Leadership in game of thrones 1st ed.

Author

• Biehl, Brigitte

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden , 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783658341176

Series

Subject(s)

• GAME OF THRONES (TELEVISION PROGRAM)
• LEADERSHIP ON TELEVISION
• MASS MEDIA

Notes

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Abstract

Winning power in Westeros is hard, but holding power is much harder. The book analyzes strategies of leadership in the popular television series as an inspiration for today's uncertain times and our corporate world, bringing together research on TV series with management studies. The medieval fantasy world presents emotional and larger-than-life leadership archetypes: charismatic, authentic, privileged, masculine, female, motherly, lonely, romantic and disabled leaders. They are constructed and deconstructed. Hands, penises, and heads are chopped off. In this way, the series also celebrates the power of those who follow or resist, and always influence their leaders. Dr. Brigitte Biehl (Biehl-Missal) is Professor for Media and Communication Management at the SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, School of Popular Arts in Berlin, acting as Head of Studies B.A. Creative Industries Management, M.A. International Management Focus on Creative Leadership, and director of the Institute for Professional Development (IWK). Her background is in theater, film and media studies and business studies; she has published widely on art, aesthetics and management.

This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Leadership in Game of Throne by Brigitte Biehl, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xi, 118 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Introduction: Popular Culture and Leadership
Authenticity (Eddard Stark)
Capital (Robb and Catelyn Stark, Petyr Baelish)
Phallus (Asha Greyjoy, Varys)
Women (Sansa Stark)
Isolation (Cersei Lannister)
Charisma (Daenerys Targaryen)
Romanticization (Jon Snow)
Disability (Tyrion Lannister, Brandon Stark)
Conclusion: Leadership is about relationships

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00649/22	791.4572 Bie L	Online !	Available