Introduction to Leadership
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017
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- Title
- Introduction to Leadership
- Author
- Northouse, Peter G.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1506389848
- ISBN 13
- 9781506389844
- Edition
- 4th Edition
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Peter G. Northouse’s bestselling Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice provides students with an overview of practicing leadership and presents effective strategies for becoming a better leader.
The text is organized around key leader responsibilities such as creating a vision, establishing a constructive climate and overcoming obstacles. Three interactive components in every chapter – self-assessment questionnaires, observational exercises, and reflection and action worksheets – help readers to identify their leadership style and apply leadership concepts to their own lives.
The Fourth Edition features a new chapter on Embracing diversity and inclusion, which explores the nature of diversity and helps leaders to create an inclusive climate with the help of inclusion framework. There is also an updated and expanded chapter on Engaging Strengths, which highlights how leaders can recognize and use their own strengths, as well as those of their peers.
The new edition comes packed with features that encourage readers to engage and relate theory to practice and is complimented by a free Interactive e-book* featuring a new Leadership Profile Tool, which analyses reader responses in questionnaires and provides individual feedback. It also contains integrated links to SAGE Premium videos, journals, articles and external web links, allowing access on the go and encouraging learning and retention whatever the reading or learning style.
Suitable reading for students studying on leadership modules or courses.
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About the Author
Peter G. Northouse, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Communication in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University. Leadership: Theory and Practice is the best-selling academic textbook on leadership in the world and has been translated into 15 languages. In addition to authoring publications in professional journals, he is the author of Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice (now in its sixth edition) and co-author of Leadership Case Studies in Education (now in its fourth edition) and Health Communication: Strategies for Health Professionals (now in its third edition). His scholarly and curricular interests include models of leadership, leadership assessment, ethical leadership, and leadership and group dynamics. For more than 40 years, he has taught courses in leadership, interpersonal communication, and organizational communication on both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Currently, he is a consultant and lecturer on trends in leadership research, leadership development, and leadership education. He holds a doctorate in speech communication from the University of Denver, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communication education from Michigan State University.
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