Management of team leadership in extreme context : defending our homeland, protecting our first responders

• Other Authors: Graen, George B. (Editor), Graen, Joni A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2013]
• Subjects: Emergency management.; First responders.; Business & Economics > Leadership.; Management: leadership and motivation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614400
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-101-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : illustrations

The proper balance of managerial "administrative-control" and managerial "team-leadership" depends upon the work context. After organizational procedures are designed by work-process engineers, managers and their directreports in the business units, are charged to "save our...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 2. First responders in action / Paul J. Breaux and Charles A. Scherbaum
• Chapter 3. Expert advice from those who serve / George Graen
• Chapter 4. A breakdown in team leadership / Amy Fraher
• Chapter 5. Police officers in danger / Mark D. Bowman
• Chapter 6. Mateship: In harm's way / Kelly L. Fisher
• Chapter 7. When mistakes almost become disasters / Benjamin E. Baran, Cliff W. Scott, and Daniel L. Bonilla
• Chapter 8. Posttraumatic growth / Richard G. Tedeschi
• Chapter 9. The U.S. Air force approach / Robert J. Jackson, Douglas R. Lindsay, and Joseph E. Sanders
• Chapter 11. Military understanding of teams / Michael Rumsey
• Chapter 12. Transitions in action teams / Mary J. Waller and Sjir Uitdewilligen
• Chapter 13. Using the advice / George Graen
• Appendix.