1st Edition
Lessons in Leadership Meeting the Challenges of Public Service Management
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using international case study material, this book examines how ideas of visionary leadership have been developed and discusses their applicability to the public sector. The book covers:
the tensions that can arise between administrative/bureaucratic traditions and the leadership styles required today
the relationship between political leadership and organizational leadership
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1. 'Reinventing Leadership' 2. Who and What is a Leader 3. 'The Leadership Difference' 4. Partnership Working 5. Leadership in a Performance and Conformance Dominated Culture 6. Leaders as Innovators and Entrepreneurs 7. Identifying and Developing Public Service Leaders 8. Learning Leadership Lessons
Biography
Eileen Milner, Paul Joyce
'This book is a timely and very welcome synthesis of a wide range of theory and practical examples gathered from literature and empirical data in public and private/commercial worlds on leadership and management...the book will be of use to a wide readership of academics, policy makers and other practitioners, students on DMS and MBAs with a particulat interest in the public services, and is a very welcome addition to the field of public administration and management.' - International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol.19 No.1, 2006
