Leadership in public organizations : an introduction
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Leadership in public organizations : an introduction
Routledge, c2017
3rd ed
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [410]-428) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Now in a completely revised and updated Third Edition, Leadership in Public Organizations provides a compact but complete analysis of leadership for students and practitioners who work in public and nonprofit organizations. Offering a comprehensive review of leadership theories in the field, from the classic to the cutting-edge, and how they relate specifically to the public sector context, this textbook covers the major competency clusters in detail, supported by research findings as well as practical guidelines for improvement. These competencies are graphically portrayed in a leadership action cycle that aids readers in visually connecting theory and practice. Including questions for discussion and analysis and hypothetical scenarios for each chapter, as well as an easily reproducible leadership assessment instrument students may use to apply the theories they've learned, this Third Edition also explores:
The rise of e-leadership, or the relationship between leadership and information and communication technologies, as well as the role leaders play in selecting those technologies
The challenges of nonprofit management leadership, including an extensive case study designed to illustrate the differences between public and nonprofit sector leadership curricula
Separate, dedicated chapters on charismatic and transformational leadership; distributed leadership; ethics-based leadership; and power, world cultures, diversity, gender, complexity, social change, and strategy.
Leadership in Public Organizations is an essential core text designed specifically with upper-level and graduate Public Administration courses on leadership in mind, but it has also proven an indispensable guidebook for professionals seeking insight into the role of successful leadership behavior in the public sector. It can further be used as supplementary reading in introductory courses examining management competencies, in leadership classes to provide practical self-help and improvement models, and in Organizational Theory classes that wish to balance organizational perspectives with individual development.
Table of Contents
About the Author
Preface
Chapter One: Introduction
Part 1: Theories and Approaches to Leadership
Chapter Two: Understanding Theories of Leadership and Leadership Styles
Chapter Three: Early Management, Trait, Stratified Systems, and Transactional Theories of Leadership
Chapter Four: Charismatic and Transformational Approaches
Chapter Five: Distributed Approaches to Leadership
Chapter Six: Ethics-Based Leadership Theories
Chapter Seven: Leadership Approaches Focusing on Influence, Attribution, and a Changing Environment
Chapter Eight: Competency-Based Leadership Approaches
Chapter Nine: Traits That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness
Part 2: Applied Leadership Competencies
Chapter Ten: Skills That Contribute to Leader Effectiveness
Chapter Eleven: Assessments by Leaders and the Goals to Which They Lead
Chapter Twelve: Task-Oriented Behaviors
Chapter Thirteen: People-Oriented Behaviors
Chapter Fourteen: Organization-Oriented Behaviors
Chapter Fifteen: Leadership Development and Evaluation
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"