Administrative leadership in the public sector
By: edited by Montgomery Van Wart and Lisa A. Dicke.
Contributors: Van Wart, Montgomery, 1951-; Dicke, Lisa A., 1960-
Series: ASPA classics
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.; Routledge; M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780765613486
Subjects: Public administration -- United States; Leadership -- United States; Civil service -- United States -- Personnel management; Employees -- Training of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Leadership and its context / James W. Fesler; title: Public-sector leadership theory: an assessment / Montgomery Van Wart; title: Different perspectives on the practice of leadership / Matthew R. Fairholm; title: Leaders and leadership / John J. Corson; title: The preliminary assessments that leaders need to make organizing around the head of a large federal department / Paul H. Appleby; title: Total quality management: an opportunity for high performance in federal organizations / Rudolph B. Garrity; title: Reevaluating methods of establishing priorities for governmental services / Mary M. Hale and Aimee L. Franklin; title: Goal setting; title: Administrative responsibility in democratic government / Herman Finer; title: Reconciling entrepreneurship and democracy / Carl J. Bellone and George F. Goerl; title: City managers: will they reject policy leadership? / James M. Banovetz; title: Accountability and entrepreneurial public management: the case of the Orange County; title: Investment fund / Kevin P. Kearns; title: Personal traits; title: Government bureaucrats are different / James F. Guyot; title: A technique to capitalize on human intelligence in organizations: brain skill management / Weston H. Agor; title: Creativity / Marshall Dimock; title: Successful leadership in local government programs: Hillsborough County's; title: Productivity initiatives / Helen D. Levine; title: Notes on the governmental executive: his role and his methods / Donald C. Stone; title: Situational leadership; title: Changing patterns in the philosophy of management / Carl Stover; title: Administrative leadership and use of social power / Sven Lundstedt; title: Leadership and regional councils: a mismatch between leadership styles today and future roles / Robert W. Gage; title: Research and interventions for stress reduction via leadership in a hospital setting / Susan A. Raynis and Margaret A. Cleek; title: Functional domains; title: Gender differences and managerial competencies: federal supervisor perceptions of the job of management / Dennis M. Daley and Katherine C. Naff; title: 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; title: Loose cannons and rule breakers, or enterprising leaders? Some evidence about innovative public managers / Sandford Borins; title: Mixed scanning: a "third" approach to decision making / Amitai Etzioni; title: Organizational evaluation; title: Defining and measuring effectiveness in public management / Steven A. Cohen; title: Executive evaluation: assessing the probability for success in the job / Lawrence S. Buck; title: Leadership development; title: The manager's view of management education and training / James K. Conant; title: Succession management strategies in public sector organizations / Dahlia Bradshaw Lynn; title: Reflections on educating executives / Raymond A. Katzell; title: Administrative leadership: exemplars and autocrats; title: The patriotism of exit and voice: the case of Gloria Flora / H. George Frederickson and Meredith Newman; title: Leaders and leadership / John J. Corson; title: Branch rickey as a public manager: fulfilling the eight responsibilities of public management / Robert D. Behn; title: Index; title: About the editors.