Leadership, Management and Command : Rethinking D-Day

Grint, Keith

ISBN 10: 0230543170 / ISBN 13: 9780230543171

Published by Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2007

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Synopsis:

The author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the leaders and their followers.

About the Author: KEITH GRINT is Professor of Defence Leadership at Cranfield University, UK, and Deputy Principal (Leadership and Management) at the Defence College of Management and Leadership within the Defence Academy in Shrivenham. Previously he was Professor of Leadership Studies and Director of the Lancaster Leadership Centre at Lancaster University Management School. Before that he was Director of Research at the SaId Business School and Fellow in Organizational Behaviour, Templeton College, University of Oxford. Keith spent 10 years in industry before switching to an academic career. He is a founding co-editor of the journal Leadership, and founding co-organizer of the International Conference in Leadership Research. He remains a Visiting Research Professor at Lancaster, an Associate Fellow of the SaId Business School and Templeton College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute, a research arm of the UK's National School of Government.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Leadership, Management and Command : ...
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st.