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Leadership: Theory and Practice Review

This is a well written textbook that I am using for a graduate course I teach called Leadership Perspectives and Practices. It is far superior to the book that I previously used in both format and style. Author Peter Northouse writes clearly and concisely in a book that provides a basic overview of all major leadership theories, as well as additional chapters on timely topics such as women and leadership, authentic leadership and culture and leadership.

Each chapter includes several short case studies that illustrate the principles covered, along with sections that point out the strengths and criticisms of each theoretical approach. The chapters are well sequenced and the book has an author index as well as a subject index.

I highly recommend this fifth edition of Leadership Theory and Practice for use as a text or for anyone who is seeking a book that provides a serious study of core leadership principles and their application.

Leadership: Theory and Practice Overview

Leadership: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition is the market-leading survey text for leadership courses across disciplines. Author Peter Northouse combines an academically robust account of major theories, approaches, models, and themes of leadership with an accessible style and numerous practical exercises to allow students to apply what they learn about leadership both to themselves and to specific contexts and situations. The book is divided into fifteen chapters, which cover all of the key aspects in the leadership field: defining leadership; trait approaches; skills approaches; style approaches; situational approach; contingency theory; path-goal theory; leader-member exchange theory; authentic leadership; transformational leadership; team leadership; psychodynamic approach; diversity and leadership; culture and leadership, and leadership ethics. Enhancing the academic coverage are new case examples, questions for reflection, and leadership instruments and questionnaires that promote a more interactive and enriching experience for students.

Features and Benefits

• Breadth of theory coverage is substantial yet synthesized in such a way as to leave room for specific application and greater discussion of discipline- or program-specific issues
• Numerous, contemporary case studies supplement each major theory or topic to allow students to apply leadership concepts to specific scenarios
• Leadership instruments and questionnaires provide effective reflection opportunities and often add a a significant and immediate reality check to the theory presented
• New coverage of authentic leadership and servant leadership expose students to additional contemporary theories and concepts of leadership
• The chapter on Women and Leadership is expanded to broader diversity issues, to still include gender
• The enhanced Instructor Resources offer more test items, new cases, and access to academic journal articles, organized by topic and/or discipline.
• A new accompanying Study Site- featuring additional topics, exercises, projects, cases, chapter summaries, video clips, and social networking tools- encourages active participation and learning among groups inside or outside the classroom

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Customer Reviews

Great book - nilou -
I bought this book for one of my graduate courses, leadership theory. Every week I have to read two chapters of this book and I enjoy reading the book very much. The concepts are fluent and easy to follow. Each chapter introduces one leadership approach or theory and compare the strengths and criticisms of the theory. It also offers case studies and leadership instruments at the end of each chapter. Another great thing about this book is its easy language. English is my second language, but when I read this book I don't need to keep checking dictionary to understand the concepts. So, it makes my learning pleasant and save my reading time.



A fast delivery - Franc K. -
A timely delivery occurred for this book. In addition, the book was in excellent condition. When leadership embodies a set of skills, it becomes a process. Therefore, one can study and practice said process to become better at performing their job functions. The skills approach represents many of the minutiae and interrelated parts of leadership not found in other models. I am satisfied with the author's leadership theory found in this book.



No page numbers - billcosby -
This book is good on its own, but in the kindle version, there are no page numbers. For the casual reader this is fine, but do not buy this if you plan to use it for class. I bought it for class - specifically to write papers - and I cannot use it for that. I have no way to cite it. It is thoroughly and completely useless. And Expensive. For me, It was a waste of time and money.

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