Leadership in the Digital Age

Abstract

This chapter introduces the scope and focus of the new book. The reader is briefly introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries, differences, and overlapping responsibilities in the digital age. Drawing on both theory and practice, current issues and topics are covered in depth, providing an introduction and overview of perceptible trends and scenarios relevant to the current post-global financial crisis (GFC) and the emergent IR4.0 leadership outlook for global business. The editors then provide an outline and overview of the chapters, topics, and themes of each chapter and a coherent rationale for this new book as developing discussions and research from our first book in the series, “Dynamic Models of Leadership for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments.”