基本信息出版社：Kogan Page Ltd
页码：134 页
出版日期：2007年05月
ISBN：0749448008
International Standard Book Number：8175543671
条形码：9780749448004
EAN：9788175543676
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
内容简介 Innovate or stagnate: that is the stark challenge facing all businesses today. Creating an innovative climate is essential for positive organizational change, and this demands leaders who can bring about this change. John Adair looks at the links between leadership, creativity, and change. He explores every aspect of this vital business topic in his classic style. This new book will help leaders of all types meet the challenges of innovation and achieve profitable growth through team creativity. Using case studies of Google, Honda, and 3M, Adair covers topics such as the characteristics of innovators, organizing for team creativity, expectations of creative people, creative leadership, managing the criticism of ideas, harvesting ideas, and overcoming resistance to change.
作者简介 John Adair is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant influences on management and leadership development in the world. He studied history at Cambridge University and holds higher degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London. He became the world's first Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Surrey and is internationally known as a consultant. He is the author of many respected books on management and leadership.
媒体推荐 "How to create an innovative environment through which creative ideas can be born and nourished." Publishing News "Looks at the links between leadership, creativity and change. He delves deeply into case studies of big multi-nationals to explore their stories." IET Engineering Management " Another authoritative offering from the world's first professor of leadership." "...thought provoking book ... aiming to help leaders achieve profitable growth for their organization through team creativity." Human Capital Management "We need torch-bearers like Adair to light our way. Every manager, whether supervisor or chief executive, has the potential to benefit from this book. Use it to gain a competitive edge." Personnel Today
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“How to create an innovative environment through which creative ideas can be born and nourished.”
Publishing News
“Looks at the links between leadership, creativity and change. He delves deeply into case studies of big multi-nationals to explore their stories.”
IET Engineering Management
" Another authoritative offering from the world's first professor of leadership."
“…thought provoking book … aiming to help leaders achieve profitable growth for their organization through team creativity.”
Human Capital Management
“We need torch-bearers like Adair to light our way. Every manager, whether supervisor or chief executive, has the potential to benefit from this book. Use it to gain a competitive edge.”
Personnel Today