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I am often asked whether contemporary people can learn about leadership from the Mosaic experience . ... Social scientists study deciding rather than learning because social scientists assume that leaders already know what to do .
I am often asked whether contemporary people can learn about leadership from the Mosaic experience . ... Social scientists study deciding rather than learning because social scientists assume that leaders already know what to do .
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The second dilemma is that liberation from leadership under slavery also requires a restriction of liberty . ... Not least is the fear of leaders that they will be killed by their followers , either because the leaders are unsuccessful ...
The second dilemma is that liberation from leadership under slavery also requires a restriction of liberty . ... Not least is the fear of leaders that they will be killed by their followers , either because the leaders are unsuccessful ...
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Leadership of the Hebrew people changes from despotic ( under slavery ) to meteoric ( in anarchy ) to charismatic ( in equity ) to ... Many potential mismatches exist between political regimes and the personalities of leaders .
Leadership of the Hebrew people changes from despotic ( under slavery ) to meteoric ( in anarchy ) to charismatic ( in equity ) to ... Many potential mismatches exist between political regimes and the personalities of leaders .
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Contents
Introduction Why Me? Why Moses? Why Leadership? | 1 |
Passive People Passive Leader | 27 |
Pharaoh What Not to Do | 62 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Nursing Father: Moses as a Political Leader |
| Author | Aaron B. Wildavsky |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Alabama Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2010 |
| ISBN | 0817301682, 9780817301682 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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