Wang / C.X. Strategic Leadership

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-64113-136-0
Verlag: IAP - Information Age Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten

Strategic leadership is broadly defined as utilizing particular approaches in the management of employees. The main objective is productivity. It provides the vision and direction for the long term growth and success of an organization. It requires objectivity and potential to look at the broader picture. It is leaders’ responsibility to incorporate aspects of both the analytical and human dimensions to effectively drive the organizations forward. As an academic subject, it is taught in both education and business. Leaders and mangers have turned to strategic leadership to inspire and guide their visions, and to formulate the directions so essential for the long term growth and success of an organization or a country. Leaders need the skills and tools for strategy formulation and implementation in order to deal with change in our society. Managing change and ambiguity requires strategic leaders who not only provide a sense of direction, but who can also build ownership and alignment within their workgroups to implement change.

The goal of strategic leadership is to drive innovation, and maximize team performance to enhance organizations’ long term growth and success in today’s complex world of fastpaced, dramatic change. Research on strategic leadership has been going on for decades. Textbooks on this subject are readily available. If we look deeper, we realize the vast majority of these books were written from a practitioner’s perspective. In other words, these books were not based on empirical research. Naturally, these existing books have failed to better serve the needs of today’s graduate students who should be equipped with empirical research on such an academic subject. This book will investigate emergent administrative techniques and business practices being used within educational establishments and corporate worlds. It will highlight empirical research and best practices within strategic leadership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang,

C.X., Victor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Strategic Leadership;4
3;Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data;5
4;Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;CHAPTER 1: Strategist;14
7;CHAPTER 2: Strategic Leadership and Leadership Ethics in Schools and Organizations;40
8;CHAPTER 3: Heroic Helmsmen, Heroic Vessels, and Heroic Crews;66
9;CHAPTER 4: Mindfulness Into Action;90
10;CHAPTER 5: Strategic Leadership in a Global Virtual Reality;112
11;CHAPTER 6: The Strategic Leadership Role in Organizations;138
12;CHAPTER 7: Community Leadership and Global Climate Change;156
13;CHAPTER 8: Strategic Leaders and the Strategically Led;178
14;CHAPTER 9: Utilizing a Strategic Approach to Improve the Recruitment of Minority Populations in Clinical Trials;206
15;CHAPTER 10: Strategic Leadership in Schools;228
16;CHAPTER 11: The Monomyth;254
17;CHAPTER 12: Leadership Strategy;274
18;CHAPTER 13: Leading Into the Future;292
19;ABOUT THE EDITOR;316
20;ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS;318