Research Catalog

Title

The future of leadership development : corporate needs and the role of business schools / edited by Jordi Canals.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Additional Authors

Canals, Jordi.

Description

xii, 328 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The current financial crisis highlights the need to rethink business leadership and the role of business schools in helping firms develop the leaders of the future. This book brings together the perspectives of deans of top international business schools, and the views of CEOs and senior business leaders"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
• Business schools
• Business education
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General
• Leadership

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. The deans' perspective on leadership development and business schools: In search of a greater impact: new corporate and societal challenges for business schools / by Jordi Canals; Millennials and the changing landscape of business education / by J. Frank Brown; Collaborative leadership: new perspectives in leadership development / by Arnoud de Meyer; The enduring value of the MBA degree / by Dipak C. Jain and Matt Golosinski; Business schools and the demands of business leadership / by Jay O. Light; The contribution of business schools to the twenty-first century / by Pedro Nueno -- Part II. New challenges in leadership development and executive education: the scholars' perspective: From action theory to the theory of the firm / by Antonio Argandoña; A humanistic approach to organizations and organizational decision-making / by Josep M. Rosanas; Bridging the globalization gap at top business schools: curricular challenges and a response / by Pankaj Ghemawat; Leadership development in business schools: an agenda for change / by Jeffrey Pfeffer -- Part III. The CEO's perspective: what companies expect from leadership development: How to develop and promote leadership from the top / by Mireia las Heras and Nuria Chinchilla; Managing managers as professionals: leadership development and talent transfer in a global world / by M. Julia Prats and Remei Agulles.

ISBN

• 9780230279285 (hardback)
• 0230279287 (hardback)

LCCN

2011003119

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries