Revised Edition Robert C. Tucker begins this invaluable book with an analytical look at politics, leadership, and the effect each has on the other. Aligning himself with Plato's view of politics as leadership, Tucker argues that politics is more usefully defined from this perspective than from the more familiar stance of the exercise of power. He maintains leaders must define collective problems, prescribe actions or policies, and finally seek support for their diagnoses and policy prescriptions. Tucker contends that political science must take account not only of leadership by those in state authority, but also of sociopolitical movements for change as vehicles of attempted leadership of political communities. Dividing such movements into those for reform and those for revolution, he illustrates this distinction with examples, including Martin Luther King Jr. as a reform leader and Leni
Delivering Today's Results, Building Tomorrow's Legacy Although dealing with mergers, downsizing, and acquisitions, leaders are challenged by this book to commit to a worthwhile vision of balance between the bottom line and building trust in an organization. Forlag: Executive Excellence Publ Udgivelsesår: 2001 Sider: 335 Sprog: Engelsk
Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," he focuses on the role of political and legal rhetoric. As jurymen and Assemblymen, the citizen masses of Athens retained important powers, and elite Athenian politicians and litigants needed to address these large bodies of ordinary citizens in terms understandable and acceptable to the audience. This book probes the social strategies behind the rhetorical tactics employed by elite speakers. A close reading of the speeches exposes both egalitarian and
Political Thinkers From Socrates to the Present Political Thinkers provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. This definitive collection provides an overview of the canon of great theorists, from Socrates and the Sophists to contemporary thinkers such as Habermas and Foucault. Each chapter opens with a short chapter guide, biographical sketch, and list of the key texts and ideas of the thinker under discussion. There then follows a critical presentation of that thinker's ideas and significance and a summation of the best contemporary scholarship in the area. Wide-ranging in its coverage and crystal clear in its structure and presentation, this volume will become a major resource for all students of political thought over the next generation. David Boucher is Professorial Fellow in European Studies a
Bogen præsenterer en filosofisk og normativ forståelse af ledelse, hvor ledelse ses som et værdibåret, etisk og eksistentielt anliggende. Ole Fogh Kirkeby diskuterer grundlæggende begreber som ansvar, frihed, myndighed, etik og magt, og udvikler en teoretisk ramme for, hvordan ledere kan forstå deres rolle i organisationer og samfund. Værket er orienteret mod studerende og praktikere inden for ledelse, organisation og erhvervsøkonomi, der ønsker en dybere refleksion over ledelsens formål og legitimitet. Type: Paperback Faglitterær bog af Ole Fogh Kirkeby om ledelsesfilosofi og et radikalt normativt perspektiv på ledelse. Bogen er udgivet på forlaget Samfundslitteratur og henvender sig til læsere, der arbejder med eller studerer ledelse, organisation, filosofi og managementteori. Omslaget er rødt med sort kant og et abstrakt maleri i midten. Der er tale om en teoretisk og filosofisk tilga
Om hvordan antikkens filosofi og opfattelse af psyken har indflydelse på mange forskellige områder i moderne tid: pædagogik, retsvæsen, sundhedsområdet, retorik osv. Teksterne falder i fire grupper: Sokrates (samtalens logik), Platon (især moralfilosofi og psykologi), Aristoteles (moralfilosofi, gudsbegreb og hverdagsargumentation) og senere filosofi (stoisk naturfilosofi, nyplatonisme, Augustins erkendelsesteori og sjæl-legeme-opfattelsen i antikken) Titel: Arven fra antikken : studier i græsk og romersk filosofi Genre: religion_filosofi Sammendrag: Bogen samler arbejder om antikkens opfattelse af psyken og især den sokratiske samtale, som har haft gennemgribende betydning for en række områder i moderne tid, herunder pædagogik, retsvæsen, sundhedsområdet og retorik. Teksterne behandler blandt andet Sokrates (samtalens logik), Platon (især moralfilosofi og psykologi), Aristoteles (moralf
I bogen 'Lederskab – nutidens resultater som fundament for fremtiden' viser den amerikanske forfatter, David P. Hanna, at selve lederskabets kerne – det, som gør ledere til succesrige ledere – er lige så tidløs som naturlæremønstrene. Kernen er en proces, der er praktiseret af ledergurer som Stephen Covey, Mahatma Gandhi og W. Edwards Deming. Covey kalder processen 'indefra-og-ud'. Først fokuserer man på sig selv ved at udvikle karakter, kompetence og engagement i en vision. Det skaber tillid, loyalitet og fortrolighed hos andre. Herefter arbejder man på en organisatorisk tilpasning; man former systemer og strukturer, så de kan levere det, interessenterne har behov for. Bogen ruster ledere til at udvikle organisationer, som kan holde gennem flere tidsaldre. Type: Hardcover
Chinese and Western thinkers consider the Chinese philosophical tradition and Chinese philosophy for the contemporary global era. Titel: Chinese Philosophy in an Era of Globalization Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: The book explores Chinese philosophy in the context of globalization, engaging with both Chinese and Western philosophical traditions. It covers topics such as value theory, philosophy of religion, human nature, virtue ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of language. Type: Paperback
