Used by more than a million people throughout the world, this highly readable book provides a comprehensive examination of the applied behavioral sciences, and focuses on fundamental ideas which have stood the test of years of application in academic, business, not-for-profit and administrative environments. Complete coverage of motivation and behavior, situational leadership, building effective relationships, planning and implementing change, leadership strategies, the organizational cone and integrating situational leadership with the Classics. For individuals interested in expanding their knowledge of, and proficiency in leadership strategies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 780-497) and index. Previous ed.: 1996.

Management: an applied behavioral sciences approach -- Motivation and behavior -- Motivating -- Leadership: an initial perspective -- Leadership: situational approaches -- Determining effectiveness -- Diagnosing the environment -- Situational leadership -- Situational leadership, perception, and the impact of power -- Situational leadership: training and development -- The situational leader and constructive discipline -- Building effective relationships -- Effective communication -- Leading effective teams -- Implementing situational leadership: managing people to perform -- Implementing situational leadership: building commitments -- Planning and implementing change -- Leadership to achieve quality -- Leadership strategies for organizational transformation -- The organizational cone -- Synthesizing management theory: integrating situational leadership with the classics -- Appendix: Life cycle theory of leadership revisited.