Entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders: what the airline industry can teach us about leadership

This book reveals how leadership evolves through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs dominate the industry's early history, but as the industry evolved a new breed of managers emerged whobuilt a dominant business model that enabled their companies to grow dramatically. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: THE ENTREPRENEURS - The Guggenheims b Promoting Aviation in America - Juan Trippe's Early Entrepreneurial Efforts - C. E.Woolman and Delta Air Lines - PART II: THE MANAGERS - Juan Trippe and the Growth of International Air Travel - C. R. Smith and American Airlines - William 'Pat' Patterson and United Air Lines - PART III: THE LEADERS - Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines - Gordon Bethune's Revival of Continental Airlines - Epilogue - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61567-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 18/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés