Leadership A Critical Text 1st Edition Simon Western by Simon Western 9781412923040, 1412923042 instant download after payment.

Providing a critical review and analysis of the key debates within leadership, this book challenges the notion of the individual or hero leader. The author develops the idea of leadership as a distributed process between lots of agents in an organization. In doing so he provides a new framework which readers can use to understand and implement this distributed type of leadership.

`An excellent resource for examining and analyzing leadership from different perspectives′ - New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

`In a highly original way, taking "Critical Theory" as a point of departure, Dr Western helps us to obtain greater insight into the enigma of leadership′ - Manfred Kets de Vries

`One of the "most promising" forthcoming management books for 2007′ - European Academy of Management (EURAM)

`Leadership A Critical Text is an outstanding addition to the Leadership literature. This is an excellent text which takes the field to new heights in the first decade of the 21st Century′ - Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University

`The book provides a unique and much needed ′voice′ to the field of leadership studies, and will have a significant impact worldwide′ - Professor Jonathan Gosling, Director of the Leadership Centre Exeter University