Systems Leadership : Creating Positive Organisations (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Systems leadership: what use is theory? Part One Principles of Behaviour: Principles of behaviour. Part Two The Nature of Work and Organisations: What is work?; Human capability; Meritocracy; Associations and employment hierarchies; The work of the board with the executive team; Leadership, power and authority; Levels of work. Part Three Systems Leadership: The work of leadership - creating a culture; Leadership, policy and systems; Task formulation and assignment; Authorities and role relationships; Key systems; Teams and teamwork. Part Four Making Change Happen - Putting Theory into Practice: The process of successful change - how is it achieved?; Systems and symbols audit - organisational health check; How to design systems; Creating high performance teams; So what? What difference has this made?; Implementation - discipline or dogma?; Who is there to guard the guards? Essentials of a positive organisation; Complementary theories and practices. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. Case studies are provided on the CD included with the book.