A Systems Approach to Leadership Overview

Geoffrey W. Coffey ()
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Geoffrey W. Coffey: Total Business Transitions Pty Ltd

Chapter Chapter 2 in A Systems Approach to Leadership, 2009, pp 17-31 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter presents an overview of A Systems Approach to Leadership (SAL) which is defined as an holistic approach to leadership and organisation development which can be used by any leader at any organisational level to optimise an organisation (or part of it) to create sustainable high performance in conditions of high complexity and uncertainty. SAL is a methodology with four major components; (1) a strategy of “whole system” development to optimise all forms of organisational entity (i.e. individuals, teams, business units and whole organisations) for sustained high performance; (2) an “in context” method of systematic enquiry, critical reflection and strategic action to move quickly and effectively toward local optimisation; (3) a supporting set of integrated action strategies, processes, skills and knowledge; and (4) foundational assumptions, systems methods and models which link individual cognition (knowledge-in-action) to organisation performance. An overview of SAL’s major components including its overall strategy are set out as well as the outcomes it delivers and some of its major features.

Keywords: Organisation Performance; Business Unit; Internal Functioning; Virtual Team; Organisational Entity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01194-8_2

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