Leadership in Organizations

This book provides the most comprehensive survey of the major theories and research on leadership and managerial effectiveness in formal organizations with practical suggestions for improving leadership skills. Number of chapters is reduced, providing readers with a briefer, more focused book by integrating related topics, reducing total number of chapters from 19 to 15. Increased coverage of various topics provides readers with the most current information on empowerment, leading teams, leadership traits and skills, and conceptual and methodological issues. Practitioner-oriented material provides readers with more guidelines and recommendations for improving managerial effectiveness to facilitate understanding of the practical implications of leadership theory and research. A variety of cases is included. An excellent resource for managers in every field.