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Leadership: Theory and Practice

by · 1997

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Heartened by the positive response to previous editions of Leadership: Theory and Practice, this Fourth Editionis written with the same objective to bridge the gap between the often simplistic popular approaches to leadership and the more abstract theoretical approaches.

Subject
leadershipleadershipMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thisself-helpself-helpMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
workworkMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissocial issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 395 pages

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