The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Inflexible leadership

Name(s):

Inadequate leadership for ambiguous situations

Relative authority of leadership

Claim

Leaders are not being raised who can take charge in today's ambiguous situation when a final arbitrating authority is no longer recognized. The political process through which executive authority is chosen does not breed independent, purposeful leaders. The most obvious breakdown is in the area of local executive authority, which as often opposes the spirit of the community as it represents it.

Broader

Inadequate leadership

Inflexible central government

Global complexity as a hindrance to leadership

Narrower

Inflexible management patterns

Aggravates

Ambiguity

Ineffective global leadership ^{[in 2 loops]}

Indecisive community programmes

Weak organization of community action ^{[in 1 loop]}

Loss of confidence in government leaders

Inflexible intermediary political implementation networks

Aggravated by

Insecurity of leadership

Anticipation of criticism

Inflexible military thinking in industry

Unreceptive structures for citizen leadership

Strategy(ies)

Creating ambiguity

Leading without authority

Providing flexible leadership

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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