 Leadership in ChangeAllan P. O. Williams Chapter 15 in The Rise of Cass Business School, 2006, pp 200-220 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Tackling the leadership theme is not for the soft-hearted given the difficulties in its definition and conceptualisation. A working definition that is compatible with the strategic orientation used in analysing the School’s case history would be: Leadership in a business school setting is a dynamic process whereby one or more individuals initiate/support those changes that are conducive to the achievement of the school’s mission and objectives. This is not intended to be an all encompassing definition of leadership, but to reflect what appears to be the main function of leadership in the development of a business school across time. The ‘dynamic process’ mirrors the complex open system model described in the Chapter 14; ‘one or more individuals’ recognises that it is a process that is not confined to the top person; and ‘initiate/support those changes’ emphasises the critical proactive and reinforcing function of leadership in improving the school/environment fit in a continually changing world. This conceptualisation of leadership puts the management of change at its core. Keywords: Business School; Transformational Leadership; Brand Image; Senior Faculty; Strategic Leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62481-8_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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