Laura Empson (Professor in the Management of Professional Service F

Broschiertes Buch

Leading Professionals

Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas

Beschreibung

This book reveals the power dynamics and interpersonal politics that lie at the heart of professional organizations. Drawing on the latest academic theory, and based on interviews with over 500 senior professionals, it analyses how professionals come together to create 'leadership'. It explains how change happens and why leaders so often fail.

Autor

Professor Laura Empson is Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firms at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), University of London, and Director of the Centre for Professional Service Firms. She is Head of Group (Organizational Behaviour/HRM) and previously a member of the Executive Committee of the Business School. She is also Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Law School's Center on the Legal Profession. She has dedicated the past 25 years to conducting academic research into professional organizations, publishing numerous scholarly articles in leading academic journals and editing the Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms. She was previously an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Professor Laura Empson acts as an adviser to the leaders of many of the world's most successful professional service firms. Before becoming an academic, she worked as an investment banker and strategy consultant. She has a PhD and MBA from London Business School.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780192882028
• ISBN-10: 0192882023
• Artikelnr.: 64102728