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Leadership
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.34
EAN: 9780061319754
ISBN: 0061319759
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: December 09, 1982
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: November 09, 1982
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Rating:  - A Classic for the 21st Century
When I was a doctoral student, I wrote my dissertation about transforming leadership. As a full-time doctoral faculty member at one of America's leading online universities, I now mentor students in leadership and organizational change, among other specializations.
Leadership, by James MacGregor Burns the Pulitzer Prize winning author, is the most important book I have read in the field of leadership. In it, Burns coined the term, Transforming Leadership, and distinguished it from its ... Read More
Rating: - Leadership: an analysis study
The world of leadership is examined through a sweeping assessment on its power and purpose to its origins in James MacGregor Burns's book, Leadership. This book is a very comprehensive overview of the study of leadership as it distinguishes not only what are the two basic styles of leadership: transforming and transactional, but evaluates the theory and practice of leadership skills as well. Burns stated in Leadership, "I define leadership as leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that ... Read More
Rating: - This book is a classic
The reviewer below is right. This is not a how to book. But then, it was never written with this intent so marking it down is not right.
If you want to truly understand leadership, historically, socioligically, psychologically, then buy this book. EVERY scholar of leadership has read it and often references it. It is a really monumental book and Burns is a really honest and authentic scholar (unlike the popular authors who know zero about leadership and are in it for the money). VIVA ... Read More
Rating:  - Lacks practical application
The prose is well written.... BUT that's it. Few insights that can be used in practice for people who aspire to become future leaders.
Rating: - The cornerstone of leadership literature
This is the definitive book on leadership. It is long, dense with historical facts, sparkling with insights, and is essential reading for the leadership scholar. Few other leadership books merit a place on the essential reading list for this field.
Burns's accomplishment of recognizing the taxonomy of leadership is unmatched to this day. He distinguishes, for example, intellectual leadership from executive leadership, and explains how each is forged in the "crucible" of circumstances.
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