1st Edition
The Emergence of Leadership Linking Self-Organization and Ethics
By Douglas Griffin
Copyright 2002
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1 Introduction: how we have come to think of ourselves as victims of systems Part I Leadership and systemic self-organization: participation in systems 2 Leadership: two questions seven years apart 3 Complexity: are organizations really living systems? 4 Social interaction: viewing ourselves as autonomous individuals Part II Leadership and participative self-organization: participation in local interaction 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, The perspective of systemic self-organization
Biography
Douglas Griffin is an Associate Director of the Complexity and Management Centre at the University of Hertfordshire. He has worked for most of the last 20 years as an independent consultant in the areas of cross-cultural teamworking and organization development. During this time he has also been employed by 3M Germany in strategic personnel development and organizational learning services.
'The Emergence of Leadership offers courses in management and leadership, especially those that focus on ethics from a philosophical perspective and draw upon and develop theoretical tools, an opportunity to do serious conceptual work.' - Organization Studies
