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Use this page to find background resources on leadership, management, and organizational theory and practice.
Threaded Discussion Topics Week 1:
1. Provide an example when someone provided the functions of leadership when management was needed or management when leadership was needed.
2. Discuss the different functions between leaders and managers.
Value added... Consider providing reference to academic content beyond your textbooks to enrich your discussions and understanding.
Handbooks and subject encyclopedias are an excellent way to quickly get an overview of a topic: historical development, theories, seminal ideas and people. Below are listed a couple of our favorites.
Selected Articles from Encyclopedia of Leadership:
Use these databases to access online reference materials. Get started by clicking a logo below.
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Sample searches:
For a recorded Library presentation on searching EBSCO business databases for "strategic planning" AND leadership articles, VIEW (21 min).
Explore using some of the following keywords for topics discussed in this week's lectures
Topic 1: Leadership Theory
Primary Keywords (broad umbrella concepts): collective leadership, relational leadership, Great Man Theory, situational leadership, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, servant leadership, Web of Inclusion, networked leadership
Secondary Keywords: traits, behaviors, characteristics
Starter Search:"transactional leadership" AND (traits OR behaviors OR characteristics) AND employees
Starter Search: "great man theor*"
Topic 2: Differentiation between leadership & Management
Primary Keywords: leader* OR manage*
Secondary Keywords: "strategic management" OR "strategic planning" OR "decision making"
Tertiary Keywords: "organizational change" OR "organizational behavior" OR "organizational culture"
Starter Search: (leader OR manager) AND organization* AND planning
Topic 3: Paradoxical Thinking
Starter Search: "paradoxical thinking" AND (business OR organization* OR corporat*)
If you're looking for business journal articles, we recommend that you start with one of these library databases:
