Handbook of leadership theory and practice an HBS centennial colloquium on advancing leadership
- Boston Harvard Business Press 2010
- xiv, 822 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scores of books and articles have been written in the popular press and mainstream marketplace about leadership: who leaders are, what they do, and why they matter. Yet in academia, there is a dearth of rigorous research, journal articles, or doctoral programs focused on leadership as a discipline. Why do top business schools espouse mission statements that promise to "educate the leaders of the future"- yet fail to give leadership its intellectual due?