The Leadership Experience, Cengage International Edition
Author(s): Richard Daft (Author)
- Publisher: South-Western College Pub
- Publication Date: 2 Mar. 2026
- Edition: 9th
- Language: English
- Print length: 640 pages
- ASIN: B0G1MMZLLV
- ISBN-13: 9798214505060
Book Description
Master critical leadership skills and gain an understanding of the theory needed to become an effective business leader in today’s turbulent times with Richard Daft’s “The Leadership Experience, Cengage International Edition” 9th Edition. In this edition, you explore the latest thinking in leadership theory and contemporary practices in organizations throughout the world.
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About the Author
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management Emeritus in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He has been the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in academic books. A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Dr. Daft is one of today’s most highly cited academics in the fields of economics and business.
Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP.
1. What Does It Mean to Be a Leader?
Part II: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP.
2. Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships.
3. Contingency Approaches to Leadership.
Part III: THE PERSONAL SIDE OF LEADERSHIP.
4. The Leader as an Individual.
5. Leadership Head and Heart.
6. Courage and Moral Leadership.
7. Leadership Vision And Purpose.
Part IV: THE LEADER AS A RELATIONSHIP BUILDER.
8. Motivation and Empowerment.
9. Leadership Communication.
10. Leading Teams.
11. Leading Diversity and Inclusion.
12. Leadership Power and Influence.
Part V: THE LEADER AS A SOCIAL ARCHITECT.
13. Setting the Stage for Followership.
14. Shaping Culture and Values.
15. Leading Change.
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