Leading in Turbulent Times: Managing in the New World of Work (Manchester Business and Management Series) [Hardcover]

Cary L. Cooper (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2003 | ISBN-10: 140511522X | ISBN-13: 978-1405115223 | Edition: 1

This book looks at the requirements for effective corporate leadership in the new world of work.

• Identifies the key challenges and opportunities facing corporate leaders today.
  
• Looks at the requirements for effective corporate leadership at a time when the world of work is changing dramatically.
  
• Proposes that the leaders of tomorrow must manage their own development, must create highly motivated and skilful human resources, and must lead on issues such as governance and ethics.
  
• Written by a team of leading international researchers.
  
• Reviews the latest research on effective management strategies for the new world of work.
  
• The third in a series of books, all of which tackle the challenges faced by organizations today.
  
• The previous two books in the series, also published by Blackwell are The Organization in Crisis (2000) and The New World of Work (2002).

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A remarkable and eclectic collection of papers focusing on the myriad of challenges faced by private and public sector organizations in the increasingly turbulent global business environment." Professor Mitch Rothstein, Ivey School of Business, Canada

Book Description

Corporate leaders are facing many new challenges: lack of confidence in corporate governance; flat economies throughout the industrialized world; the effects of increased globalization; and dramatic changes in employees' working lives, to name but a few. This topical book looks at the requirements for effective leadership in these turbulent times.The book is written by a team of leading international experts who review the latest thinking on effective management strategies for the new world of work. Leaders of tomorrow, they propose, must manage their own performance and development, must create highly-motivated and skilful human resources, must lead on issues such as governance and ethics, and must lead change.Leading in Turbulent Times is the third in a series of books published by Blackwell, all of which tackle the challenges faced by organizations today, organizational responses to these challenges, and the effects of these responses on shareholders. The previous two books in the series are The Organization in Crisis (2000) and The New World of Work (2002)..

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (November 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140511522X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405115223
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,720,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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