Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart / Edition 1

by Gilbert W. Fairholm

Overview

In tracing the intellectual roots of business leadership over the last one hundred years, award winning author Gilbert W. Fairholm argues that until recently, spirit and soul have been absent from the major models. After outlining the elements of the five major ideas about leadership, he goes on to define and make operational a new focus that must exist in order to truly understand the leaders' role in relation to workers.

The study begins with scientific management and traces the evolution of leadership ideas through the quality movement, on to values-, culture-, and trust-based leadership models, and concluding with an emphasis on spirit in the workplace. It suggests that the leader in the twenty-first century will need to embrace a leadership style based on the main premise of each model along with a focus on ethics, community, service, and spirituality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275971052
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

GILBERT W. FAIRHOLM is Emeritus Professor, Graduate Program at Virginia Commonwealth University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Leadership at the University of Richmond, and Visiting Professor at Hampden-Sydney College. In addition to his academic appointments, he has over twenty years of management experience in state and local government. His previous award winning books include Capturing the Heart of Leadership (1997) and Leadership and the Culture of Trust (1994) published by Praeger Publishers.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Leadership as Management
Evolution of the Manager as Leader
Purposes of Management
Leadership Excellence
Leadership as Excellent Management
Defining Quality Operationally
Skills Needed for Excellence Leadership
Values Leadership
Defining Values-based Leadership
Principles of Values-based Leadership Theory
The Values-based Leadership Model
Trust Leadership
Unified Cultures
Defining Culture
Shaping Culture
The Leadership of Trust
Leadership and Multiculturalism
The Spiritual Heart of Leadership
The Place of Spirit in Our Work Lives
Defining Spiritual Leadership
Problems with the Current Situation
Understanding Spiritual Leadership at Work
Application of Spiritual Leadership at Work
Applying Spiritual Leadership
Bibliography
Index