Managerial Lives: Leadership and Identity in an Imperfect World

ISBN-13: 9781107121706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 362 str.

Stefan Sveningsson; Mats Alvesson

Opis

This book examines the relationship between experience, situation and identity in the managerial life.

Spis treści

Part I. Managerial Life - Managerial Work and the Managerial Identity: 1. Introduction; 2. Management - work, identity and leadership; Part II. Managerial Life - Roles and Identities: 3. Why management?; 4. The manager as change agent, strategist and networker; 5. The manager as humanist and moral example; Part III. Management - Ironies, Labyrinths and Pitfalls: 6. Self-view and managerial ideals meet reality - managerial work in practice; 7. Feedback, ignorance and self-esteem - the ironic elements of managerial life; 8. Managerial life and forms of identity work; 9. Leadership and identity in an imperfect world.