James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns ( born August 3, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American political scientist and historian. Burns taught "Leadership Studies" and was Woodrow Wilson Professor of Political Science ( emeritus) of Williams College, where he earned his degree. Later, Burns worked at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park.

Life

1938 Burns gained his bachelor 's degree from Williams College. He worked for some time as a member of the Democratic Congress member Orrice Abram Murdock. From 1943 to 1946 Burns worked as a historian of U.S. forces in the Pacific. In this capacity, he is a Bronze Star and four Battle Stars were awarded for his part in the capture of Saipan, Guam and Okinawa. After returning from the war he continued his studies at Harvard University where he continued his doctorate was awarded in 1947. He then taught "Leadership Studies" at Williams College. 1958 candidate Burns unsuccessfully for a seat on the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. Four times he has been delegated to a " Democratic National Convention ". In 1978 he published with leadership of one of the most important works for guidance in the organization science.

Burns seemed much on his investigation to the leadership of the President on the organization of research, where for the concept of transactional leadership (focus immediate operations ) in contrast to transformational leadership (long-term, visionary ) a. This differentiation also associated with the concentration on properties " great men " and the management of change on the interactions between the leader and the led, as a collaboration with benefits for both sides went on. Width became famous for his biographies of Burns by the U.S. President Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy; In 1971 he was awarded for Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945 a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.

Politically, Burns sat committed to repeal the 22th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits the office of the president for two.

Bibliography

  • Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox
  • Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945, published with Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in 1970 ( ISBN 0-15-602757-7 ).
  • Transforming Leadership: The Pursuit of Happiness, published with Atlantic Monthly Press in 2003 ( ISBN 0-87113-866-2 ).
  • Leadership, published with HarperCollins in 1978 ( ISBN 0-06-010588-7 ).
  • John Kennedy: A Political Profile
  • Government by the People
  • Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court, published with Penguin Group in 2009 (ISBN 1594202192 )
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