... Leadership development Leadership Behaviour Lean production Although the importance of leadership has been recognized implicitly since the early descriptions of the Toyota Production System (TPS) (Sugimori et al., 1977 ; Monden, 1998 ; Schonberger, 1982), the understanding of TPS...

...Francis Amagoh Purpose It is important that organizations embark on leadership development programs that will enhance leadership effectiveness. The purpose of this article is to identify some leadership development initiatives. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a review...

... of personal development, namely dependency, independency, and interdependency. Michael Harvey can be contacted at: mharvey@bus.olemiss.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Globalization Leadership development Cultural diversity affects the way leaders go about defining...

...Chris Sigaloff; Iselien Nabben; Erwin Bergsma Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative model of a leadership‐development program. Design/methodology/approach A leadership‐development program based on a “closure‐type description” instead of an “input‐type description...

...Philip L. Quaglieri; Sherry H. Penney; Jennifer Waldner Purpose The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) at the College of Management at U Mass, Boston is an executive leadership development program for mid‐career professionals (average age 35) in the Greater Boston Area. The program was founded because...

... in the workplace. The framework and questions also offer an excellent structure on which future research can be built. Johnathan A. Smith can be contacted at: jonathan.smith@anglia.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Leadership Leadership development Workplace Ethics The world...

... their organization's decision‐making conversations from undisciplined exchanges to results‐oriented encounters. Decision making Information research Leadership development “Well, what do you think?” Hoping to increase market share, a major food producer had appointed a director of new‐channel sales...

.... coordinating; and 5. controlling. Leadership development Decision making Management technique Management effectivness This paper discusses an approach to education and development for leadership, as distinct from education about leadership. It is based on a relatively simple decision...

... in charge of a group, formally or otherwise, both initiates new directions and manages their implementation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Leadership Leadership development There is a growing interest in what was once called “informal leadership”, a label used to describe...

... Leadership development In Aristotle's model of virtue, men become just by performing just acts [1] . They become brave by performing acts of bravery. Similarly, men become leaders by performing deliberate acts of leadership. Leadership is simply not a craft that schools can teach; men and women become...

... and leadership. In his article “Are you a good leader or a bad leader?” Smith (2000) outlines some myths about leadership: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Leadership development Management effectiveness Education Change management Extensive research is being carried out in academia...

...Erwin Rausch; Veronica Burke; David Collins Purpose This paper aims to discuss a framework for analysing the learning and transfer of conflict handling skills via leadership development programmes. The framework links the role of knowledge in skill acquisition to the process of learning transfer...