Today's views of leadership and management have significantly expanded to incorporate a variety of elements such as rewards, visions, and worker participation. However, most perspectives still view leadership as something that is assigned to a designated person who then exercises influence downward toward subordinate followers. In many ways the persistent top-down command and control theme that supports established leadership thought and practice prevents organizations from fully tapping into their human resources, in turn limiting their flexibility to meet the challenges of increasingly dynamic, complex, and competitive environments. Shared Entrepreneurship replaces the top-down approaches of the past with a new framework that draws strengths and innovation from collaboration and sharing. This book is divided into two main sections. The first section consists of six chapters which provide an in-depth overview and discussion of shared entrepreneurship. The second section consists of eight original case studies commissioned by the authors, featuring such companies as Herman Miller, Inc., SRC Holdings, and W.L. Gore & Associates.
Author Biography:
Frank Shipper is Professor of Management in the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University, USA. His teaching, consulting, and research interests are managerial/leadership skills development, employee ownership, and collaborative cultures. He has consulted for and studied employee-owned companies for over 25 years. Among other honors, he has received a Regents Award for excellence in research, University System of Maryland's highest faculty honor.
Stephen B. Adams, Salisbury University, USA Marvin O. Brown, Salisbury University, USA Thomas J. Calo, Salisbury University, USA Benita W. Harris, Asbury United Methodist Church, USA Richard C. Hoffman, Salisbury University, USA Charles C. Manz, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA Karen P. Manz, unaffiliated Bill Nobles, Rutgers University, USA Oliver P. Roche, Salisbury University, USA Greg L. Stewart, University of Iowa, USA Marc D. Street, Salisbury University, USA Vera L. Street, Salisbury University, USA Frank Shipper, Salisbury University, USA Christy H. Weer, Salisbury University, USA.
