The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations
The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations
ISBN: 0891061991
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 98
Pages: 98
Authors: Jeffrey S. Nielsen
- 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
The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations
ISBN: 0891061991
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 98
Pages: 98
Authors: Jeffrey S. Nielsen