Introduction to Globalization and Business: Relationships and Responsibilities
Author: Barbara Parker
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What is globalization? How have the world economies changed in recent years? What impact do these changes have on business and management practice? Through creative use of examples, case studies and exercises from organizations worldwide, this book demonstrates the many levels at which globalization impacts on contemporary businesses, society and organizations and elucidates the ways in which different globalization trends and factors interrelate.
Focusing on an integrated approach to understanding the effects of global trends such as new technologies, new markets, and cultural and political changes, the book enables students to understand the wider implications of globalization and apply this to their study and comprehension of contemporary business and management.
Each chapter:
- opens with a short and current case which introduces the key concepts covered in that chapter
- provides an overview of chapter objectives to allow the student to navigate easily
- illustrates the chapter concepts with useful boxed examples
- concludes with a review of the key chapter concepts learnt
- provides a series of review and discussion questions
- offers 'Global Enterprise Project' assignments for applying course concepts to the same company
- gives up-to-date references from many sources to direct student's further reading.
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Leadership and Power: Identity Processes in Groups and Organizations
Author: Michael A Hogg
Leadership and associated power issues lie at the core of group life in a variety of contexts. Even the most informal of groups typically have some form of leadership in their organization, and the understanding of leadership and power from a psychological standpoint can inform a greater understanding of group dynamics both inside and outside of the workplace.
Leadership and Power is a synthesis of contributions from eminent social psychologists and organizational scientists that addresses these issues from a fresh perspective. In recent years, these themes have been re-examined through the lens of social categorization approaches that highlight people's social identity and social roles as group members, as well as the processes that influence perceptions of and expectations about people and groups. The book is wide-ranging; chapters cover such diverse issues as: interpersonal versus group-oriented styles of leadership; leadership of totalist groups; political leadership; and gender and leadership. It represents a state-of-the-art overview of this burgeoning field that will be important to a host of disciplines.
Elements of cross-referencing to highlight thematic links as well as effective chapter conclusions will make the text appealing to advanced students taking courses in social and organizational psychology, management and organization studies, not just scholars interested in these themes.
Table of Contents:
| List of Contributors | ||
| Ch. 1 | Identity, Leadership, and Power: Preface and Introduction | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Leadership Effectiveness: Functional, Constructivist and Empirical Perspectives | 5 |
| Ch. 3 | Leader - Member Relations and Social Identity | 18 |
| Ch. 4 | Leadership as the Outcome of Self-Categorization Processes | 34 |
| Ch. 5 | Identity, Leadership Categorization, and Leadership Schema | 48 |
| Ch. 6 | Status Characteristics and Leadership | 65 |
| Ch. 7 | Few Women at the Top: How Role Incongruity Produces Prejudice and the Glass Ceiling | 79 |
| Ch. 8 | Justice, Identity and Leadership | 94 |
| Ch. 9 | A Relational Perspective on Leadership and Cooperation: Why it Matters to Care and Be Fair | 109 |
| Ch. 10 | Leadership, Identity and Influence: Relational Concerns in the Use of Influence Tactics | 123 |
| Ch. 11 | Power and Prejudice: A Social-Cognitive Perspective on Power and Leadership | 138 |
| Ch. 12 | Power, Social Categorization, and Social Motives in Negotiation: Implications for Management and Organizational Leadership | 153 |
| Ch. 13 | Aberrations of Power: Leadership in Totalist Groups | 169 |
| Ch. 14 | The Imperatives of Identity: The Role of Identity in Leader Judgment and Decision Making | 184 |
| Ch. 15 | On the Science of the Art of Leadership | 197 |
| Ch. 16 | Identity, Power, and Strategic Social Categorizations: Theorizing the Language of Leadership | 210 |
| References | 224 | |
| Index | 257 |
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