Leadership and discovery [electronic resource] / edited by George R. Goethals and J. Thomas Wren.

This book, a collection of essays from scholars across disciplines, explores leadership of discovery, probing the guided and collaborative exploration and interpretation of the experience of our inner thoughts and feelings, and of our external worlds. By approaching discovery as the product of inter...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Corporate Author: Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Other Authors: Goethals, George R. (Editor), Wren, J. Thomas, 1950- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jepson studies in leadership.
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Table of Contents:
  • Discovery in astronomy : ex uno plures / Karen B. Kwitter
  • The perils of searching for leadership and discovery : the case of Jamestown and John Smith / Patrick Griffin
  • Leadership in the history of exploration / Felipe Fernández-Armesto
  • Leadership and discovery : lessons from the Lewis and Clark expedition / Daniel B. Throp
  • Leading NASA in space exploration : James E. Webb, Apollo, and today / W. Henry Lambright
  • Self-discovery / David A. Dunning
  • Exploration and discovery in space / Jeffrey A. Hoffman
  • Leadership and discovery / Gerrit L. Verschuur
  • A conspicuous absence of scientific leadership : the illusory epidemic of autism / Morton A. Gernsbacher
  • On giraffes and bank accounts : rethinking discovery, creation, and literary imagination / Ronald F. Thiemann
  • Conclusion : Understanding leadership and discovery / George R. Goethals.