Critical Studies in Media Commercialism or Leadership

Critical Studies in Media Commercialism

Author: Robin Andersen

This book brings together an impressive collection of essays that explore the growing complexity, range, and reach of media commercialism in today's world. From the corporate conglomeration of today's media giants to the effects of advertising on politics, society, and the individual, this collection provides a comprehensive and insightful critique of both the impact and the limits of media commercialism.

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Leadership: Classical, Contemporary, and Critical Approaches

Author: Keith Grint

What is leadership? Are leaders made or born? Are the characteristics and challenges of leadership the same across time and cultures? Do leaders "pull" or are they "pushed"? Are leaders driven by needs that may be dysfunctional to the organizations they lead? Do women leaders behave differently from men? Should we look for models of business and organizational leadership in military organizations?

These are all just some of the many fascinating questions posed in this new collection, which ranges from key statements from classical philosophy (Plato, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli) to those of modern management writers (Barnard, Kets de Vries, Fiedler, Rosener). The latest in the new series Oxford Management Readers, the collection will be invaluable to a wide range of students, scholars, and practicing managers.

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Abbreviations
	List of Contributors
	Introduction: Reading Tolstoy's Wave	1
I	Classical Leadership
1	The Republic	27
2	The Art of War	38
3	The Prince	55
4	The Treatise on General Sociology	70
II	Traditional Leadership
5	The Nature of Leadership	89
6	Leadership, Membership, and Organization	112
7	Situational Control and a Dynamic Theory of Leadership	126
III	Modern Leadership
8	A Definition and Illustration of Democratic Leadership	155
9	Top Management Styles in Europe: Implications for Business and Cross-National Teams	179
10	Shatter the Glass Ceiling: Women May Make Better Managers	199
11	Sexual Static	211
IV	Mythical Leadership
12	The Gentleman and the Hero: Wellington and Napoleon in the Nineteenth Century	231
13	The Leadership Mystique	250
14	Leadership: An Alienating Social Myth?	272
V	Alternative Leadership
15	Organizing, Leadership, and Skilful Process	293
16	Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Interpretive Theory of Movement Leadership	319
17	Voicing Seduction to Silence Leadership	338
	Index	381