Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector

Herausgeber: Dicke, Lisa; Wart, Montgomery van van

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Suitable as a resource for PA courses involving Leadership and Public Management, this book is organized around Van Wart's unique leadership assessment model, which provides a useful framework for understanding the vast subject of leadership. It includes readings on public leadership.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 245mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 832g
• ISBN-13: 9780765613493
• ISBN-10: 0765613492
• Artikelnr.: 23346894

Autorenporträt

Montgomery (Monty) Van Wart is Professor and Chair at the University of California State University, San Bernardino. His scholarly work includes more than 40 publications, including five books and a substantial number of articles in leading journals. His research areas are administrative leadership, human resource management, training and development, administrative values and ethics, organization behavior, and general management. He has taught leadership classes to public sector managers for all levels of government in the US and abroad. He is the author of The Dynamics of Leadership: Theory and Practice (M.E. Sharpe, 2005). Lisa A. Dicke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. Her teaching and research interests are in government accountability, nonprofit management and intersectoral relations. Dr. Dicke's work has appeared in the American Review of Public Administration, Public Organization Review, Public Integrity, Public Productivity and Management Review, International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, the Journal of Public Affairs Education , and in several edited books.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction
1. Leadership and Its Context
James W. Fesler
2. Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An Assessment
Montgomery Van Wart
3. Different Perspectives on the Practice of Leadership
Matthew R. Fairholm
4. Leaders and Leadership
John J. Corson
Part 2: The Preliminary Assessments That Leaders Need to Make
5. Organizing Around the Head of a Large Federal Department
Paul H. Appleby
6. Total Quality Management: An Opportunity for High Performance in Federal
Organizations
Rudolph B. Garrity
7. Reevaluating Methods of Establishing Priorities for Governmental
Services
Mary M. Hale and Aimee L. Franklin
Part 3: What Are the Proper Goals and Priorities of Administrative Leaders?
8. Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government
Herman Finer
9. Reconciling Public Entrepreneurship and Democracy
Carl J. Bellone and George Frederick Goerl
10. City Managers: Will They Reject Policy Leadership?
James M. Banovetz
11. Accountability and Entrepreneurial Public Management: The Case of the
Orange County Investment Fund
Kevin P. Kearns
Part 4: What Are the Best Traits and Skills for Leaders in the Public
Service?
12. Government Bureaucrats Are Different
James F. Guyot
13. A Technique to Capitalize on Human Intelligence in Organizations: Brain
Skill Management
Weston H. Agor
14. Creativity
Marshall Dimock
15. Successful Leadership in Local Government Programs: Hillsborough
County's Productivity Initiatives
Helen D. Levine
16. Notes on the Governmental Executive: His Role and His Methods
Donald C. Stone
Part 5: What Are the Best Styles for Public-Sector Leaders to Use?
17. Changing Patterns in the Philosophy of Management
Carl F. Stover
18. Administrative Leadership and Use of Social Power
Sven Lundstedt
19. Leadership and Regional Councils: A Mismatch Between Leadership
Styles Today and Future Roles
Robert W. Gage
20. Research and Interventions for Stress Reduction in a Hospital Setting
Susan R. Raynis and Margaret A. Cleek
Part 6: What Are the Best Techniques for Administrative Leaders to Use?
21. Gender Differences and Managerial Competencies
Dennis M. Daley and Katherine C. Naff
22. 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
23. Loose Cannons and Rule Breakers, or Enterprising Leaders?
Some Evidence About Innovative Public Managers
Sandford Borins
24. Mixed-Scanning: A "Third" Approach to Decision Making
Amitai Etzioni
Part 7: How Do You Evaluate Leadership in the Public Sector?
25. Defining and Measuring Effectiveness in Public Management
Steven A. Cohen
26. Executive Evaluation: Assessing Probability for Success in the Job
Lawrence S. Buck
Part 8: How Do You Develop Leaders?
27. The Manager's View of Management Education and Training
James K. Conant
28. Succession Management Strategies in Public Sector Organizations
Dahlia Bradshaw Lynn
29. Reflections on "Educating Executives"
Raymond A. Katzell
Part 9: Examples and Exemplars of Public-Sector Leadership
30. The Patriotism of Exit and Voice: The Case of Gloria Flora
H. George Frederickson and Meredith Newman
31. Leaders and Leadership
John J. Corson
32. Branch Rickey as a Public Manager: Fulfilling the Eight
Responsibilities of Public Management
Robert D. Behn