BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND MARKET COMPETITIVENESS : new paradigms for design, governance, and ... performance

"Corporate decision-making is becoming complex as society, business, and corporate governance are triangulated in the global marketplace today. This book puts forth new dimensions in current business practices for strategic decision making over the traditional wisdom of managers. The book offers a series of conceptual models that will lead to a shift in readers' mindsets. A must read for managers and change leaders..." -- Rajagopal, Professor and National Researcher, EGADE Business School, Mexico Competitive paradigms, which are constantly being shifted, and turbulent environmental conditions, which today are a constant, tend to dictate rather than inform strategic decision making regarding an organization's status quo and desired outcomes. As such, there is a need for organizational leaders to re-examine current practices. This book provides insight into business dynamics and the internal and external factors that, when strategically aligned, provide satisfaction, added value, and enhanced performance. Andrée Marie López-Fernández is Professor and Researcher at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. Her research areas of interest include corporate social responsibility, digital marketing, and consumer behavior. She is the author of Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Growth (2015) Preface 5 Acknowledgments 9 Contents 10 List of Figures 12 List of Tables 13 Chapter 1: Leadership Taxonomy 14 Defining Leadership 14 Initiating the Debate on Born Leaders 15 Style of Leadership 18 Seeding Leadership 23 Implanting Leadership 25 Induced Leadership 26 Purposive Leadership 29 Macro and Global Leadership 29 Syntality for Effective Leadership 30 References 32 Chapter 2: Corporate Governance 39 Defining Corporate Governance 39 Governance Formality and Informality 40 Key Corporate Governance Elements 41 Internal Fit 45 External Fit 49 Media Participation in Accountability 51 References 57 Chapter 3: Performance Management 61 Defining Performance Management 61 Individual Performance Evaluations 62 Individual and Organizational Performance 64 Standardized Evaluations 66 Coerciveness 72 Integral Performance Evaluations 74 References 79 Chapter 4: Collaborator Management 82 Defining Collaborator Management 82 The Dialogue of Empowerment 84 Maximizing Collaborator MO 88 Strategic Goal Achievement 92 Generational Collaboration 96 References 99 Chapter 5: Organizational Designing 102 Defining Organizational Design 102 Redesign or Perish? 105 Keeping Up Is Too Slow 106 Managing Shock Dampers 109 Layering Organizational Design 114 References 118 Chapter 6: Future Directions 121 The Name of the Game: CSR 121 Bringing Consumer Activism into the Fold 123 Swinging for the Fences 124 Challenges Ahead 126 References 126 Index 127 "Corporate decision-making is becoming complex as society, business, and corporate governance are triangulated in the global marketplace today. This book puts forth new dimensions in current business practices for strategic decision making over the traditional wisdom of managers. The book offers a series of conceptual models that will lead to a shift in readers' mindsets. A must read for managers and change leaders..." -- Rajagopal, Professor and National Researcher, EGADE Business School, Mexico Competitive paradigms, which are constantly being shifted, and turbulent environmental conditions, which today are a constant, tend to dictate rather than inform strategic decision making regarding an organization's status quo and desired outcomes. As such, there is a need for organizational leaders to re-examine current practices. This book provides insight into business dynamics and the internal and external factors that, when strategically aligned, provide satisfaction, added value, and enhanced performance. Andrée Marie López-Fernández is Professor and Researcher at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. Her research areas of interest include corporate social responsibility, digital marketing, and consumer behavior. She is the author of Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Growth (2015) Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Leadership Taxonomy (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 1-25 Corporate Governance (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 27-48 Performance Management (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 49-69 Collaborator Management (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 71-90 Organizational Designing (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 91-109 Future Directions (Andrée Marie López-Fernández)....Pages 111-116 Back Matter ....Pages 117-119