Four-cornered leadership : a framework for making decisions

"W. Edwards Deming once stated that the job of management is not supervision but leadership. He also concluded that capable leaders were those who understood and applied the System of Profound Knowledge. This book examines this system and describes competencies that set the stage for its applic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Schultz, John Roland, 1939-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466592902
1466592907
9781628707571
1628707577
9781466592896
1466592893
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Leadership defined
  • 2. Understand the importance of system interdependencies
  • 3. Understand why people behave as they do
  • 4. Understand how people learn, develop, and improve
  • 5. Understand the variability of work
  • 6. Give meaning, purpose, and direction to the job at hand
  • 7. Manage the dynamics, interdependencies, and interactions.