1st Edition
Leadership and Organization in the Aviation Industry
By Marc-Philippe Lumpe
Copyright 2008
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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Leadership and organisational structures which are not adjusted to the cultural background of the employees concerned are most likely to produce sub-optimal results (House, 2004). Therefore it is necessary to develop appropriate leadership and organisational structures in order to fully grasp the cultural environment to be encountered in the professional world. This book presents a research... Read more
Part 1: The Theoretical Bases; 1: Introduction; 2: The Major Leadership Theories; 3: The Major Organization Theories; 4: Professional Cultures; Part 2: The Empirical Survey and its Results; 5: The Development of the Research Methodology; 6: The Results of the Empirical Study I; 7: The Results of the Empirical Survey II; 8: A Cross-Evaluation of the Results Depicted; Part 3: The Further Implications; 9: Summary and Prospects
Biography
Dr. Marc-Philippe Lumpé was formerly Corporate Director of Quality and Flight Safety Management and Corporate Process Management at Air Berlin. He is now a consultant with A.T. Kearney in Germany.
'Marc-Philippe Lumpé addresses his book not only to scholars but also to a large variety of practitioners, i.e. senior management, Human Resources and experts in organizational change. The research outcomes enrich cultural research and although the results were obtained in aviation, they could also transfer to the large variety of professions taken into account.' HFES Newsletter 2, 2008
