This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Clarke, M. Articles by Butcher, D. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Political Leadership, Bureaucracies and Business Schools: A Comfortable Union?

Cranfield School of Management, UK, martin.clarke{at}cranfield.ac.uk

David Butcher

Cranfield School of Management, UK, d.butcher{at}cranfield.ac.uk

One of the central issues in reconciling pluralistic and bureaucratic forms of organizing lies in the absence of a coherent model of leadership. The intention here is to stimulate debate about the notion of political leadership as a contribution to this analysis. This approach to political leadership prioritizes the explicit acknowledgement of power relations as being central to the reconciliation of diverse interests, and to the building of moral communities in organizational settings. In developing this idea we explore the organizational context for the emergence of political leadership and consider its distinguishing features with reference to both theory and practice. Consideration is given to its utility in building moral organizational communities and how this approach to conceptualizing leadership might be furthered through business school education.

Key Words: bureaucracy • business schools • political leadership

Management Learning, Vol. 40, No. 5, 587-607 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1350507609340808


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?