Mutiny and its bounty : leadership lessons from the age of discovery / Patrick J. Murphy and Ray W. Coye.

By:

Murphy, Patrick J

Contributor(s):

Coye, Ray W

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300195231
0300195230

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mutiny and its bounty.DDC classification:

658.3/14 23

LOC classification:

VB860 .M87 2013eb

Other classification:

BUS071000 | HIS051000 | BUS041000

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Contents:

Inversive operations -- Columbus : "the dawn of an age" -- Magellan : "follow and ask no questions" -- Cabot : "nobody knows who he is" -- Hudson : "the death of discovery" -- The power of shared values -- Architectures of inversion -- Double-edged blades -- A force of human nature.

Summary: "Violent mutiny was common in seafaring enterprises during the Age of Discovery--so common, in fact, that dealing with mutineers was an essential skill for captains and other leaders of the time. Mutinies in today's organizations are much quieter, more social and intellectual, and far less violent, yet the coordinated defiance of authority springs from dissatisfactions very similar to those of long-ago shipboard crews. This highly original book mines seafaring logs and other archives of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ship captains and discovers instructive lessons for today's leaders facing challenges to their authority as well as for other members of organizations in which mutinous events occur. The book begins by examining mutinies against great explorer captains of the Age of Discovery: Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Sebastian Cabot, and Henry Hudson. The authors then identify lessons that entrepreneurs, leaders, and other members may apply to organizational insurrections today. They find, surprisingly, that mutiny may be a force for good in an organization, paving the way to more collaborative leadership and stronger commitment to shared goals and values"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.

"Violent mutiny was common in seafaring enterprises during the Age of Discovery--so common, in fact, that dealing with mutineers was an essential skill for captains and other leaders of the time. Mutinies in today's organizations are much quieter, more social and intellectual, and far less violent, yet the coordinated defiance of authority springs from dissatisfactions very similar to those of long-ago shipboard crews. This highly original book mines seafaring logs and other archives of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ship captains and discovers instructive lessons for today's leaders facing challenges to their authority as well as for other members of organizations in which mutinous events occur. The book begins by examining mutinies against great explorer captains of the Age of Discovery: Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Sebastian Cabot, and Henry Hudson. The authors then identify lessons that entrepreneurs, leaders, and other members may apply to organizational insurrections today. They find, surprisingly, that mutiny may be a force for good in an organization, paving the way to more collaborative leadership and stronger commitment to shared goals and values"-- Provided by publisher

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