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Nkomo, S.M. (Prof.)
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dc.contributor.author |
Nyabadza, George Wangirayi
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dc.date.accessioned |
2009-08-25T10:51:56Z |
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dc.date.available |
2009-08-25T10:51:56Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009-08-25T10:51:56Z |
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dc.date.submitted |
2008-03-31 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Nyabadza, George Wangirayi (2009) The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343> |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The purpose of this research was to study the lived experience of being a strategic leader, described as the black box of leadership, and to extend the limited research in this field. The researcher utilised the qualitative ethnographic methodology of direct observation, observing 138 discrete critical incidents that made up the lived experience of the five strategic leaders in the sample. The researcher further utilised observation tools from the field of Neuro Linguistic Programming, personal experiences, metaphors, allegories, analogies as well as deep personal introspection to make sense of the lived experience of the five CEOs.
The primary research objective was to answer the question: What do CEOs do and how do they do it? A further related objective was to explore how they think about what they do.
The research answered these questions by prising open the 'black box' of the lived experience of the strategic leader. The result of the research is the pure leadership spider web model. The pure leadership spider web model breaks down the lived experience of the strategic leader, the content of the black box, into eight dimensions: the pillars that make up the personal leadership philosophy; emotional states of mind brought to bear in meetings; kinaesthetic patterns used during meetings; meeting dynamics; emotional states brought to bear on day-to-day shop-floor engagement; emotional states brought to bear on leadership engagement sessions with other like business leaders; frames of mind governing the day-to-day experiences; and The Magic Language Box. |
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1 online resource (xiii, 315 leaves) |
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dc.subject |
ethnography |
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chief executive officer |
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lived experience |
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strategic leadership |
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strategic leader |
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complete observation |
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pure leadership spider-web model |
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metaphors |
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personal leadership philosophy |
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black box of leadership |
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meta-states |
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meta-programs |
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leadership development |
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qualitative methodology |
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subjective experience |
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kinesthetic |
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ethnomethodology |
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magic language box |
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neuro linguistic programming |
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dc.subject.ddc |
658.4012 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Strategic planning |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Leadership |
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dc.title |
The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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dc.description.department |
Business Management and Entr |
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dc.description.degree |
DBL |
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