History of leadership / Morgen Witzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witzel, Morgen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--History.

Leadership.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 350 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Biography/History:

Morgen Witzel is a Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter, UK.

Summary:

The evolution of leadership into a widely accepted concept occurred without any shared understanding and acceptance of its meaning and relevance in contemporary society. Why do some people become leaders? What is the source and legitimacy of leadership power? This book journeys into the heart of the relationship between leaders and followers, the social space and the arena where both contest and collaboration take place and leadership itself is played out. In the book, Morgen Witzel moves beyond traditional traits and skills framing, offering a fresh, historical analysis that involves many different actors with different motives and needs. By analysing the evolution of power relationships, the book analyses the interactions around how power is used and control is bargained for to illuminate the centrepiece of leadership. A wide-ranging history of a slippery subject, this book provides students, scholars and reflective practitioners with an empirical, historical base on which to test their own ideas and experiences.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

1 Introduction

PART I Leadership through the ages

2 Power, authority and leadership

3 The social space of leadership

4 The acceptance of leadership

PART II SERVANTS OF GOD

5 Leadership and divine connections

6 The divine right to lead

7 God is my co-pilot: leaders with God on their side

8 The divine spark: spiritual inspiration in leadership

PART III SERVANTS OF POWER

9 Authoritarianism and totalitarianism

10 Autocratic leaders

11 Leadership by conquest

12 Leadership in revolutions

PART IV SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE

13 Followership

14 Connecting leaders with followers

15 Reluctant leaders

16 Servant leaders

PART V SERVANTS OF DARKNESS

17 Dark followers

18 Terrorist leaders

19 Leadership in criminal organisations

20 Leadership in cults

21 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-339) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315161846

1-351-66649-5

1-351-66650-9

1-315-16184-2

OCLC:

1130255426