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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: an overview and conceptualization; PART I The meaning of public sector leadership and its changing forms; 2 'Leaderism' and the discourse of leadership in the reformation of UK public services; 3 Leading transformation in public delivery systems: a political perspective; 4 Respond and deliver?: change leadership in complex organizations; PART II Leadership style in the public services |
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5 After privatization: the public management of private employment services6 Medical leadership and management reforms in hospitals: a comparative study; 7 Quality development and professional autonomy in modern hospital fields; PART III Leadership and public sector professionals; 8 Universities under New Labour: senior leaders' responses to government reforms and policy levers -- findings from an ESRC project on public service leadership; 9 Academic leadership and its effects on professional autonomy; 10 The university and the public and private good |
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11 The making of professional public leaders: leadership as practical myth12 Concluding discussion: paradigms and instruments of public management reform -- the question of agency; Index |
| Summary |
In view of the approaching age of austerity for the public sector, leadership is likely to continue to become a key theme. This edited volume brings together a host of material from the public sector to analyze the issue internationally. Teelken, Dent & Ferlie lead a team of contributors in examining three key aspects of this increasingly important theme:the meaning of public sector leadership, and how this changes in different contextsthe implications for leadership style given the growing role of the private sectorthe response to the leadership issue from professionals moving into senior management |
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Print version record |
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Leadership.
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Public administration.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Leadership
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Public administration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Teelken, Christine
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Ferlie, Ewan, 1956-
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Dent, Mike, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9781136316890 |
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1136316892 |
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