Regional Leadership: A Systemic View

A Systemic View of Transformational Leadership

I have scanned the large and growing literature dealing with leadership without finding inspiration in it. Nor have I found any evidence of an increase in either the quantity or quality of leaders produced, particularly transformational leaders. My superficial survey convinced me that to a large extent the sterility of this literature is due to the ambiguity associated with the concepts of lead...

Terrorism: A Systemic View

Broadly speaking, ‘terrorism’ is regarded as extremely violent behavior by what is normally considered to be a minority subgroup of society. The value system in which terrorism is imbedded is not universally shared within the larger society from which it emanates. Terrorists form a movement that pursues a cause defined by its aims which, in turn, are defined within a value framework that may be...

The future of leadership: A practitioner view

ambers@ Summary This article explores the crisis in leadership focusing on the period since the banking crisis. It is written from a practitioner perspective and includes a review of a survey of 16 global companies and their attitudes and perspectives on leadership development. The article also explores applications of a framework developed at MIT looking at leadership in an age of uncertainty....

Regional strategies for global leadership.

The leaders of such global powerhouses as GE, Wal-Mart, and Toyota seem to have grasped two crucial truths: First, far from becoming submerged by the rising tide of globalization, geographic and other regional distinctions may in fact be increasing in importance. Second, regionally focused strategies, used in conjunction with local and global initiatives, can significantly boost a company's per...

Transport Telematics - Systemic View