LEADERSHIP

Human and Organizational Understanding and Development

MY DISSERTATION

I began the serious study of the academic literature on leadership in 1995.

This was in preparation for my dissertation relating personality to performance.


Having a substantial background in statistics and research design

it was apparent to me that the structure of the corps of cadets

was a naturally occurring experimental arrangement.

For three months twelve upperclass platoon drill sergeants,

assisted by squad leaders and assistant squad leaders,

led three squads of new students at the school.


As the training was simultaneously conducted in the same locale

there was a basis for unbiased comparison among groups.

At the completion of initial training the new recruits rated their officers.


My dissertation:*

Prediction of Transformational-Transactional Leadership

from NEO PI-R Five-Factor Model of Personality

at a Senior Military College

 can be downloaded from the Proquest® full-text Database

available at some libraries.

ESSAYS AND ARTICLES


For an easy to print three-page pdf listing of all my publications

go to http://www.HOUD.info/publications.pdf

Articles


Predicting Leadership: West Point’s Civil War Legacy


What Trait-Theory Teaches About Leadership Paradigms:

Exploring Assumptions, Strengths and Limitations.



Essays


“AWARENESS” to Assure Competent Leaders


*Background Underlying My Dissertation


Leadership Education: a balanced program for the rest of us


(The) Leadership Enigma: Assuring Competence in Diverse Roles


MANAGEMENT FADS AND FASHIONS:

Leading and Directing Companies by Popular Codified Methods



Patterns of Competence & Incompetence Pervades Multiple Leadership Functions.

(Two pages)


(A) Psychological Contract is an Implicit Agreement. (Two pages)


(The) Skipper: Commanding When a Coach is Unavailable


Summary of My LME Article: ...


Taming the Oligarchy: Pursuing Governance by Leaders and Not Entrenched Rulers


Twenty-five—Fifty—Twenty-five: Competent–Good Enough–Incompetent Leaders and Managers


Weeding out Incompetent Leaders