Public sector leadership : international challenges and perspectives

Contributor(s): Raffel, Jeffrey A. (Editor) | Leisink, Peter. (Editor) | Middlebrooks, Anthony E. (Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2009Description: xxiv, 404 pISBN: 9781848440890 (hbk.); 1848440898 (hbk.)Subject(s): Public administration | LeadershipDDC classification: 350.00068
Contents:
New public management and the challenge of change -- Frontiers of political-administrative relations -- Leadership processes in interorganizational networks -- Ethics, values and diversity -- Leadership training and development.
Summary: A truly international examination of public sector leadership, this book explores the ways leaders of developed nations are addressing current challenges. The overriding question explored by the authors is how public leadership across the globe addressed new challenges (such as security, financial, demographic), new expectations of leaders, and what public sector leadership means in the new era. The book allows the reader to view a large number of situations across the globe to better understand the relation between context and leadership. It integrates the two fields of leadership and public administration, providing a wide-ranging and complementary empirical context to the topic.
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New public management and the challenge of change --
Frontiers of political-administrative relations --
Leadership processes in interorganizational networks --
Ethics, values and diversity --
Leadership training and development.

A truly international examination of public sector leadership, this book explores the ways leaders of developed nations are addressing current challenges. The overriding question explored by the authors is how public leadership across the globe addressed new challenges (such as security, financial, demographic), new expectations of leaders, and what public sector leadership means in the new era. The book allows the reader to view a large number of situations across the globe to better understand the relation between context and leadership. It integrates the two fields of leadership and public administration, providing a wide-ranging and complementary empirical context to the topic.

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