Constructing Crisis - Leaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency (Hardcover)

There is no such thing as a crisis. Rather than an actual, corporeal thing, a crisis is a claim asserted from a position of power and influence, intended to shape the understanding of others. A constructed crisis by a leader may or may not be legitimate, and, legitimate or not, the content of a claim alone does not determine whether people decide to believe it. Rather than viewing crises as the result of objective events, Spector demonstrates that leaders impose crises on organizations to strategically assert power and exert control. Interpreting crisis through a critical lens, this interdisciplinary book encompasses not just management and organizational literature, but also sociology, history, cognitive science, and psychology. The resulting wide-ranging, critical, and provocative analysis will appeal in particular to students and academics researching leadership and crisis management.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Bert Spector
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-42735-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	1-108-42735-9
Barcode:	9781108427357

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