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|aZaleznik, Abraham,|d1924-
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|aHedgehogs and foxes|h[electronic resource] :|bcharacter, leadership,and command in organizations /|cAbraham Zaleznik.
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|a1st ed.
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|aNew York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2008.
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|axiii, 250 p. ;|c25 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-243) and index.
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|aIntroduction -- The optimists -- The propensity for risk: Eisenhowerin the military and the presidency -- A disengaged president: Ronald Reagan and his lieutenants -- Character and mood in presidential leadership -- The narcissists -- To be single-minded: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and the nuclear navy -- A change agent: Florence Nightingale and medical reform -- The uses of aggression in overcoming bureaucracy -- The managers -- The education of Robert S. McNamara: Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968 -- From monomania to megalomania: Harold Geneen and ITT -- Themyth and reality of the managerial mystique -- The empowerers -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and militant nonviolence: a psychoanalytic study -- Frantz Fanon: purgation through violence -- The psychodynamics of empowerment -- The humanists -- Joseph Conrad: sharing the secret of command-- Hermann Melville's Billy Budd: a study of character -- Identity, imagination, and command -- Conclusion -- Character and fitness for command.
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|aIn this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either 'hedgehogs,' who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules,or 'foxes,' who assess and re-evaluate their goals and strategies based on ever-changing factors in business, politics, and culture. Coveringdynamic personalities from Dwight Eisenhower to Martin Luther King, Jr., Zaleznik draws illuminating conclusions about psycho-politics and negotiations of power and command, celebrating innovative problem-solvingskills.
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|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2009.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on Apr. 24, 2009).|nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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|aControl (Psychology)
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|aDecision making.
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|aExecutives|xPsychology|vCase studies.
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|aLeadership|vCase studies.
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|aLeadership|xPsychological aspects.
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|aPolitical leadership|zUnited States|vCase studies.
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|aPolitical leadership.
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|aPower (Social sciences)
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