Leadership in context [Book] : the four faces of capitalism / Mark N. Wexler.
Material type: TextSeries: New horizons in leadership studiesPublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2006.Description: 256 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781845429539 (pbk.) :
- 1845429532 (pbk.) :
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- 658.4092
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor | 658.4092 WEX-L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 49574 |
Originally published: 2005.
‘Wexler talks with rich texture about the four faces of capitalism. The author outlines how a leader can learn to adapt and overcome local idiosyncrasies. This book is new and original. It will be useful for academics eager to bring theory to practice.’ – Personal Leaders are made, not born, Mark Wexler argues, and they cannot be understood in a vacuum. There is no simple answer as to why certain people select one leader over others. Those who look for a master story within capitalism to encapsulate the effective leader are, he asserts, caught and blinded within the headlights of a particular worldview. Rather, leaders can be understood and evaluated within the cognitive lens of four distinct and competing worldviews – entrepreneurial, regulatory, communitarian and network. Exploring the manner in which leaders make and remake themselves in the midst of a changing world, the author shows how they must put together a composite of the skills called for in the four faces of capitalism. He illustrates how and why local leaders develop skills within a worldview and how cosmopolitan leaders, by engaging in reflective practice, cross over into other worldviews and reinvent themselves. An accessible, interdisciplinary study of a fascinating subject, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of leadership, as well as to practicing leaders, politicians and executives.
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