Leadership in the Public Sector

Promises and Pitfalls
Herausgeber: Teelken, Christine; Dent, Mike; Ferlie, Ewan

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Produktbeschreibung

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 contexts the implications for leadership style given the growing role of the private sector the response to the leadership issue from professionals moving into senior management roles. With contributions from respected academics such as Jean-Louis Denis, Mike Reed and Mirko Nordegraaf, this book will be an invaluable supplementary resource for those undertaking studies across public sector management and administration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415591744
• ISBN-10: 0415591740
• Artikelnr.: 34558333

Autorenporträt

Christine Teelken is Associate Professor of Organization Science at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ewan Ferlie is Professor of Management at King's College London, UK Mike Dent is Professor of Health Care Organization at Staffordshire University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Overview and Conceptualisations Part I: The Meaning of the
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 the Public Delivery Systems: A Political Perspective 4.
Respond and Deliver? Change Leadership in Complex OrganizationsPart II:
Leadership Style in the Public Services 5. After Privatisation: The Public
Management of Private Employment Services 6. 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 11. The Making of Professional Public Leaders: Leadership as
Practical Myth 12. Concluding Discussion: Paradigms and Instruments of
Public Management Reform - The Question of Agency