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Administrative leadership in the public sector
Title
Administrative leadership in the public sector / edited by Montgomery Van Wart and Lisa A. Dicke.
ISBN
1315497972 (electronic bk.)
9781315497976 (electronic bk.)
0765613484
0765613492
9780765613486
9780765613493
Published
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 449 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
This graduate-level textbook provides an overview of leadership in general and leadership in the public sector specifically. It reviews leadership literature including the development of leadership theories over time, leadership styles, and the multidisciplinary nature of leadership. Essays discuss leadership roles and responsibilities from city managers and hospital administrators to the heads of large federal agencies. Some of the issues they face are dealing with bureaucracy and balancing competing interests.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Original
Online version: Administrative leadership in the public sector. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2008
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
ASPA classics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Leadership and its context / James W. Fesler
Public-sector leadership theory: an assessment / Montgomery Van Wart
Different perspectives on the practice of leadership / Matthew R. Fairholm
Leaders and leadership / John J. Corson
The preliminary assessments that leaders need to make organizing around the head of a large federal department / Paul H. Appleby
Total quality management: an opportunity for high performance in federal organizations / Rudolph B. Garrity
Reevaluating methods of establishing priorities for governmental services / Mary M. Hale and Aimee L. Franklin
Goal setting
Administrative responsibility in democratic government / Herman Finer
Reconciling entrepreneurship and democracy / Carl J. Bellone and George F. Goerl
City managers: will they reject policy leadership? / James M. Banovetz
Accountability and entrepreneurial public management: the case of the Orange County
Investment fund / Kevin P. Kearns
Personal traits
Government bureaucrats are different / James F. Guyot
A technique to capitalize on human intelligence in organizations: brain skill management / Weston H. Agor
Creativity / Marshall Dimock
Successful leadership in local government programs: Hillsborough County's
Productivity initiatives / Helen D. Levine
Notes on the governmental executive: his role and his methods / Donald C. Stone
Situational leadership
Changing patterns in the philosophy of management / Carl Stover
Administrative leadership and use of social power / Sven Lundstedt
Leadership and regional councils: a mismatch between leadership styles today and future roles / Robert W. Gage
Research and interventions for stress reduction via leadership in a hospital setting / Susan A. Raynis and Margaret A. Cleek
Functional domains
Gender differences and managerial competencies: federal supervisor perceptions of the job of management / Dennis M. Daley and Katherine C. Naff
The cost of not listening to employees: the case of a union movement at Bradford Hospital / R. Wayne Boss, Leslee Boss, and James A. Johnson
Loose cannons and rule breakers, or enterprising leaders? Some evidence about innovative public managers / Sandford Borins
Mixed scanning: a third approach to decision making / Amitai Etzioni
Organizational evaluation
Defining and measuring effectiveness in public management / Steven A. Cohen
Executive evaluation: assessing the probability for success in the job / Lawrence S. Buck
Leadership development
The manager's view of management education and training / James K. Conant
Succession management strategies in public sector organizations / Dahlia Bradshaw Lynn
Reflections on educating executives / Raymond A. Katzell
Administrative leadership: exemplars and autocrats
The patriotism of exit and voice: the case of Gloria Flora / H. George Frederickson and Meredith Newman
Leaders and leadership / John J. Corson
Branch rickey as a public manager: fulfilling the eight responsibilities of public management / Robert D. Behn.
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