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Event leadership : theory and methods for event management and tourism / Emma Abson ; with contributions by Miriam Firth and Jane Tattersall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abson, Emma.
- Series:
- Events management theory and methods series.
- Events Management Theory and Methods
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special events--Management.
- Special events.
- Tourism--Management.
- Tourism.
- Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 178 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Event Leadership
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers Limited, [2021]
- Summary:
- Examines, contextualises and applies leadership theory and practice at several levels. Using contemporary research, it explores a wide range of leadership theories, providing insight into the developments that are driving leadership in the event industry today. International case studies from the event sector are used to illustrate throughout.
- Contents:
- 1. What is leadership?
- 2. Classic approaches to leadership
- 3. Leader/follower perspectives
- 4. The new wave of leadership studies
- 5. Leadership as a collective process
- 6. Leadership as a skill
- 7. Knowledge and event leadership
- 8. Events, leadership and power
- 9. Modelling events as social agents of change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781911635277
- 1911635271
- OCLC:
- 1390624192
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