Leadership in Extreme Situations

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Holenweger, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jager, Michael Karl (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kernic, Franz (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications,
• Θέματα: Business.; Leadership.; Personnel management.; Political science.; Politics and war.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Sociology.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Military and Defence Studies.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Sociology, general.; Political Science.; Human Resource Management.

This book covers various aspects of leadership in critical situations and under extreme conditions. Today’s leaders often face challenging situations or unexpected difficulties, and mastering these requires a wide spectrum of competencies such as creativity, courage and empathy. Therefore, this book...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: General Part
• Introduction
• Facing Death: The Dynamics of Leadership and Group Behavior in Extreme Situations when Death Strikes without Warning
• Crisis, Leadership, and Extreme Contexts
• Team Leadership in Extremis: Enschede, Uruzgan, Kathmandu and Beyond
• Leadership, Morale and Cohesion: What Should be Changed?
• Leadership in Extreme Conditions and under Severe Stress: Case Study Analysis
• Part II: Leadership in Extreme Situations and Military Settings
• The Role of Short Term Volunteers in Responding to Humanitarian Crises: Lessons from the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Leadership Norms as a Form of Internal (Self-)Control of the Armed Forces
• Cultural Dimensions of Violence in the Military
• Fighting for Strangers? Military Duty in Contemporary War
• Social Navigation and the Emergence of Leadership: Tactical Command in the IDF Ground Forces in the Second Lebanon War
• Leadership in Extreme Situations: Case Study of an Indonesian Special Forces Soldier during the Boxing Day Tsunami
• Constructing ‘Crisis Events’ in Military Contexts – An Israeli Perspective
• Part III: Leadership in Extreme Situations and Lessons Learned/Education
• Leading in Extremis Situations: How Can Leaders Improve?
• How Leaders Learn from Experience in Extreme Situations: The Case of the U.S. Military in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan
• What Difference Does a Difference Make? Considerations about Lessons Learned from Difficult Operational Situations
• Officer Socialization as Prelude to in Extremis Leadership
• Combat Leadership on Guadalcanal: In Extremis Leadership of the Japanese and American Soldiers in World War
• Magnanimous Valor in Arturo Prat (1848-1879): A Necessary Quality for Leadership in Extreme Situations.