Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom: Eric H. Kessler, James R. Bailey
Editorial Reviews
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“A brilliant and comprehensive introduction to the most seminal component of leadership: wisdom. The diversity of the readings and wisdom of the authors make this a most original and valuable addition to the management canon.”
-Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader
“This wonderful compilation proves that management is as much art as science, and that deep thinking can inform and inspire practice to be more humane, ethical, and, yes, wise.”
-Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and best-selling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End
“If you’ll forgive a pun, this is a wise book about organizational and managerial wisdom. It shows what’s possible when some of our best thinkers turn their collective attention to such timely subjects as EQ, negotiation, global politics, and individual and organizational ethics.”
-Steve Kerr, Chief Learning Officer, Goldman Sachs, and Past President of the Academy of Management
“One of the ‘most promising’ forthcoming management books.”
-EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
“To wade into the topic wisdom is to see organizing differently. To wade into this volume is to see wisdom differently. Both forms of effort embody a wonderful moment of wisdom itself.”
–Karl E. Weick, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology,University of Michigan
Some interesting issues emerge when one views organizations from a wisdom-based perspective. Does technology promote or inhibit wisdom? How do HR systems, organizational forms, management practices, and operational capabilities relate to wisdom? What are the ethical and social dimensions of wisdom? What makes a wise leader? Can wisdom be developed and utilized strategically? Do conceptions and manifestations of wisdom vary across cultures? Can one teach wisdom?
Editors Eric Kessler and James Bailey have produced a ground-breaking compendium of globally renowned thinkers in the Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom. This Handbook systematically explores the characteristics of understanding, applying, and developing organizational and managerial wisdom.
Key Features
- Organizes wisdom around the five primary philosophical branches-logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics
- Applies wisdom in organizations and management through international examples that synthesize a set of practical principles for academics and practicing managers
- Offers an outstanding collection of world-renowned scholars who give profound insights regarding wisdom
About the Author
Eric H. Kessler is Professor of Management at Pace University in New York City and founding Director of the Lubin Leaders and Scholars Program, which prepares students for careers in global business leadership. He is also a past President of the Eastern Academy of Management, the northeastern United States academic association of business management professors. He has served on several editorial boards and as the guest editor for a number of professional journals, as well as on review panels with the National Security Education Program. He is widely published in top management and technical journals and series, has won numerous outstanding research awards, and is the author or editor of several books, including Cultural Mythology and Leadership (in press). His professional travels have taken him across the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa as well as national and international honor societies in business, economics, forensics, and psychology. Dr. Kessler instructs courses on the doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s levels; has led several international field studies; and has worked as an executive educator, policy analyst, and business consultant for public and private organizations. He is an avid reader of history and philosophy, a sports and puzzle junkie, and the spinner of many a bad pun. He lives with his best friend/wife, two terrific sons, and faithful Black Labrador.
James R. Bailey is the Tucker Professor of Leadership and Director of Executive Education at the George Washington University School of Business, and a Fellow in the Centre for Management Development, London Business School. He has been the recipient of many teaching distinctions, including the Professor of the Year from the BBA and EMBA programs at GWSB, and in 2006 was named one of the world’s top ten executive educators by the International Council for Executive Leadership Development. He has published over 50 academic papers and case studies, and is the author of several books, including the forthcoming Riding the Change Curve: Leading Through Transition. He has designed and delivered hundreds of executive programs for firms like Nestle, United Bank of Switzerland, Morgan Stanley and Lucent Technologies. Dr. Bailey is a frequent keynote speaker who has appeared on broadcast programs for the BBC and Fox News Network, and whose work has been cited in such outlets as Fortune, Forbes, and Business 2.0. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Academy of Management Learning and Education. James and his wife live next to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. The couple are expecting their first child in August 2007.
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