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The Emergence of Leadership

Linking Self-Organization and Ethics
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The second half of the Twentieth Century witnessed the emergence of the most complex global organizations humans have ever known. This book focuses on the key factor which is identified as sustaining them, namely that of leadership. Leadership in organizations is currently understood primarily from a perspective based on systems thinking which underlies theories of organizational culture, practice and learning. Leadership is seen to be an attribute of the individual and the leadership role is that of articulating values, missions and visions and then persuading others to adhere to them. Increased complexity in organization has occurred in human history many times before: for example, the Greek "polis" of Athens, the military defence of increasingly large areas of land based on aristocracy and monarchy, national states with democratic elections and representative bodies. Accompanying these changes there have always been intense debates resulting in new understandings of leadership and ethics. We are at such a point now. This volume argues for an ethics of co-creating identity and difference as thought in action. The author holds that this means the end of "business ethics" as we know it today. In the past we have focused on the choices of individual leaders. In today's highly complex organizations we are now coming to understand the nature of leadership as self-organizing and as such closely linked to ethics. This means that we can no longer understand ethics simply as centered rational choice in planning and action. This will necessarily include understanding more about the nature of risk and conflict, spontaneity and motivation.

Author 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.
Release date NZ
November 22nd, 2001
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
240
Dimensions
156x234x14
ISBN-13
9780415249171
Product ID
1681712

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