Managing without leadership [electronic resource] : towards a theory of organizational functioning / Gabriele Lakomski.
Publication details: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2004.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:- 9780080456683 (ebook) :
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- HD58.9
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In a critical examination of leadership theories past and present, Lakomski explores a naturalistic account of organizational functioning and organization design that includes leaders as non-privileged agents in the cognitive fabric of organizational life. A critical examination of leadership theories past and present, Managing without Leadership argues that leadership as traditionally understood does not explain organizational functioning. Bounded by empiricist assumptions and methodology, and including a narrow theory of mind as symbol processor, leadership theories are unable to support their claims about leaders and their actions. Drawing on coherentist epistemology, connectionism, and the theory of self-organizing dynamic systems, a naturalistic account of organizational functioning and organization design is explored that includes leaders as non-privileged agents in the cognitive fabric of organizational life.
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