Handbook of Top Management Teams

Book Overview

INTRODUCTION: A Journey to the heart of top management teams A: Who Are The Top Managers? MANAGEMENT TEAMS 1. Top management teams Donald C. Hambrick 2. Profiles of the Top Executives of CAC 40 Companies J?r?me Baray, Frank Bournois 3. Diversity and Top Management Teams Susan Schneider 4. Performance of Top Management teams: the dynamics of electives affinities Lionel Prud'homme 5. Company cultures and chief executives Maurice Th?venet 6. Managing strategic contradictions Wendy K. Smith, Michael L. Tushman 7. Learning in executive teams and replacing the chief executive Quentin Lefebvre TOP MANAGERS' NETWORKS 8. Company executives a possible new social group Bernard Galambaud 9. The HRM-MD Double act Frank Bournois and Catherine Voynnet-Fourboul 10. The entourage of the Top executive definition and functions Tessa Melkonian and Frank Bournois 11. Strategic human resource Management of Top Management Team Social Networks: controlling executive relationships for enhanced organizational advantage Kevin D. Clark, Christophe J. Collins CAREERS AND MOTIVATIONS OF AN ELITE 12. The internal career orientations of executives Brooklyn C. Derr 13. Career anchors for leaders Edgar H. Schein 14. Career management practices Yehuda Baruch 15. The path of the top executive Muriel P?nicaud 16. Senior executive compensation in France principles and practice Christiane Alcouffe 17. Leaders pay Shaun Tyson 18. The shadow side of leadership Manfred Kets de Vries - Katharina Balazs 19. Top Executives - Stressed and causers of stress Sylvie Roussillon and J?r?me Duval-Hamel 20. Management of health assets: Are Top executives up to it? Frank Bournois and Sylvie Roussillon 21. Stress takes a toll on leaders Sharon McDowell-Larsen 22. Toxic leadership: a conceptual framework Jean Lipman-Blumen B Where do top executive come from? (The origin of top executive) SELECTION OF TOP EXECUTIVE 23. Identifying future managers and developing top potential Sylvie Roussillon and Frank Bournois 24. The singular origin of top managers in France Philippe d'Iribarne 25. Background, Identification and training of executives in France and Germany Fr?d?rique Alexandre-Bailly, Marion Festing, Claudia Jonczyk 26. The process of initiation for the future senior executive Maryse Dubouloy 27. Coaching: Learning to be a Top executive Thierry Chavel 28. The leadership journey Leonard D. Schaeffer 29. The role and influence of firm founders Teresa Nelson 30. Company management and institutions: The contribution of neo-institutionalist theories Isabelle Huault TRAINING AND COMPETENCIES 31. Executive education: a process of continuous development Jean-Louis Scaringella 32. The training of Top Executives Herv? Borensztejn 33. Leadership Development evaluation Jennifer W. Martineau / Kelly M. Hannum 34. Accurate evaluations of executive potential Melvin Sorcher, James Brant 35. Unconventional paradigms in Management: when should top management leave the groove towards non-conformity Luciano Traquandi 36. Emotionally intelligent leadership at the top Malcom Higgs, Vic Dulewicz, Chris Brewster C- What are top executives doing? LEADERSHIP 37. The Top executive as reducer of violence Sylvie Roussillon 38. The top Executive Martial art: his strategic approach Daniel Hervou?t 39. Human Excellence and Governance: The conficius challenge Sophie Faure, Fran?oise Tollet 40. Stages of leadership development Alain Gauthier 41. The theory of organisations and the CEO Jacques Rojot 42. Talent management designed for high performance Pierre Miralles 43. Leaders self- defeating response to perceived under performance Jean-Fran?ois Manzoni / Jean-Louis Barsoux DECISIONS TAKING PROCESS 44. Advice to top executives: keep an eye on technology Victoire de Margerie 45. Is the executive a strategist? Fr?d?ric Fr?ry 46. Executive and Decisions Herv? Laroche 47. How boards of directors interact as decision making groups Daniel P. Forbes, Frances J. Milliken COMMUNICATION 48. Ambiguous rel

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349304514
• ISBN13: 9781349304516
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"