2nd Edition
Achieving Competencies in Public Service: The Professional Edge The Professional Edge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The new context and character of public service - shifting values, entrepreneurship, information technology, and multi-sector careers - require a 'skills triangle' of technical, ethical, and leadership abilities. This concise and readable work focuses on these three essential skills, and describes what it means to be a consummate professional public servant. Essential reading for both... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Public Service Today: Complex, Contradictory, Competitive; 2. The Technical Professional: Developing Expertise; 3. The Ethical Professional: Cultivating Scruples; 4. The Consummate Professional: Creating Leadership; 5. The Future of Public Service: Cases and Commentary for the New Millennium; Epilogue; References; About the Authors; Index.
Biography
Bowman, James S.; West, Jonathan P.; Beck, Marcia A.
