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OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP This page intentionally left blank OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP Leslie Gadman Strategy Consultant and Associate Professor in Strategy and Organizational Behaviour, London South Bank University and Cary Cooper Pro Vice Chancellor (External Relations) and Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University © Leslie Gadman and Cary Cooper 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-20191-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. 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This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of Figures viii About the Authors ix Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 Chapter 1 New Game, New Rules 25 Chapter 2 Open Source Leadership 40 Chapter 3 The Universe’s Rules 59 Chapter 4 The Rule of Attention 77 Chapter 5 The Rule of Awareness 94 Chapter 6 The Rule of Intention 114 Chapter 7 The Rule of Structure 127 Chapter 8 Conclusions 147 References 172 Index 175 vii LIST OF FIGURES 2.1 Open source innovation 45 3.1 Mood and destiny 66 3.2 Open source leadership model 72 7.1 The commitment cycle 135 7.2 Open source supply chain 139 8.1 Networks of networks 156 8.2 Open source leadership model 158 viii ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr. Leslie Gadman teaches Strategic Management and Organizational Behaviour at London South Bank University and is a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College London and the University of Nottingham School of Business. He gained his PhD at Lancaster University. He has served as a consultant to private companies and public agencies in the areas of strat- egy formulation and implementation, change leadership and knowledge management. His research interests are centered on the impact of the Internet on business performance and culture. He has published in jour- nals such as the Asian Journal on Quality, MIT’s Sloan Management Review, and the Journal of Management Science. He is also the author of Power Part- nering: A Strategy for Business Excellence in the 21st Century (1996). Professor Cary Cooper is Pro Vice Chancellor (External Relations), Lancaster University and Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School. Cary is the author of over 100 books on occupational stress, women at work, and indus- trial and organizational psychology, has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. He is currently Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behaviour and Co-editor of the medical journal Stress & Health (formerly Stress Medicine). He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The Royal Society of Medicine, The Royal Society of Health, and an academician of the Academy for the Social Sciences. Cary is the President of the British Academy of Management, is a Companion of the Chartered Manage- ment Institute and one of the first UK-based Fellows of the (American) Academy of Management – having also won the 1998 Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management. In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his contribu- tion to organizational health. He holds Honorary Doctorates from Aston University, Heriot-Watt University, Middlesex University and Wolverhampton University. ix
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