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Jon P. Howell, New Mexico State University Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Description For junior/senior-level courses in Leadership that can be found in business, nursing, military science, criminal justice, education, government or agriculture curriculum. Providing a comprehensive review of the major behavior patterns that effective leaders use to influence followers, this book keys in on what effective leaders really do and emphasizes how leaders can diagnose and modify situations and followers to make their leadership a more positive and productive endeavor. |
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Table Of Contents PART I: BASIC LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS AND ISSUES
CHAPTER 1 Leadership and Its Importance CHAPTER 2 Leadership Behavior and Processes CHAPTER 3 Contingency Models of Leadership
PART II: CORE LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
CHAPTER 4 Supportive Leadership Behavior CHAPTER 5 Directive Leadership Behavior CHAPTER 6 Participative Leadership Behavior CHAPTER 7 Leader Reward and Punishment Behaviors CHAPTER 8 Charismatic Leadership Behavior
PART III: EMERGING LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
CHAPTER 9 Boundary-Spanning and Team Leadership CHAPTER 10 Building Social Exchanges and Fairness CHAPTER 11 Followership
PART IV: CURRENT LEADERSHIP ISSUES AND INTEGRATION
CHAPTER 12 Leadership Ethics and Diversity CHAPTER 13 Leadership Development and Organizational Change CHAPTER 14 Integration and Conclusions |
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Features Providing a comprehensive review of the major behavior patterns that effective leaders use to influence followers, this book keys in on what effective leaders really do and emphasizes how leaders can diagnose and modify situations and followers to make their leadership a more positive and productive endeavor.
How do your students manage the vast amount of leadership research and theory presented in their current textbook?
A focus on what leaders do – This text is organized around effective leadership behavior patterns that can be learned along with specific traits, skills and abilities. ~Helps students relate existing leadership research to their own preparation for and practice of leadership in school, church, work, or other group or organizational situations.
A coherent approach using a contingency leadership model – Combines features from several existing models to form a primary organizing mechanism for the book. ~Offers students a consistent viewpoint and strong organizational tools that will help them understand and interpret the central chapters on leader behaviors.
How do you stimulate critical thinking in your classroom?
“Leadership in Action” boxes–Considers a diverse representation of real leaders in different settings, including business, government, and social movements. ~Widens students' perspectives on leadership qualities and follower needs, and demonstrates that a behavior that works in one environment/situation may not necessarily work in another.
How difficult is it to find cases that relate well to the material in the book? How do you help your students to apply concepts?
Short, chapter-end case incidents. ~Helps students understand and apply current leadership findings to real-world situations.
NEW — Case offerings have been significantly expanded. New cases and examples have been added including cases from non-business organizations. Cases provided are more comprehensive than in the previous edition. Additional cases and case notes are also provided in the instructor manual that accompanies this edition. ~Helps students understand and apply concepts described.
NEW - Discussion questions at the end of each chapter. ~Help students to discuss chapter contents, creates interest and clarity of the material presented. Other Key Points of Differentiation: How do you support your students personal development as aspiring leaders?
Updated self-assessments and cases — Focusing on feedback and development of aspiring leaders—integrated throughout the text. ~Helps students understand and apply concepts described. |
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New To This Edition Would you like to provide your students with a text that reflects the most recent developments in leadership research?
Two new chapters. A chapter on leadership ethics and diversity (Ch. 12) as well as a chapter on leadership development and organizational change (Ch. 13) have been added to this new edition. ~Provides instructors and students with recent research findings and developments in leadership practices.
Current issues–Discusses team leadership, fairness, ethics in leadership, increasing use of technology, and more. ~Keeps students on top of trends and areas of interest and/or concern in the quest for effective leadership.
Discussion questions at the end of each chapter. ~Creates interest and clarity of the material presented.
How do you support your students personal development as aspiring leaders?
Updated self-assessments - Focusing on feedback and development of aspiring leaders—integrated throughout the text.
How difficult is it to find cases that relate well to the material in the book? How do you help your students to apply concepts?
Case offerings have been significantly expanded. New cases and examples have been added including cases from non-business organizations. Cases provided are more comprehensive than in the previous edition. Additional cases and case notes are also provided in the instructor manual that accompanies this edition. ~Helps students understand and apply concepts described. |
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All Valuepacks Understanding Behaviors for Effective Leadership and Instructors Resource Center CD Package, 2/E Howell & Costley © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Estimated Availability: 28 May 2005 ISBN-10: 0132200104 | ISBN-13: 9780132200103
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Instructor Supplements Instructor Resource Center on CD-ROM, 2/E Howell © 2006 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | This item is ordered on demand which may result in extended delivery times - Instructor only resource ISBN-10: 0131484540 | ISBN-13: 9780131484542 The Instructor’s Resource Center, available on CD, or at www.prenhall.com, provides presentation and other classroom resources. Instructors can collect the materials, edit them to create powerful class lectures, and upload them to an online course management system. Using the Instructor’s Resource Center on CD instructors can easily create custom presentations. Instructors can select a chapter from the table of contents to see a list of available resources or simply search by keyword. Desired files can be exported to instructor’s hard drive for use in classroom presentations, and online courses.
With the Instructor Resource Center, you will find the following faculty resources:
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