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PublisherInformation Age Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-10159311110X

ISBN-139781593111106

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038716809

Product Key Features

Number of Pages332 Pages

Publication NameDream Weavers : Strategy-Focused Leadership in Technology-Driven Organizations

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

SubjectLeadership, Industrial Management, General, Management, Strategic Planning

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn J. Sosik, Don I. Jung, Kimberly S. Jaussi, Yair Berson, Shelley D. Dionne

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-001325

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal658.4/092

SynopsisThe main question that guided the thinking behind this book can be stated as follows: "What kind of leadership behavior must executives of technology-driven organizations display to spur performance excellence?" To address this question the authors conducted videotaped interviews of executives from 65 organizations- including General Electric, Qualcomm, The Vanguard Group, and Barclays Global Investors - to identify common behaviors and traits that lead to organizational success. In addition to the interviews, they surveyed the executives' followers to evaluate the leadership and organizational culture to examine successful executive leadership from multiple reference points. The authors found that displaying outstanding executive leadership doesn't necessarily require a commanding presence, a genius-level IQ, expertise, or even a strong command and control system. At the heart of outstanding strategic leadership was an ability to envision a strategy for taking the raw inputs provided by their environments (e.g., people, technology, ideas, opportunities) and then to weave them into an integrated pattern or system of social, technical and intellectual resources that ultimately produce dramatically higher levels of organizational success factors. The book includes dozens of stories and narratives from the executive leaders to offer readers an in-depth look at what constitutes effective strategy-focused leadership in technology-driven organizations., The main question that guided the thinking behind this book can be stated as follows: What kind of leadership behavior must executives of technology-driven organizations display to spur performance excellence? To address this question the authors conducted videotaped interviews of executives from 65 organizations- including General Electric, Qualcomm, The Vanguard Group, and Barclays Global Investors - to identify common behaviors and traits that lead to organizational success. In addition to the interviews, they surveyed the executives' followers to evaluate the leadership and organizational culture to examine successful executive leadership from multiple reference points. necessarily require a commanding presence, a genius-level IQ, expertise, or even a strong command and control system. At the heart of outstanding strategic leadership was an ability to envision a strategy for taking the raw inputs provided by their environments (e.g., people, technology, ideas, opportunities) and then to weave them into an integrated pattern or system of social, technical and intellectual resources that ultimately produce dramatically higher levels of organizational success factors. The book includes dozens of stories and narratives from the executive leaders to offer readers an in-depth look at what constitutes effective strategy-focused leadership in technology-driven organizations., This book identifies key leadership behaviors for performance excellence in technology-driven organizations. Through interviews with executives and surveys of their followers, it highlights the ability to integrate social, technical, and intellectual resources as crucial for success.

LC Classification NumberHD57.7.D735 2004