How to Choose a Leadership Pattern (Harvard Business Review Classics) - Softcover

Tannenbaum, Robert; Schmidt, Warren H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1422175529 ISBN 13: 9781422175521

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press, 2009

Synopsis

Since 1922, "Harvard Business Review" has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice many of which still speak to and influence us today. "The HBR Classics" series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each volume contains a groundbreaking idea that has shaped best practices and inspired countless managers around the world and will change how you think about the business world today. Modern managers face a dilemma when leading. To relate to subordinates, they may choose a pattern of leadership that ranges from making all the decisions themselves to allowing their subordinates to make decisions within prescribed limits. In deciding how to lead, managers must be aware of their values, confidence in subordinates, leadership inclinations, and tolerance for ambiguity. They must also consider whether their subordinates have the independence, maturity, interest, and knowledge to share in decision...

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1422175529
• ISBN 13: 9781422175521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64