Leadership in Extreme Situations

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...

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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,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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.