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Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century
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Description: The forces of globalization are shifting our world, including the public sector, away from hierarchy and command and control toward one of collaboration and networks. The way public leadership is thought about and practiced must be, and is being, transformed.
This volume in the Transformational Trends in Governance & Democracy series explores what the shift looks like and also offers guidance on what it should look like. Specifically, the book focuses on the role of "career leaders"--those in public service--who are agents of change not only in their own organizations, but also in their communities and policy domains. These leaders work in network settings, making connections and collaborating to create public value and advance the common good.
Featuring the insights of an authoritative group of contributors, the volume offers a mix of scholarship, from philosophical discussions to conceptual models to empirical studies that, taken together, will help inform the transformation of public leadership that is already underway.
Selected Contents:
Foreword, The Honorable David M. Walker
Preface and Acknowledgments, Terry F. Buss
1.The Transformation of Public Leadership, Ricardo S. Morse and Terry F. Buss
Part I. Politics, Administration, and Public Leadership
2. Transformational Leadership, Newt Gingrich
3. Public Leadership as Gardening, H. George Frederickson and David S.T. Matkin
4. Twenty-First Century Career Leaders, Dwight Ink
5. Leadership by Top Administrators in a Changing World: New Challenges in Political-Administrative Relations, James H. Svara
Part II. Leadership Frames
6. Trans-leadership: Linking Influential Theory and Contemporary Research, Matthew R. Fairholm
7. The Changing Leadership Landscape: A Military Perspective, George Reed and Georgia Sorenson
8. Leading at the Edge of Chaos, Nanette M. Blandin
9. Transformational Stewardship: Leading Public-Sector Change, James Edwin Kee, Kathryn Newcomer, and S. Mike Davis
Part III. Leadership and Collaboration
10. Leadership for the Common Good: Creating Regimes of Mutual Gain, John M. Bryson and Barbara C. Crosby
11. Creating Public Value Using Managed Networks, Edward DeSeve
12. Consensus Building and Leadership, John B. Stephens
13. The Challenge of Leading through Networks: Institutional Analysis as a Way Forward, Brent Never
Part IV. Leading Change in Different Contexts
14. Leadership and Management in Local Government, Karl Nollenberger
15. Four-Frame Leadership in Authentic, Results-oriented Management Reform: Case Studies in Canada and the United States, Brendan F. Burke and Bernadette C. Costello
16. Leadership Strategies for Large-scale IT Implementations in Government, Marilu Goodyear and Mark R. Nelson
17. Government's New Breed of Change Agents: Leading the War on Terror, Daniel P. Forrester
18. Leadership and Ethics in Decision Making by Public Managers, Christine Gibbs Springer
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Comment(s): "This is the most sophisticated volume of new essays to appear on administrative leadership in several decades--perhaps ever. It reflects the growing desire to treat public sector leadership as a complex phenomenon that is affected by numerous situations, rather than as a single monolithic notion. While individual essays frequently advocate a particular perspective, the editors have beautifully counter-balanced the chapters to provide a wonderful--and very engaging--range of analysis. It will likely become a staple in many classes on administrative leadership." -- Montgomery Van Wart, California State University, San Bernardino
Review(s): ...an extremely welcome addition to the literature on public administration. The articles are interesting, refereshing--and sometimes provocative. If we are fortunate, this volume will be followed by many more scholarly works that focus on the critical issues of how public managers actually lead their people. GovLeaders.org
It is important, as public sector leaders, to remember that the people being led are vital assets and need to be considered as such. This volume offers the current thinking on how best to do this in practice. Review of Public Personnel Administration
    
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