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The Art and Science of Leadership, CourseSmart, Global Edition

• Title


• Copyright


• Contents


• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• About the Author


• Part I Building Blocks


• Chapter 1 Definition and Significance of Leadership


• Effective Leadership


• Who Is a Leader?


• When Is a Leader Effective?


• Effectiveness versus Success


• An Integrative Definition


• Why Do We Need Leaders?


• Research on Significance of Leadership


• Leading Change The Container Store


• Obstacles to Effective Leadership


• Leadership and Management


• Roles and Functions of Leaders


• Managerial Roles


• Functions of the Leader: Creation and Maintenance of an Organizational culture


• Applying What You Learn Leadership Basics


• Changes in Organizations and in Expectations of Leaders


• New Roles for Leaders


• Factors Fueling Changes


• Barriers to Change


• Summary and Conclusions


• Review and Discussion Questions


• Leadership Challenge: Moving to Leadership


• Exercise 1-1: More than Meets the Eye?Characteristics of Leaders


• Exercise 1-2: What Is Leadership?


• Exercise 1-3: Images of Leadership


• Exercise 1-4: Understanding the Leadership Context


• Leadership in Action David Neeleman Reinvents Airlines


• Chapter 2 The Global and Cultural Contexts


• Defintion and Levels of Culture


• Definition and Characteristics


• Levels of Culture


• Models of National Culture


• Hall?s Cultural Context Framework


• Hofstede?s Cultural Dimensions


• Trompenaars? Dimensions of Culture


• GLOBE?Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research


• Applying What You Learn Using Culture to be Effective


• Group Culture: Gender and Le