Life and death in the executive fast lane : essays on irrational organizations and their leaders /
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| Author / Creator: | Kets de Vries, Manfred F. R. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c1995. |
| Description: | xx, 252 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1826946 |
Table of Contents:
- Leaders and the Organization
- If I'm the Leader, Will Anyone Follow? A Definition of Leadership
- Welcome to the Snake Pit: The New CEO
- Boiled Frogs and Dancing Elephants: Change and Downsizing
- Merger Fever: Managing Acquisition
- Do You Like Singing the Company Song? Corporate Culture
- A Cultural Tower of Babel: Managing Across Borders
- Are You Sure You Want to Work Abroad? International Assignments
- Do You Have the Right Stuff? The Making of a Global Leader
- When the Future Is Now: Leadership for the Next Millennium
- Leaders and Individuals
- Is Anatomy Really Destiny? Women as Leaders
- Joining the Family Burlesque: Family Firms
- Reaping the Whirlwind: Creativity at Work
- CEOs Also Have the Blues: Succession and Retirement
- Do Workaholics Have More Fun? Balancing Work and Pleasure
- Dead Fish, Incorporated: Alexithymia in Organizations
- Doing a Maxwell: The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship
- Why Work for a Genghis Khan? Identifying with the Aggressor
- Leaders Who Go Off the Deep End: Narcissism and Hubris
- Conclusion: In Praise of a Little Madness