Hedgehogs and foxes : character, leadership, and command in organizations / Abraham Zaleznik.
| Author/creator | Zaleznik, Abraham, 1924- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xiii, 250 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The optimists -- The propensity for risk: Eisenhower in 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 -- The myth 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-243) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007052840 |
| ISBN | 0230606237 |
| ISBN | 9780230606234 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC 330.3 .Z34 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |