Ryd Management

Book reviews The third aspect of the aesthetic dimension is the power to lead mythologically. As a typology the authors present an overview of the Greek gods and their virtues. So, thither is for fount the god genus Athene. She seems nearly perfect, except her lack of sense that leaves her remote from the people who revere her. From her Olympian vantage drumhead she has a strategic overview. At the same time she is non fully connected with every day life. According to the authors, for instance Shapiro, the CEO of Monsanto, can be identi?ed as an Athena type. They illustrate this with several quotes. One of the citations of Shapiro that, to my opinion, perfectly ?ts to the Athena feature, although the authors presented it in the context of dramatizing leadership, is the following: We are entering a time of perhaps unprecedented discontinuity. Businesses grounded in the old exemplification go away become obsolete and die. At Monsanto we are arduous to invent few new businesses around the concept of environmental sustainability. We may not yet know exactly what those businesses will look like, but were willing to place some bets because the world cannot avoid needing sustainability in the long run (HBR, 1997).

This parallel use of a quote, in this case twain in the context of leading mythologically and dramatizing leadership, indicates the subjective character of the authors method of interpretation and labelling as well as the plural character of CEOs opinions and behaviour. This brings me to a critical remark adjacent to my appreciation and overall positive evaluation of the book. The authors see both creativeness (as represented by the artist) and ethics (as represented by the priest) as two aesthetic domains. I dont see any reason for this conceptual combination of creativity and ethics under the heading of aesthetic leadership. Even more, it is quite an confusing. It is a pity that ethics, seen as a subcategory of aesthetics, lacks the importance and precaution that it serves... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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