Lessons in Leadership: Meeting the Challenges of Public Service Management

Lessons in Leadership: Meeting the Challenges of Public Service Management
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Страниц
 
192
ISBN
 
0415319064
Издатель
 
Routledge
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Академическая литература

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Successful public service leaders are not just the same as leaders in other sectors. So how do leaders work in the public services and how can they achieve credible and dynamic leadership? The importance of leadership in public services has increased dramatically in the past five years as politicians around the world have sought modernisation and reform. The authors of "Lessons in Leadership" argue that leadership is not mystical and mysterious. They look at how ideas of visionary leadership have been developed and discuss their applicability to the public sector. Case study material from around the world is used to illustrate some of the issues around leadership and the role of politics. This book also provides a detailed analysis of an organisation that seemed beyond help. The authors offer an assessment of its characteristics as a learning organisation, its journey to developing leadership capacity and ambition. Readers of "Lessons in Leadership" will have a...

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