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The Drama of Leadership
Patricia Pitcher
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Description for The Drama of Leadership
Hardcover. As a member of the board of directors of several major international financial services corporations, Patricia Pitcher was in a privileged position to observe the inner workings of the corporate world. What she witnessed was a crisis of leadership rooted in a misunderstanding of what leading is all about. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
As a member of the board of directors of several major international financial services corporations, Patricia Pitcher was in a privileged position to observe the inner workings of the corporate world. What she witnessed was a crisis of leadership rooted in a misunderstanding of what leading is all about. Not content to simply offer an opinion-opinions come cheap-she embarked on an eight-year research project to document the reasons for the rapid collapse of a global giant. That collapse, she shows us, began with one critical succession error and was compounded by a chronic failure to understand the importance of personality ... Read more
As a member of the board of directors of several major international financial services corporations, Patricia Pitcher was in a privileged position to observe the inner workings of the corporate world. What she witnessed was a crisis of leadership rooted in a misunderstanding of what leading is all about. Not content to simply offer an opinion-opinions come cheap-she embarked on an eight-year research project to document the reasons for the rapid collapse of a global giant. That collapse, she shows us, began with one critical succession error and was compounded by a chronic failure to understand the importance of personality ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471148432
SKU
V9780471148432
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99-50
About Patricia Pitcher
PATRICIA PITCHER, PhD, is Professor of Leadership and Dean of the doctoral program in Canada's oldest and largest business school, Montreal's École des Hautes Études Commerciales. Before becoming an academic, she was chief economist at the Toronto Stock Exchange, senior vice president of a national small business organization, and has served on many boards of directors.
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