Do all institutions benefit from leadership training? Challenging tradition through systems inquiry

Journal of Leadership Studies - Tập 1 Số 4 - Trang 74-83 - 2008
Abbas Nadim1, Parbudyal Singh2
1University of New Haven, CT.
2York University, Toronto

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AbstractThere is a fascination in the business community with leadership. There is an endless stream of training and development programs on how to become effective leaders to the extent that leadership training is now a big business. But the fascination is not restricted to the business community. People are enthralled by the idea of leadership, search for more information on it, and truly believe that by becoming a leader, they can reach a more desirable future. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that all organizations do not benefit universally from their investment in employees' leadership training. After reviewing the leadership literature and systems concepts, it is recommended that the redesign of an organization in a social systemic framework will lead to optimization of benefit from leadership training.

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