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An associate professor at St. Vincent College has authored a new book entitled 无毛视频淎 Manager无毛视频檚 Guide to Using the Force: Leadership Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away.无毛视频�
Dr. Michael Urick, associate professor of business and graduate director of the school无毛视频檚 Master of Science in Management: Operational Excellence program (MSMOE), routinely uses popular culture to illustrate concepts in the classroom.
In the book, Urick examines management theories related to mentorship and learning, transformational and transactional leadership, ethical decision making, bases of power, mindfulness, multitasking and other related concepts. Each theory is viewed through the lens of the 无毛视频淛edi无毛视频� approach to learning. The Jedi are a fictional group of characters from the popular 无毛视频淪tar Wars无毛视频� series of films, shows, games, comics and other media.
无毛视频淭hrough these examples, readers will become familiar and comfortable with academically supported leadership concepts to adjust their own behaviors as they develop their own leadership ability,无毛视频� Urick explained.
Urick believes that there are several benefits to illustrating theories with popular culture.
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Released Tuesday by Emerald Publishing, the book is the inaugural installment of the 无毛视频淓xploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture无毛视频� series, of which Urick serves as editor. The series aims to bring theories of leadership to life by analyzing academic concepts through popular culture examples that will appeal to a broad audience.
The second book in the series, 无毛视频淟eadership in the Middle-earth: Theories and Applications for Organizations无毛视频� and is scheduled for publication in May.
无毛视频淎 Manager无毛视频檚 Guide to Using the Force: Leadership Lessons from a Galaxy Far Far Away无毛视频� is Urick无毛视频檚 second book. His first was the 2019 release 无毛视频淭he Generation Myth: How to Improve Intergenerational Relationships in the Workplace,无毛视频� published by Business Expert Press.