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Models of leadership : in Plato and beyond / Dominic Scott and R. Edward Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Dominic, author.
- Freeman, R. Edward, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership--Philosophy.
- Leadership.
- Plato--Influence.
- Plato.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Dominic Scott and R. Edward Freeman adopt an innovative approach to understanding leadership by returning to one of the greatest thought leaders in history-the Greek philosopher Plato. They bring the richness of Plato's models of leadership to bear on contemporary case studies, examining the nature and purpose of leadership in today's world.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Outline of the book
- 1. Setting the Scene
- The historical background
- The intellectual background
- Plato
- 2. The DoctorPlato
- Overview
- Institutional health as balance
- The problem of persuasion
- Objectivity and expertise
- Roy Vagelos and river blindness
- Jean Monnet and the European Common Market
- 3. Captains and NavigatorsPlato
- Plato's ship of state
- Case studies
- Arch McGill and navigating the choppy waters at AT&
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- 4. The ArtistPlato
- The artist's model
- Wiping the tablet clean
- Karl Popper, Plato, and totalitarianism
- A compromise: the leader as architect
- Elon Musk, visionary CEO
- Ataturk and Modern Turkey
- 5. The TeacherPlato
- The allegory of the cave
- Leadership within the cave
- Indra Nooyi: Perestroika and Pepsi
- 6. Doctors and TeachersPlato
- Plato's Laws
- The legislator as teacher and doctor
- Plato's ambivalence about the teacher model
- Roy Vagelos
- Indra Nooyi
- 7. The ShepherdPlato
- Whose interest?
- The shepherd withdraws
- Case study
- 8. The WeaverPlato
- The function of the weaver
- Unity through shared values
- Ruthlessness
- How does the weaver relate Plato's to other models of leadership?
- Jim Kutsch: blind weaver
- 9. The SowerPlato
- The writing paradox
- Tolerating mutation
- Conclusion
- Maria Montessori
- Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank
- 10. Teachers and Sowers
- Differentiating the two models
- Margaret Mead
- 11. Plato and Modern Leadership Models
- Two modern problems that Plato did not have.
- James MacGregor Burns and transformational leadership (the artist and the navigator)
- Jim Collins and Level 5 leadership (the weaver)
- Robert Greenleaf and servant leadership (the doctor-teacher)
- Howard Gardner and thought leadership (the sower)
- Appendix 1: Plato's Use of the Ship of State Image in the Republic
- The ideal state in the Republic
- Philosopher rulers
- Is the image too democratic for Plato?
- Notes
- The true objects of knowledge
- Plato's ambivalence about the teacher
- The doctor
- The artist
- The teacher
- The shepherd
- The weaver
- The sower
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-187405-1
- 0-19-257429-9
- OCLC:
- 1259592246
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