Download or read book Debating Leaderless Management written by Frederik Hertel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management research has traditionally assumed that leaders play an essential role in both public and private organizations and are required for a business to run smoothly. However, more recently, a vein of critical research has claimed that leaders can do more harm than good, creating confusion and putting their reputation before production and employee wellbeing. This book asks the question - what would happen if there were no leaders? Would employees be better off without formal (or informal) leaders? And even if such a utopia were desirable, would it be realizable in practice?