Leadership

James G. (Jerry) Hunt is Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Management Emeritus at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He received his doctorate in Business Administration and Psychology from the University of Illinois. His research interests include leadership (especially process-oriented aspects), organizational behavior, and organization theory. He has authored or co-authored such publications as Leadership: A New Synthesis (1991), nominated for the 1992 Academy of Management award for outstanding scholarly books; Out-of-the-Box Leadership: Transforming the 21st Century Army and Other Top-Performing Organizations (1999); Basic Organizational Behavior (1998); and Managing Organizational Behavior (2000, 8th edition. He also founded, edited, and contributed to the eight-volume Leadership Symposia Series from 1971 to 1988.

First Things First PART ONE: LEADERSHIP KNOWLEDGE CONTENT AND KNOWLEDGE ORIENTATION Core Concepts for a Multi-Organizational Level Leadership Model The Extended Multi Level Leadership Model Leadership Knowledge Orientation Aspects PART TWO: EXPLORING THE MULTI LEVEL MODEL External Environment, Societal Culture and Leader Critical Tasks Background Factors and Preference Aspects of Individual Capability Individual Capabilities - Cognitive Complexity and Selected Social Cognition Aspects Individual Capabilities - Transactionally Oriented Leadership Skills Individual Capabilities - Transformationally Oriented Leadership Skills Organizational Culture Developmental Implications and Enriching Schema Variety Last Things Last