Journal of Management Development: Volume 7 Issue 5

Leadership Excellence in the 1990s: Learning to Love Change

Tom Peters

To increase the odds of survival, leaders at all levels must become obsessive about change. Change must become the norm, not cause for alarm. Questions such as “What, precisely…

Making Leadership Effective: A Three Stage Model

Linda L. Neider, Chester A. Schriesheim

This article briefly reviews the history of leadership theory and practice and outlines the major components of an expectancy or path‐goal approach to the leadership and…

The Inspirational Processes of Leadership

Bernard Bass

An inspiring leader is perceived by followers to be knowledgeable, enlightened and sensitive to the problems at hand. From this, follower confidence is built. Followers share with…

Managing Participation: A Critical Dimension of Leadership

Victor H. Vroom, Arthur G. Jago

Managers must adapt their leadership styles to fit the demands of the situations they face. One of the necessary manifestations of this view is the need to adapt the form and…

Action Learning and Excellence in Management Development

Charles J. Margerison

Traditional management education sessions are based upon the usual lecture inputs on concepts, ideas and research. They are followed up by historical standard case studies…

Confessions of a Song‐and‐dance Man

Warren Bennis

A playful review of America, particularly since the 1960s, taking into account the changing attitudes of society and how this has shaped the destiny of individuals and of America…

Strategic Apex Leader Scripts and an Organisational Life Cycle Approach to Leadership and Excellence

J.G. Hunt, B.R. Baliga, M.F. Peterson

This article examines top level management leadership and its impact on organisational excellence. An organisational life cycle model of leadership is developed which posits that…