The future of leadership development: corporate needs and the role of business schools

The current financial crisis highlights the need to rethink business leadership and the role of business schools in helping firms develop the leaders of the future. This book brings together the perspectives of deans of top international business schools, and the views of CEOs and senior business leaders. JORDI CANALS is the Dean and Professor of General Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. His areas of expertize include corporate strategy and corporate governance. He is the author of several books and articles, including Universal banking (1996), Managing corporate growth (2000)and Building Respected Companies (2010). He was a Fulbright Scholar, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Business School and a Visiting Scholar at The World Bank and The Brookings Institution, and a member of the government commission on corporate governance reform in Spain. INDICE: Introduction; 'J.Canals - 'PART I: THE DEANS' PERSPECTIVE - Globalization Strategies for Business Schools; 'F.Brown' - Towards Better LeadershipDevelopment Processes: New Corporate and Societal Challenges for Business Schools; 'J.Canals' - Collaborative Leadership: A New Perspective for Leadership Development; 'A.de Meyer' - The New Landscape for MBA Programs; 'S.Datar' - The Enduring Value of the MBA Program; 'D.Jain' - Renewing the Model of the Contemporary Business School; 'P.Nueno' - PART II: NEW CHALLENGES IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: THE SCHOLARS' PERSPECTIVE - Globalization of Business Education; 'P.Ghemawat' - Leadership Development in Business Schools: An Agenda for Change;'J.Pfeffer' - A Humanistic View of Management and Decision Making; 'J.M.Rosanas' - Towards a New Theory of the Firm: Its Impact in Leadership Development; 'A.Argandona' - PART III: THE CEO'S PERSPECTIVE: WHAT COMPANIES EXPECT FROM LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT? WHAT SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND BUSINESS SCHOOLS CAN DO? - Leadership Development and Talent Transfer in a Global World; 'M.J.Prats - 'How to Develop and Promote Leadership from the Top; 'N.Chinchilla' & 'M.Las Heras'-

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27928-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 344
• Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido