Binding: Paperback
Description: Managers today are faced with numerous complex challenges speckled with paradoxes. They must have a sharp economical focus while simultaneously engaging in creative and innovative thinking. They must support individuals as well as teams think globally and do business locally. This book views complexity as a fundamental element of leadership rather than something that should simply be reduced and removed. It presents a leadership concept that includes both sides of the paradox. Managing Leadership Paradoxes uses case studies and practical exercises to show how managers can maintain decisiveness in the face of paradoxes complexities and contradictory demands. Lotte L scher draws on research gleaned from managers within the international corporation Lego to provide first - hand knowledge of how a large - scale organization meets and manages change paradoxes rather than treating them as something that needs to be reduced and removed. It will assist managers and aspiring managers in expanding their understanding of leadership challenges beyond dilemmas and equip them with the managerial skills to handle the most persistent and pervasive paradoxical challenges that arise as a result of organizational change. The book will be of interest to leaders and managers as well as students of leadership management and organizational studies. The intent is to provide the reader with a foundation for reflecting on his or her own leadership practice with special focus on organizational complexity ambiguity and paradoxes.
Title: Managing Leadership Paradoxes
Author(s): Luscher Lotte
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138497054
Pages: 170 Pages, 11 Tables, Black And White; 11 Line Drawings, Black And White; 11 Illustrations, Black An
Publication Date: 8/30/2018
Category: Organizational Theory & Behaviour