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The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations

ISBN: 0891061991
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 98

Authors: Jeffrey S. Nielsen

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• The Myth of Leadership--Creating Leaderless Organizations
• Preface
• Part One: The Context of Leadership
• Chapter 1: Rank-Based vs. Peer-Based Thinking in Organizations
• TWO CRUCIAL OBSERVATIONS
• RANK-BASED LEADERSHIP
• THE PEER-BASED ALTERNATIVE
• RANK-BASED THINKING
• PEER-BASED THINKING
• RANK-BASED VS. PEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• DANGERS IN NOT CHALLENGING RANK-BASED THINKING
• CONCLUSION
• Chapter 2: The Myth of Leadership
• EXPOSING THE MYTH
• RANK-BASED VS. PEER-BASED LEADERSHIP ASSUMPTIONS
• UNDESIRABLE RESULTS OF THE MYTH OF LEADERSHIP
• THE INFLUENCE OF ASSUMPTIONS
• CONCLUSION
• Chapter 3: Why Have Leaders?
• LEADERSHIP MENTALITY
• FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
• NETWORK SOCIETY
• RANK-BASED LOGIC VS. PEER-BASED LOGIC
• CONCLUSION
• Part Two: The Evolution of Organizational Practices
• Chapter 4: Strange Attractors and Organizational Practices
• CHAOS THEORY
• QUALITIES OF SYSTEMS AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS
• THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR AND RESILIENCY OF PEER ORGANIZATIONS
• RANK-BASED VS. PEER-BASED PRACTICES
• ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTORS
• CONCLUSION
• Chapter 5: Big Chief and Hierarchical Rank-Based Organizations
• DEVELOPMENT OF A RANK-BASED ORGANIZATION
• TWO FORMS OF RANK-BASED ORGANIZATION
• CHARACTERISTICS OF RANK-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• THE BIG CHIEF ORGANIZATION IN HISTORY
• BIG CHIEF ORGANIZATIONS TODAY
• THE HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION IN HISTORY
• ALFRED SLOAN AND THE HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION
• RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
• REPORTING TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
• CONCLUSION
• Part Three: Creating and Managing Peer-Based Organizations
• Chapter 6: Creating Peer-Based Organizations
• CONDITIONS FOR BECOMING PEER BASED
• PEER-BASED THINKING
• DESIGNING FOR PEERS--PEER LEADERSHIP COUNCILS AND TASK FORCES
• THE STRATEGY DIAMOND
• BASIC DESIGN RULES OF A PEER-BASED ORGANIZATION
• CHARACTERISTICS OF PEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• CONCLUSION
• Chapter 7: The Strategy of Peer-Based Organizations
• THE CATCH-22 OF RANK-BASED MANAGEMENT
• THE STRATEGY OF PEER-BASED COUNCILS
• THE FOUR KEY AREAS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING
• STRATEGY OF DIAMOND STRENGTH
• PEER-BASED STRATEGY
• THE STRATEGY OF ROTATIONAL LEADERSHIP
• CONCLUSION
• Chapter 8: Open and Leaderless Peer-Based Organizations
• TWO FORMS OF PEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• NETWORKS AND PEER-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
• THE OPEN ORGANIZATION
• THE LEADERLESS ORGANIZATION
• Concluding Thoughts
• TIME TO REDEFINE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE
• FROM LEADERS TO MENTORS AND EXEMPLARY LIVES
• THE ORGANIC LIFE OF ORGANIZATIONS--SOME PREDICTIONS AND CHALLENGES
• References
• Index
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P-Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T-U
• Index_V
• Index_W-X
• Index_Y-Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Sidebars