Creative R & D Leadership: Insights from Japan

by James L. Bess

Styles of effective leadership in the much-admired research arm of Japanese organizations are examined for the first time in this scientifically validated study of research and development units. Creative R & D Leadership provides new data about how and why certain types of leaders are more successful than others and offers insightful social and cultural explanations for that success. Bess shows that it is the unique blending of personalities among...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899309151
• ISBN13: 9780899309156
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.5"