Open AccessBook Review: The Communicating Leader: The key to strategic alignment (2nd Ed)
Author(s) -
X.C. Birkenbach
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sa journal of industrial psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-0763
pISSN - 0258-5200
DOI - 10.4102/sajip.v29i3.109
Subject(s) - toolbox , key (lock) , usable , style (visual arts) , management , strategic management , sociology , public relations , strategic leadership , conflict management , management styles , computer science , leadership style , political science , world wide web , social science , art , literature , computer security , economics , programming language
Title: The Communicating Leader: The key to strategic alignment (2nd Ed) Author: Gustav Puth Publisher: Van Schaik Publishers Reviewer: XC Birkenbach
The aim of the book according to the author, is "meant to be a usable tool, an instrument in the toolbox of the real leader and leadership student". The book is written in conversational style (as intended by the author) and the 219 pages of the 10 chapters are logically packaged into three parts. While the main emphasis is naturally on leadership and communication, the coverage includes topics typically encountered in Organisational Behaviour or Management texts, e.g., organizational culture, managing change, motivation, conflict management and strategic management.