Leadership: Wisdom in Action

The purpose of this paper is to reveal how the thinking of leadership is always in ‘play’ enacting the wisdom of practice. The ‘know how’ of leadership theory (techne) tends to assume that a plan, or a set of skills, can accomplish whatever one sets out to achieve. However, the nature of human and c...

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Authors: Smythe, Elizabeth (Author) ; Norton, Andrew (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University 2011
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2011, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-11
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