| Abstract [eng] |
This handbook has been designed for students, instructors, and for all of those interested in the questions of leadership and change management. Its purpose is to help the readers assimilate some major theoretical knowledge about leadership, its different styles, and change management, and also to enable them to apply this knowledge in practice by managing organizational change and by rallying and directing the followers (employees) toward the organization’s goals. The first chapter of the handbook analyzes the concept of leadership by comparing it to the concept of management and by discussing the differences between these two concepts. Further on, different leadership theories are introduced. Each of them answers the questions: how to become a leader, i.e. what characteristics, traits or abilities are necessary for it? How to conduct oneself in different situations? How to attract, convince, charm, and inspire others, and how to increase their enthusiasm? What actions should be taken in order to make team activities effective? How to communicate, resolve conflicts, and make decisions in a team? The handbook devotes special attention to the question of change management (chapter three). Consequently, it describes different types of change, stages of change management, causes of resistance to change, and the ways to reduce that resistance. |
