International Leadership and Management: Emerging, Contemporary, and Unorthodox Perspectives
The terms “leadership” and “management” have been defined in many different ways over the years. Perhaps, the multitude of these definitions has contributed to the “theory jungle” identified by Harold Koontz in 1961. A new book, International Leadership and Management: Emerging, Contemporary, and Unorthodox Perspectives, co-authored by researchers from SWPS University, engages in a clarifying discussion and explores new ways of thinking about organizational life and strategy.
New approaches to leadership and management
Authors of the International Leadership and Management, Professor Adam Szpaderski, Wojciech Karczewski, Ph.D. and Katarzyna B. Wojtkiewicz, LL.M., Ph.D. from SWPS University's Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw, as well as Piotr M. A. Cywiński, Ph.D., Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Professor Christopher P. Neck, from the Arizona State University discuss cutting edge, conceptual, and empirical developments in the field of leadership and management, and propose them as new points of view on the topic in question. They argue that the discussion of leadership and management should include international perspectives on leadership, memory and responsibility, paradigms, theories, models and tools, styles and attributes, teamwork, diversity, and strategic challenges at a national level.
International Leadership and Management: Emerging, Contemporary, and Unorthodox Perspectives provides exactly what the title promises. While grounded in academic theory and research, it goes beyond traditional organizational perspectives, stretching current boundaries of thinking in ways that can foster an improved understanding of leadership and management. That is why the book is an important read for academics, students, and practitioners who are looking for new perspectives and approaches.
Must-read in the world of management
The book concentrates on six key themes important to the current and future state of international leadership and management:
- Leadership, Memory and Responsibility: Management in the Service to Education of Future Generations
- Towards New Paradigms of Shaping Leadership and Development Strategies: Theories, Models, Tools
- Styles and Attributes of Leaders and Managers: Frameworks for Practice
- Leading and Managing with Teamwork and Cooperation: Performance Impact
- Diverse Workforce: Routines, Gender, Nationality, Industries
- Strategic Challenges for America: Welfare, Innovation and Leadership
This book makes a significant contribution to the management literature. The scholars tackle the research issues with interesting twists on application and new angles. Any Management scholar will come away with new insights for their work.
International Leadership and Management was published jointly by SWPS University and the Institute of Management and Leadership in cooperation with the Memorials Management Society. It is now available in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum’s bookstore.
is an Associate Professor of Management at SWPS University’s Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw and Institute of Social Sciences. He is Dean’s Representative and the Chairman of the Committee for Internationalization of Education Offer of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw, and the Head of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites at SWPS University. His research interests include strategic management, leadership and management of memorial sites, management of education about Auschwitz, the Holocaust and genocides, and parameterization of cultural heritage institutions. Professor Szpaderski is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Leadership and Management and a senior consultant for strategy and education management of many memorial museums.
is a historian, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and President of Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. His research focuses on medieval studies, anthropology of Auschwitz and Holocaust, and international management of memorial sites. He authored many books, among which the most important is Auschwitz: A Monograph on the Human (2022). Piotr M. A. Cywiński is a recipient of numerous awards and he ranks among the 10 most influential museum directors in the world (Blooloop Museum Influencer List 2021).
is a lecturer in management and leadership at SWPS University's Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw. He is also Director of SWPS University’s Office for International Cooperation. His research interests include leadership, predispositions, motivation and quantitative methods. Dr. Karczewski is also an experienced manager and international business management advisor on business transformation and project management.
is an Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University. His scientific interests include employee/executive fitness, self-leadership, leadership, group decision-making processes, and self-managing teams. Professor Neck is the recipient of the 2007 Business Week Favorite Professor Award and the title “University Master Teacher” at Arizona State University.
is an Assistant Professor and the Head of the Program Committee for the Management and Leadership studies at SWPS University. Her research interests include the Quality of Life paradigm, business strategy development, public policy, and digitalization. She was nominated for the 2017 German Enterprise Awards by the Worldwide Business Review.
