Leadership in the public sector : promises and pitfalls / / edited by Christine Teelken, Ewan Ferlie and Mike Dent

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465221303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 9786613833587; 1-136-31689-2; 1-283-52113-X; 0-203-11976-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TeelkenChristine; FerlieEwan <1956->; DentMike <1944->
• Disciplina: 352.23/6
• Soggetti: Leadership; Public administration; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: an overview and conceptualization; PART I The meaning of public sector leadership and its changing forms; 2 'Leaderism' and the discourse of leadership in the reformation of UK public services; 3 Leading transformation in public delivery systems: a political perspective; 4 Respond and deliver?: change leadership in complex organizations; PART II Leadership style in the public services; 5 After privatization: the public management of private employment services6 Medical leadership and management reforms in hospitals: a comparative study; 7 Quality development and professional autonomy in modern hospital fields; PART III Leadership and public sector professionals; 8 Universities under New Labour: senior leaders' responses to government reforms and policy levers - findings from an ESRC project on public service leadership; 9 Academic leadership and its effects on professional autonomy; 10 The university and the public ; and private good; 11 The making of professional public leaders: leadership as practical myth12 Concluding discussion: paradigms and instruments of public management reform - the question of agency; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 contextsthe implications for leadership style given the growing role of the private sectorthe response to the leadershi