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Lessons in Leadership: Meeting the Challenges of Public Services Management
Contributor(s): Milner, Eileen (Author), Joyce, Paul (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415319064     ISBN-13: 9780415319065
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $75.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2005
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Annotation: Effective leadership is currently seen as the key to achieving service transformation across a wide range of public services around the world. To date however, there has been little questioning of what new models of leadership are required. In "Lessons in Leadership" ""the authors set leadership within a policy and strategy development framework and explores the extent to which particular leadership competencies and behavior traits may be necessary to realize the major agendas for change being set by governments internationally.
"Lessons in" "Leadership "enables the reader to take an informed view on key topics such as:
* the tensions that can arise between administrative / bureaucratic traditions and the leadership styles required today
* the relationship between political leadership and organizational leadership
* different approaches that have been adopted by public service leaders in organizations around the globe and their level of success
* the extent to which existing theories of leadership are appropriate for a new management context.
"Lessons in Leadership" draws on real-life examples from Australia, the European Union and North America to demonstrate the applications of leadership theory in public services management and raises some challenging questions around whether new models or paradigms may be required in order to move forward in this area.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration
- Political Science | Political Process - General
- Political Science | American Government - General
Dewey: 352.236
LCCN: 2005042820
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.34" W x 9.16" L (0.72 lbs) 182 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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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
  • different approaches that have been adopted by public service leaders in organizations around the globe and their level of success
  • the extent to which existing theories of leadership are appropriate for a new management context.

A welcome addition to the current literature, this book will be invaluable reading for students of public administration as well as practitioners and policy makers in the public services.
 
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