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Article: Peter G. Northouse: Leadership - Theory and Practice.(Review)
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- Organization Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 1999
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This book is considered by the author to be an 'in-depth presentation of leadership theory and a discussion of how it applies to real situations' (p.15). It is intended for undergraduates and graduates in business, management, communication, political science training and other subjects as a supplementary text in organizational behaviour courses and as an overview text within MBA curricula (p. 15).
I will use these statements about the textbook as a guideline for my review, to which I will add my personal experiences.
The author, Peter Guy Northouse, is Professor of Communication at Western Michigan University and thus has wide experience of teaching ...