1st Edition
Uncertainty, Diversity and The Common Good Changing Norms and New Leadership Paradigms
By Stefan Gröschl
Copyright 2013
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Because of a management model emphasizing standardization and a one-size-fits-all approach, the previous good health of firms depended on economic performance and maximizing shareholder value. The enduring financial crisis and the ensuing leadership void have forced us all to reconsider the rules of the game and to take into account economic and social factors, in order to address the needs of an... Read more
Introduction1 Introduction, Stefan Gr?schl; Part I Conceptualizing the Common Good; Chapter 1 Business and the Common Good: Some Fundamental Issues, Laurent Bibard; Chapter 2 How American Spiritual Capital Informs Business and Affects the Common Good, Nicholas Capaldi; Part II Conceptualizing Global Leadership and Social Responsibility; Chapter 3 Reconciling Domains: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Global Leadership Challenge, Ciara Sutton, Lena Zander; Chapter 4 Responsible Leadership: Business Myth or Corporate Reality?, Ciara Hackett; Chapter 5 Leadership in Multi-identity Contexts: A Mediterranean Framework, Celia De Anca, Salvador Aragón, Conchita Galdón; Part III Cases of Global and Social Leadership; Chapter 6 To Socially Responsible Leadership: Navigating the Pluralistic Complexities in a Global World, Vipin Gupta; Chapter 7 The Global Team Leader Dilemma: Diversity and Inclusion, Junko Takagi, Hae-Jung Hong; Part IV Stakeholders of Corporate Leadership; Chapter 8 The New Requirement for Social Leadership: Healing, Gregory A. Norris; Chapter 9 Revisiting the Classic Tension Between Hierarchy and Freedom, Laurent Bibard; partV The Role of Educators; Chapter 10 Management Education: How Can We Develop a Generation of Business Leaders to Act for the Common Good?, Isabel Rimanoczy; Chapter 11 Teaching a Common Good in a Business School: The ESSEC Seminar on Water Management, Laurence de Carlo; conclusion Concluding Remarks, Stefan Gröschl;
Biography
Dr Stefan Gröschl is Professor in the Management Department and Co-Chair of Leadership and Diversity at ESSEC Business School in Paris. He has shared his expertise in a wide range of academic and public arenas. Dr Gröschl has been widely published in journals, book chapters and articles in both the international trade and academic press. He has contributed to three books and edited two: Diversity in the Workplace and Diversity Quotas, Diverse Perspectives, both published by Gower.
A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Leadership ’We cannot deny that sustainability, in its broadest sense, has become one of the most important topics nowadays and for the future. This book provides an excellent overview of the challenges the world will face and it does it through different lenses, creating the seed for a holistic new model of responsible leadership, basing diversity in the center of the discussion as a catalyst to change the reality.’ Patricia Gabaldon, Professor of Economic Environment, IE Business School
