Leadership for Organizations

Key Features

• Leadership Videos. Embeds twenty-three video cases drawn from Stanford Graduate School of Business’s “Leadership in Focus” video collection. These videos illustrate leadership theories and concepts as they challenge students to problem-solve about typical leadership dilemmas
• Current. Features a timely section on contemporary issues in leadership including moral leadership, giving feedback, shared leadership, and inspirational leadership. At a more macro level, a section on visionary and strategic leadership covers important topics such as how leaders can effectively shape organizational culture and lead change
• Supportive learning structure
  • “Learning Objectives” at the beginning of each chapter help guide and focus students’ learning and stimulate student/faculty interactions
  • “Key Terms” are highlighted and defined in context
  • Twenty-three embedded video cases drawn from Stanford Graduate School of Business’s “Leadership in Focus” video collection
  • “Conclusion” briefly summarizes the preceding chapter to reinforce learning while it is fresh
  • “Discussion Questions” at the end of every chapter draw from the chapter and/or its Appendix material to stimulate deeper analysis of recently covered content and information drawn from self-report inventories. Guidelines for suggested responses are included in the instructor’s manual
  • Appendices at the ends of many chapters contain
    • Self-report inventories that help students better understand their leadership strengths and abilities
    • Additional, written case materials to form the basis of class discussions
• Instructor’s manual (IM), sample syllabus, and PowerPoint slides are prepared by the authors themselves to enrich presentations and stimulate class discussions. Extensive teaching notes in the IM are keyed to each video and in the context of a particular leadership topic (e.g., leader-member exchange, ethical leadership, etc.)