Leadership in the public sector
Subtitle: promise and pitfalls
By: edited by Christine Teelken, Ewan Ferlie and Mike Dent
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780415591744; 9780415525831; 9780203119761
Subjects: Leadership; Public administration
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: overview and conceptualisations / Christine Teelken; title: Leaderism and the discourse of leadership in the reformation of UK public services / Dermot O'reilly and Mike Reed; title: Leading transformation in public delivery systems / Damien Contandriopoulos and Jean-louis Denis; title: Respond and deliver: change leadership in complex organizations / Louise Fitzgerald, Ewan Ferlie, Gerry Mcgivern And David Buchanan; title: After privatisation: the public management of private employment services / Nicolette Van Gestel; title: Medical leadership and management reforms in hospitals / Mike Dent, Ian Kirkpatrick And Indy Neogy; title: Quality development and professional autonomy in modern hospital fields / Peter Kragh Jespersen; title: Universities under new Labour: senior leaders' responses to government reforms and policy levers / Rosemary Deem; title: Academic leadership and its effects on professional autonomy / Christine Teelken; title: The university and the public and private good / Jürg Enders; title: The making of professional public leaders / Mirko Noordegraaf; title: Concluding discussion: paradigms and instruments of public management reform / Ewan Ferlie.