With some basic preparation - and a single day devoted to establishing the fi…
"The current financial crisis has deep macroeconomic roots, but the dominant view of the firm has made the crisis deeper and more devastating. Over the past few decades, maximizing shareholder value has become the main objective of the firm. Chief executives have been keen on th…
Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood concepts in current business and society. This book explores how theoretical models and views of leadership have evolved over time, how leadership should be discussed from individual, organizational, and societal pe…
Are leaders born or made? Does each society get the leaders it deserves? How-and why-is leadership 'rhetoric' different from leadership in reality? l l Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood concepts in current business and society. This book explores ho…
Big business often seems the reserve of ruthless money-grubbers desperately looking for a way to make their next buck. But a quiet revolution is reshaping the corporate world, as the world's most dynamic entrepreneurs and businesspeople are starting to change how a successful bu…
Barling takes an evidenced-based approach to his subject, relying primarily on knowledge generated from psychological research on organisational leadership conducted around the world, with some personal reflections from two decades of involvement in leadership research and leade…
"Why and under which conditions do companies voluntarily adopt high social and environmental standards? Christian Thauer looks inside the firm to illustrate the internal drivers of the social conduct of business. He argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) assists decis…