Chaos Is a Gift? : Leading Oneself in Uncertain and Complex Environments.

COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- ENDORSEMENTS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- FULL TITLE PAGE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE OF BOOK AND TARGET POPULATION -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: PERSPECTIVES OF LEADING IN UNCERTAIN AND COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING -- THEORETICAL EXPLANATION -- PERSPECTIVE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 2: PERSPECTIVES OF LEADING ONESELF IN VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, COMPLEX, AND AMBIGUOUS ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CAPABILITIES OF MODERN WORLD LEADERS IN A VUCA WORLD -- PERSPECTIVE -- LEADING ONESELF AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF LEADERSHIP IN A VUCA ENVIRONMENT -- LEADING ONESELF AS AN IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK OF THE SELF-INFLUENCING APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP -- OTHER THEORIES CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONCEPT OF LEADING ONESELF -- A FEW EXAMPLES OF LEADING ONESELF SKILLS IN VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- THE RELEVANCE OF LEADING ONESELF IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PART TWO: LEADING ONESELF IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- CHAPTER 3: CONFLICT WISDOM: THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE FRAME -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE 'VUCA' ENVIRONMENT -- SPOTLIGHT: POL POLMAN -- THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- HANDLING CONFLICT PRODUCTIVELY -- MENTAL MODELS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIOURS -- THE REALITY: HOW TO CHANGE CONFLICT FRAMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 4: LEADERSHIP BY SOCRATES: SELF-CARE IN DIFFICULT AND UNPREDICTABLE TIMES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 5: HUMANNESS IN THE BUSINESS AND PRIVATE SECTORS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OSKAR SCHINDLER AND THE HOLOCAUST -- THE CORE OF LEADERSHIP -- THE ETHIC COMPONENT IN LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE -- THE TRUE NORTH OF HUMAN DIGNITY.

HUMAN DIGNITY AND VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- 21ST CENTURY GOAL POSTS FOR HUMANNESS AS A GUIDING LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE -- CONCRETISATIONS OF HUMANNESS: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND PHILANTHROPY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 6: PERSPECTIVES ON STILLNESS FOR A VUCA WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AN ILLUSTRATION OF INCORPORATING STILLNESS -- THEORY -- PRACTICAL REALITY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PART THREE: LEADING ONESELF IN THE ACADEMIC SECTOR -- CHAPTER 7: RESILIENCE AND AGILITY IN ZIMBABWEAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND: ZIMBABWE'S HIGHER EDUCATION -- HIGHER EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE: A VUCA ENVIRONMENT? -- LEADING ONESELF THROUGH RESILIENCE IN AVUC A WORLD: PROFESSOR PRIMROSE KURASHA -- THE THEORY OF PERSONAL RESILIENCE -- AGILITY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 8: OPTIMISM AND ADAPTABILITY WITHIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SETTING THE SCENE: THE CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 9: BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED SATISFACTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA (UNAM) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LEADING ONESELF QUALITIES -- VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- LEADING ONESELF IN A VUCA ENVIRONMENT -- THEORY RELATED TO LEADERS' CHARACTERISTICS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PART FOUR: LEADING ONESELF IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- CHAPTER 10:SOUTH AFRICA'S SURVIVING VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND ON BECOMING A DEMOCRACY (SOUTH AFRICA) -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 11: LEADING SELF IN SOUTH AFRICA'S VUCA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RAMAPHOSA'S TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SOUTH AFRICA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT VUCA ENVIRONMENT -- THEORIES TO LEAD SELF IN RESPECT OF PUBLIC SECTOR VUCA ENVIRONMENTS.

CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 12: A MODEL OF LEADING SELF IN VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART FIVE: lEADING ONESELF IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTS -- CHAPTER 13: CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR PEACEBUILDING: LEADING ONESELF IN AN UNCERTAIN AND COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VUCA ENVIRONMENT -- APPLICATION -- THEORETICAL DISCUSSION -- PRACTICAL REALITY -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 14: LIMINAL LEADERSHIP IN A VUCA WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXAMPLE -- IMPORTANT FACTORS IN LEADING ONESELF -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 15: LEADING ONESELF IN A VUCA WORLD: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD OF RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP, SELF-LEADERSHIP AND THE VUCA WORLD -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PART SIX: LOOKING AHEAD, OUTCOMES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 16: LOOKING AHEAD: STRATEGIC LEADING ONESELF SKILLS IN VUCA ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP -- STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK IN A VUCA WORLD -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 17: LEADING ONESELF IN UNCERTAIN AND COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS: OUTCOMES, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OUTCOMES OF THE BOOK -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- LIST OF REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.

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