Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills

Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills

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Book Description

The Fourth Edition of Leadershipbalances theory with real-world applications-ideal for instructors who take a practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership. Key updates include a consolidation of more traditional topics; new research; a new chapter on leadership and ethics; and real-world profiles that now include leaders from lower-level management and the small business sector with whom students can more easily relate. In addition, this edition features greater emphasis on interpersonal skills, one additional Leadership Case Problemper chapter, and new Internet Skill-Building Exercises.

• New! Each chapter features the latest research from academic journals and popular periodicals on leadership and current events.
• New! Chapter 6, Leadership Ethics and Social Responsibility, focuses on moral and ethical leadership in relation to standard business practices. In particular, the chapter highlights ethical decision-making and the importance of social responsibility-with reference to Enron and WorldCom.
• New! The Internet Skill-Building Exerciseat the end of each chapter reinforces the real-world application of chapter concepts by prompting students to research key leadership topics online, retrieve leadership information, and assimilate online self-assessment results.
• New! Every chapter now contains two Leadership Case Problems(A & B), encouraging students to develop their leadership skills and practice making real-life decisions.
• New! In keeping with the text's increased emphasis on interpersonal skills, the Scoring and Interpretationsection of each Leadership Self-Assessmenthas been expanded to help students better understand and apply their results. Also, each Leader in Action box now ends with questions relating the leader being profiled to specific chapter concepts.

Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills,Andrew J. Dubrin,Houghton Mifflin Company,0618305963,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Employee motivation,Leadership,Management - General

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