Research Guides: Organizational Leadership Resources: Organizational Leadership Books

The Library has numerous books in PointCat (our catalog) that will assist you with your organizational leadership assignments. Some examples are included below:

Organizational Leadership by John Bratton; Keith Grint; Debra L. Nelson
Call Number: HD57.7 .B728 2005
ISBN: 0324120664
Publication Date: 2004-01-07
This book examines the concepts, issues, and practices that comprise the core of organizational leadership from a global perspective. Underpinning its story with a mixture of description, analysis, and critique, this book achieves a distinct point of view by examining leadership through a variety of unusual prisms and by giving competing and globally diverse viewpoints equal shares in the debate.
The Nature of Organizational Leadership by Stephen J. Zaccaro (Editor); Richard J. Klimoski (Editor)
Call Number: HD57.7 .N38 2001eb
ISBN: 0787952907
Publication Date: 2001-03-21
The quality of an organization's top leaders is a critical influence on its overall effectiveness and continuing adaptability. This book represents a significant contribution to the literature of leadership, combining a contextual approach to organizational leadership with an in-depth treatment of the cognitive, social, and affective dynamics underlying that leadership.
Human Services Management by David M. Austin; David Austin
Call Number: HV40 .A84 2002
ISBN: 0231108362
Publication Date: 2002-11-18
Human services management occurs in nonprofit, governmental, and for-profit sectors and involves a wide variety of organizational structures. These diverse conditions shape the effort to produce and project services that directly affect the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities through social welfare, health and mental health, criminal justice, and educational services.
Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice by Nitin Nohria (Editor); Rakesh Khurana (Editor)
Call Number: HD57.7 .H3564 2010
ISBN: 9781422138793
Publication Date: 2010-01-26
The study of leadership suffers intellectual neglect and has yet to be considered a serious academic discipline. Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana have invited leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to take stock of what we know about leadership and to set an agenda for future research.

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