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Leading democratically
Author(s) -
Brookfield Stephen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.386
Subject(s) - function (biology) , process (computing) , public relations , psychology , sociology , epistemology , social psychology , knowledge management , political science , computer science , philosophy , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
Leading democratically means viewing leadership as a process and function, not a positional responsibility. It involves trusting the extraordinary knowledge of ordinary people and working to ensure that those affected by decisions have the most powerful voices in those decisions and have access to all relevant knowledge.