The emergence of leadership : linking self-organization and ethics / Douglas Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, Douglas, 1946-

Series:

Complexity and emergence in organizations.

Complexity and emergence in organizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Executives--Conduct of life.

Executives.

Self-organizing systems.

Business ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of the most complex global organizations ever known. Taking a complexity theory perspective, this book explores the key factor that sustains them: leadership.The book examines how leadership is currently understood primarily from a systems based perspective, as an attribute of the individual, the leadership role being to articulate values, missions and visions and then persuade others to adhere to them. It argues for a new view of ethics as co-created through identity and difference, representing the end of 'business et

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Series preface; 1 Introduction how we have come to think of ourselves as victims of systems; 2 Leadership two questions seven years apart; 3 Complexity are organizations really living systems; 4 Social interaction viewing our selves as autonomous individuals; 5 The emergence of persons as selves in society; 6 Leadership and ethics emergence in everyday social interaction; 7 Conclusion articulating the ethics we are living; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-53525-2

1-134-53526-0

1-280-06853-1

0-203-36147-4

9780203361474

OCLC:

70871960