{"product_id":"constructing-crisis-leaders-crises-and-claims-of-urgency-paperback-9781108446082","title":"Constructing Crisis; Leaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108446082","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstructing Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLeaders, Crises and Claims of Urgency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrises aren't real objective events. Instead, Spector demonstrates they are claims of urgency imposed by leaders to assert power and exert control.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBert Spector (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108446082, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this book will be of great interest to social constructionist scholars and scholars sympathetic to a sociology of knowledge framework. Academics who specialize in crisis may find the conceptual approach refreshing, and the book is written with such engaging and vivid examples that its appeal is likely to  extend well beyond the ivory tower.' Michael Adorjan, International Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere is no such thing as a crisis. Rather than an actual, corporeal thing, a crisis is a claim asserted from a position of power and influence, intended to shape the understanding of others. A constructed crisis by a leader may or may not be legitimate, and, legitimate or not, the content of a claim alone does not determine whether people decide to believe it. Rather than viewing crises as the result of objective events, Spector demonstrates that leaders impose crises on organizations to strategically assert power and exert control. Interpreting crisis through a critical lens, this interdisciplinary book encompasses not just management and organizational literature, but also sociology, history, cognitive science, and psychology. The resulting wide-ranging, critical, and provocative analysis will appeal in particular to students and academics researching leadership and crisis management.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: there's no such thing as a crisis\u003cbr\u003e 1. Undertaking a new interpretive effort\u003cbr\u003e 2. Crisis as a reification of Urgency\u003cbr\u003e 3. Advancing the crisis-as-event model\u003cbr\u003e 4. Problems, crises, and contextual constructionism\u003cbr\u003e 5. An objective description and a subjective Uh-Oh!\u003cbr\u003e 6. Believing claims of urgency – or not\u003cbr\u003e 7. The power of a good (crisis) narrative\u003cbr\u003e 8. To create such a crisis, to foster such a tension\u003cbr\u003e 9. Beyond forged-in-crisis leadership\u003cbr\u003e 10. So what?\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Organizational%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20behaviour%20%5BKJU%5D%22\"\u003eKJU\u003c\/a\u003e], Management: leadership \u0026amp; motivation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Management: leadership \u0026amp; motivation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Management:%20leadership%20\u0026amp;%20motivation%20%5BKJMB%5D%22\"\u003eKJMB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003321635096,"sku":"9781108446082","price":25.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108446082i.jpg?v=1696700190","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constructing-crisis-leaders-crises-and-claims-of-urgency-paperback-9781108446082","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}