Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems : A Praxeological Perspective

This work proposes that Carl Menger’s Subjective Theory of Value (STV), and its subsequent elaboration by Ludwig von Mises as Praxeology, provides a useful alternative to more common methods in the study of action and social phenomena, and more specifically, to leadership in complex social systems.

PART I: THE SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF VALUE AND PRAXEOLOGY.- MENGER''S SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF VALUE: CHOICE UNDER UNCERTAINTY.- MENGER''S SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF VALUE: CHOICE UNDER UNCERTAINTY.- MISES'' PRAXEOLOGY.- MISES'' APRIORISM.- The Universality of Praxeology.- PRAXEOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP.- LEADERSHIP AS A PROCESS OF EXCHANGE UNDER UNCERTAINTY.- DISCUSSION SCOPE AND OUTLINE.- PART II: THE PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF MISES'' PRAXEOLOGY.- METHODOLOGICAL APRIORISM.- METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE ROLE OF EMPIRICAL DATA IN PRAXEOLOGY.- THE THEORY OF HUMAN ACTION, ITS A PRIORI CATEGORIES AND ASSUMPTIONS.- METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES IN PRAXEOLOGY.- DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF PRAXEOLOGY.- PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, IMITATION AND INNOVATION.- PRAXEOLOGY VERSUS SOCIAL EVOLUTION AS A PRIORI FRAMEWORKS.- ENTEREPRENURSHIP AS EVOLUTION OF ACTION.- THE ULTIMATE A PRIORI OF DISCOVERY.- THE LOGIC OF PERCEIVED POSSIBILITIES: PRAXEOLOGY AND THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING.- DEFINING INNOVATION FROM A PRAXEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.- THE "A PRIORI" CATEGORY OF IMAGINATION.- SOME A PRIORI ASPECTS OF LEARNING.- PART IV: THE HUMAN ACTION OF LEADERSHIP.- CONCEPTUALIZING LEADERSHIP.- THE FOLLOWER PURPOSEFUL RESPONSE.- THE CATEGORY OF THE RESPONSE CUE (R CUE).- THE SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF VALUE AND FOLLOWING.- UNCERTAINTY.- POWER AS A CATEGORY OF LEADERSHIP ACTION.- META LEADERSHIP.- PART V: SYNTHESIS.- THE PRINCLES OF PRAXEOLOGY AND ITS ROLE AS A METHOD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.- EVOLUTION AND CHANGE IN ACTION.- LEADERSHIP.- Epilogue.