What is leadership? Are leaders made or born? Are the characteristics and challenges of leadership the same across time and cultures? Do leaders "pull" or are they "pushed"? Are leaders driven by needs that may be dysfunctional to the organizations they lead? Do women leaders behave differently from men? Should we look for models of business and organizational leadership in military organizations?
These are all just some of the many fascinating questions posed in this new collection, which ranges from key statements from classical philosophy (Plato, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli) to those of modern management writers (Barnard, Kets de Vries, Fiedler, Rosener). The latest in the new series Oxford Management Readers, the collection will be invaluable to a wide range of students, scholars, and practicing managers.

• Introduction


• Part I Classical Leadership


• 1: Plato: Philosopher Kings


• 2: Sun Tzu: The Art of War


• 3: Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince


• 4: Vilfredo Pareto: The System of Government


• Part II Traditional Leadership


• 5: Chester Barnard: The Nature of Leadership


• 6: R. M. Stodgill: Leadership, Membership, and Organization


• 7: Fred E. Fiedler: Situational Control and a Dynamic Theory of Leadership


• Part III Modern Leadership


• 8: John Gastil: A Definition and Illustration of Democratic Leadership


• 9: A. Kakabadse, A. Myers, T. McMahon, and G. Spony: Top Management Styles in Europe


• 10: Bernard M. Bass and Bruce J. Avolio: Shatter the Glass Ceiling


• 11: Judy B. Rosener: Sexual Static


• Part IV Mythical Leadership


• 12: Iain Pears: The Gentleman and the Hero


• 13: Manfred R. F. Kets de Vries: The Leadership Mystique


• 14: Gary Gemmill and Judith Oakley: Leadership: An Alternating Social Myth


• Part V Alternative Leadership


• 15: Dian Marie Hosking: Organizing, Leadership, and Skillful Process


• 16: Stephen J. Lilley and Gerald M. Platt: Correspondents' Images of Martin Luther King, Jnr.


• 17: Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich: Voicing Seduction to Silence Leadership