Emergence of Leadership

<p>The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of the most complex global organizations ever known. Taking a complexity theory perspective this book explores the key factor that sustains them: leadership.</p><p>The book examines how leadership is currently understood primarily from a systems based perspective as an attribute of the individual the leadership role being to articulate values missions and visions and then persuade others to adhere to them. It argues for a new view of ethics as co-created through identity and difference representing the end of 'business ethics' as we know it today. Areas considered include:</p><ul> <li>risk and conflict</li> <li>spontaneity and motivation.</li> </ul><p>In the past we have focused on the choices of individual leaders. In today's highly complex organizations we are now coming to understand the nature of leadership as self-organizing and as such closely linked to ethics. This means that we can no longer understand ethics simply as centered rational choice in planning and action. </p>