Natural Resource Leadership and Management

A Practical Guide for Professionals
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-69300-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 201 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

This book examines leadership and management in natural resources, drawing on literature, principles, and the author’s own experiences as a leader and activist.

Developing a general framework summarizing the leadership and management cycle in natural resources for practitioners, the book provides a synthesis of leadership theory and practice stemming from the personal and spiritual values of work, and the key principle of aligning organizational resources and actions with stated intentions. It discusses the somewhat unique context of natural resources, comprised of private and public goods and services and complex societal values. Key strategies that enable natural resource professionals to be leaders at all stages and positions in their career, including vision and sustainability, proficient human resources management, fairness and merit, and transparency and openness are analyzed. Case studies of famous natural resource leaders and activists, including Ding Darling, David Attenborough, Wangari Maathai, Marina de Silva, Greta Thunberg, Bob Brown, and Christina Koch, are included. The book examines their values, training, and principles and how they influenced national or global natural resource management. Drawing on the author’s own experiences as a leader and activist, including his role as Department Head at North Carolina State University, as an elected officer in the Society of American Foresters, and as an activist opposing the sale of the Hofmann Forest, the book provides practical examples and guidelines that professionals can consider and use in their careers.

This book will be of great interest to natural resource managers and professionals as well as students studying environmental management and natural resource governance and to practitioners who are looking to develop broader leadership and management skills.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cubbage, Frederick

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Leadership and Management Cycle in Natural Resources 2. Natural Resource Leadership Principles 3. Conservation Leaders from Ding Darling to Greta Thunberg 4. Natural Resource Context: Goods and Services, Professionals, and Careers 5. Key Leadership Tools and Approaches in the Management Cycle 6. Two Leadership Cases from Government and Nongovernment Organizations 7. Environmental Activism to Stop the Hofmann Forest Sale 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick Cubbage is Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, USA. He has been a line manager or elected leader with several organizations for two decades and is an author or coauthor of more than 500 scientific articles and several books.