Perspectives on Leadership : From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fairholm, Gilbert W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects.

Leadership--Religious aspects.

Management--Moral and ethical aspects.

Management--Religious aspects.

Local Subjects:

Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects.

Leadership--Religious aspects.

Management--Moral and ethical aspects.

Management--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2000.

Summary:

In tracing the intellectual roots of business leadership over the last one hundred years, award winning author Gilbert W. Fairholm argues that until recently, spirit and soul have been absent from the major models. After outlining the elements of the five major ideas about leadership, he goes on to define and make operational a new focus that must exist in order to truly understand the leaders' role in relation to workers.||The study begins with scientific management and traces the evolution of leadership ideas through the quality movement, on to values-, culture-, and trust-based leadership m

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Leadership as Management; Part II: Leadership Excellence; Part III: Values Leadership; Part IV: Trust Leadership; Part V: The Spiritural Heart of Leadership; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612573606

9781282573604

1282573608

9780313390647

0313390649

OCLC:

624303051