The new leadership challenge : creating the future of nursing /
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| Author / Creator: | Grossman, Sheila. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2013. |
| Description: | xxi, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8955331 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Nature of Leadership: Distinguishing Leadership From Management
- Brief Overview of Selected Theories of Leadership
- Leadership and Management
- Tasks of Leadership
- Specific Distinctions Between Leadership and Management
- Elements of Leadership
- Chapter 2. The World and New Leadership: Changing Our Thinking About Leadership
- Preparing Nurse Leaders
- Chaos Theory
- Quantum Theory and the New Science
- Supporting Perspectives and Perspective Transformation Theory
- Chapter 3. Followership and Empowerment
- The Concept of Followership
- Types of Followers
- Characteristics of Effective or Exemplary Followers
- Sources of Power
- Empowering Self and Others
- Developing Effective Followership Skills
- Chapter 4. Leadership as an Integral Component of a Professional Role
- Types of Leadership
- Emotional Competence
- Self-Esteem and Leadership Image
- Would-Be Leaders Become Leaders
- Leadership as an Integral Component of Each Nurse's Role
- Chapter 5. Vision and Creativity
- The Concept of Vision
- Purpose and Development of a Vision
- The Process of Creativity
- Chapter 6. Gender Perspectives in Leadership
- Common Gender Differences
- Ways of Leading
- Combining the Best of Femaleness and Maleness
- Strategies for Women and Men to Be Successful Leaders in the Future
- Chapter 7. Disequilibrium and Chaos: Challenging, Invigorating, and Growth Producing
- Adjusting the Leader Role and the Practice of Leadership
- Denning Chaos
- Chaos in Nursing
- Complexity of the Registered Nurse's Role in the Current Health-Care System
- Facilitating Leadership in Chaos
- Change
- The Leader as a Change Agent
- Facilitating the Change Process
- Process of Change
- Barriers to Change
- Dealing With Conflict Generated by Change
- Chapter 8. Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing
- Predicting the Future
- General Predictions About the Future
- Predictions About the Future of Health Care
- Predictions About the Future of Nursing
- Characteristics of Nurse Leaders Needed to Create a Preferred Future for Nursing
- Chapter 9. Developing as a Leader Throughout One's Career
- General Approaches to Leadership Development
- Environments That Facilitate Leadership Development
- Empowerment
- Mentoring
- Networking
- Chapter 10. Leadership, Excellence, and Creating the Future of Nursing
- The Concept of Excellence
- Leadership and Excellence
- Professional Involvement
- Annotated Bibliography
- Index
