New Frontiers in Economics
Author: Michael Szenberg
Analyzing the new directions that subdisciplines of economics have taken in the face of modern economic challenges, these essays represent invention and discovery in the areas of information, macroeconomics and public policies, international trade and development, finance, business, contracts, law, gaming, and government. They offer not only a wealth of factual information on the current state of the economy, but also theoretical and empirical innovations that conceptualize reality and values in different ways from their predecessors.
Interesting textbook: Leading Organizational Learning or Asset Pricing under Asymmetric Information
Understanding Leadership: Paradigms and Cases
Author: Gayle C Avery
Are current concepts of leadership appropriate for today's organizations? What will tomorrow's leadership need to be like? Is there a best approach to leadership?
With a huge range of definitions and theories of leadership available, the field has become confusing for both students and practitioners alike. This text provides a framework for making sense of the field. In Part One, Gayle C Avery integrates a fragmented field into four broad paradigms or forms of leadership, helping to simplify and clarify the ill-defined field of leadership. The second part provides 10 case studies from leading organizations across Europe, Australia and the United States to illustrate how diverse leadership can be in successful organizations. At the end of each case, specific questions guide the reader in interpreting and analyzing the cases, connecting them to the leadership frameworks and theories in Part One.
Written in simple language, Understanding Leadership can be used by readers with no prior knowledge of leadership. With its overview of major theories in the field and presentation of a simple and effective framework for analyzing these theories, the book will be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and MBA students.
Click here to access a set of powerpoint slides that the author has created to accompany the book.
Table of Contents:
| List of Figures, Tables and Boxes | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Pt. 1 | Understanding Leadership | 1 |
| 1 | The Leadership Scene | 3 |
| 2 | Leadership Paradigms | 17 |
| 3 | Characteristics of Leadership Paradigms | 37 |
| 4 | Micro-level Leadership Theories | 67 |
| 5 | Emotion in Leadership | 91 |
| 6 | Macro-level Leadership | 113 |
| 7 | Integrating Theories and Paradigms | 139 |
| Pt. 2 | Cases Studies | 155 |
| 1 | BMW: Sheer Driving Pleasure | 157 |
| 2 | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.: Natural Leadership | 171 |
| 3 | Novartis: People Chemistry | 188 |
| 4 | Royal Australian Navy: Commanding New Leadership | 203 |
| 5 | SAP: Leader of the Internet Pack | 216 |
| 6 | Bonduelle: Leadership, French Style | 233 |
| 7 | EKATO Ruhr- und Mischtechnik GmbH: Mixing People and Innovation | 245 |
| 8 | Schering-Plough: Mentoring Presidents | 255 |
| 9 | Swatch: Leading through Emotion | 263 |
| 10 | Rodenstock: Working with Vision | 279 |
| References | 295 | |
| Index | 310 |
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