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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460307403321

Autore

Terry Larry D.

Titolo

Leadership of public bureaucracies : the administrator as conservator / / Larry D. Terry ; foreword by Douglas F. Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-66923-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

352.3/9

Soggetti

Leadership

Bureaucracy

Public administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to First Edition""; ""Preface to Second Edition""; ""1. Bureaucratic Leadership in a Democratic Republic""; ""The Neglect of Bureaucratic Leadership""; ""Leadership in Administration""; ""The Concept of Administrative Conservatorship""; ""2. A Model of Administrative Conservatorship""; ""Growth as a Secure Social Value""; ""The Anticonservative Bias of Public Administration and Organization Theory""; ""The Heroic Conception of Leadership""; ""The Preservation of Institutional Integrity""

""The Continuum of Leadership Roles and the Preservation of Institutional Integrity""""The Functions of Administrative Conservatorship""; ""3. Conserving Mission""; ""The Authority of Public Bureaucracies""; ""Preserving Executive Authority""; ""Preserving Nonexecutive Authority""; ""Summary""; ""4. Conserving Values""; ""A Viable Executive Cadre""; ""Summary""; ""5. Conserving Support""; ""Conserving External Support""; ""The Binding of Parochial Group Egotism""; ""Summary""; ""6.The Administrator as Conservator""; ""The Janus-Faced Nature of Conservatorship""

""The Leadership of Public Bureaucracies""""Bibliography""; ""Index""