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Leadership Learning

Knowledge into Action

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kim Turnbull James, James Collins
      Pages 1-9
  3. Leadership Learning — Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. A Leader’s Journey to Engage

      • Jane Trinder
      Pages 57-73
  4. Leadership Development and Delivery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. The Aesthetics of Leadership Development

      • Alan George, Donna Ladkin
      Pages 77-92
    3. Can the MBA Develop Leadership?: ‘Academic Reflection’ vs ‘Practical Training’

      • Richard Kwiatkowski, Joe Jaina, Mary Creagh, Veronica Hope-Hailey, Simon Knox, Lance Moir et al.
      Pages 131-146
    4. Women Only Leadership Development: A Conundrum

      • Deirdre Anderson, Susan Vinnicombe, Val Singh
      Pages 147-160
    5. Leadership Learning and Development: A Framework for Evaluation

      • James Collins, David Denyer
      Pages 161-177
  5. Leadership Learning — Managing Talent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
    2. Developing Future Leaders: The Contribution of Talent Management

      • Eddie Blass, Ann Knights, Angelita Orbea
      Pages 181-199
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-223

About this book

Taking it theme from the fifth annual Studying Leadership Conference held at Cranfield School of Management, Leadership Learning explores the challenge of learning and developing leadership in the 21st century. This is the second of two books to emerge from the conference, taking the theme 'Knowledge into Action'.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Executive Learning and Leadership, Cranfield School of Management, UK

    Kim Turnbull James, James Collins

About the editors

KIM TURNBULL JAMES is Professor of Executive Learning at Cranfield School of Management and Director of the Centre for Executive Learning and Leadership. She is interested in how management learning and leadership development link to organizational goals, aligning leadership theories to appropriate learning designs. Kim is a chartered psychologist.
 

JAMES COLLINS has spent over twenty years in the shipping industry, as a mariner, shipbroker, and marine insurance underwriter before taking up academic study and research. Entering the academic world in mid-life he undertook his PhD at Cranfield School of Management, where he is a Visiting Fellow at the school's Centre for Executive Learning and Leadership. 

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leadership Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Knowledge into Action

  • Editors: Kim Turnbull James, James Collins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584075

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51610-6Published: 14 October 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35432-0Published: 14 October 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58407-5Published: 14 October 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 223

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Management

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