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Title: DEMYSTIFYING BUSINESS CELEBRITY
LEADERS AND GURUS
By: Timothy Clark, Eric Guthey, David Greatbatch
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0415327814
ISBN 13: 9780415327817
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 1 August, 2009
Pages: 192
Description: Like their celebrity peers from the entertainment, sports, arts and political worlds, business celebrities exert an influence that is pervasive, but difficult to assess, evaluate and explain. This book explores how they are constructed and why they exist.
Synopsis: Business celebrities such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch are among the most widely recognised, admired and sometimes even vilified individuals in the world. Like their celebrity peers from the entertainment, sports, arts and political worlds, business celebrities exert an influence that is pervasive, but difficult to assess, evaluate and explain. Business celebrities have been around for as long as big business itself, but this is the first book to provide a systematic exploration of how they are constructed and why they exist. Business celebrities include entrepreneurs, CEOs, and management gurus. The book argues that these individuals are not self-made, but rather are created by a process of widespread media exposure to the point that their actions, personalities and even private lives function symbolically to represent significant dynamics and tensions prevalent in the contemporary business environment. Demystifying Business Celebrity raises questions about the impact and significance of the production of celebrity upon our understanding of, and our ability to promote the practice of leadership in an enlightened manner.The book will prove a useful addition to the enlightened business student's bookshelf and will be informative reading for all those with an interest in business and management.
Illustrations: 18 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Returnable
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