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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337862703321

Autore

Hobbs Catherine

Titolo

Systemic Leadership for Local Governance : Tapping the Resource Within / / by Catherine Hobbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030082802

3030082806

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 204 p. 5 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

320.6

320.8

Soggetti

Political planning

Political leadership

Political science

Executive power

Public administration

Public Policy

Political Leadership

Governance and Government

Executive Politics

Public Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction: local government reform and a journey to the empty quarter -- 2 Thinking differently matters -- 3 Assumptions matter -- 4 The wider context matters -- 5 People matter -- 6 Systemic effectiveness matters -- 7 An Adaptive Learning Pathway for Systemic Leadership -- 8 With or without? -- 9 Conclusion: systemic leadership as design for adaptive social learning.

Sommario/riassunto

"A truly expansive and valuable book that challenges the assumptions and constraints of current leadership thinking... Its focus on integrating theory and practice is particularly helpful in linking its key ideas to current public sector management concerns." -Gareth Morgan, Author



of Images of Organization "While other authors have offered general principles of systemic leadership or given readers single approaches, Hobbs is much more ambitious: she brings together diverse, well-tested theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to provide today's leaders with a multifaceted resource that can aid them in thinking systemically. In this respect, her book is a significant advance on previous offerings, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to leaders, aspiring leaders and leadership academics around the world." -Gerald Midgley, University of Hull, UK "This is an impressive and innovative work that draws together the disparate strands of complexity theory, systems thinking and operational research to build an adaptive social learning approach for local governance, helping to shift it from a service-led to systemic-deliberative model. This is essential reading for local government actors, students of local policy and for the public policy generalist." -Robert Geyer, Lancaster University, UK Addressing matters of complexity systemically rather than mechanistically is now an ethical and practical paradigm-changing challenge for public policy. This optimistic book explores how action could be led in a joined-up way, signposting resources to thinking differently. Attention is paid to leading the design of adaptive social learning around what matters, re-connecting with public purpose to enable tailoring towards contemporary needs and constraints. Relevant to postgraduates, academics, local government managers, curious practitioners and the wider public,private and third sectors where there is interest in interpreting leadership via the cognitive capabilities of Systems Science. Catherine Hobbs is a social scientist who worked in local government for three decades, with practical experience of multi-agency strategies in transport and health. She studied Local Governance and Systems Science at Birmingham and Hull Universities and is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Routledge Handbook of Systems Thinking. Her research interests lie in creating the space to address complexity.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959460803321

Autore

Hyysalo Sampsa <1974->

Titolo

Health technology development and use : from practice-bound imagination to evolving impacts / / by Sampsa Hyysalo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-95337-X

1-282-58617-3

9786612586170

0-203-84915-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations ; ; 7

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Medical technology

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 (p. [283]-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From markets to social learning : mapping the dynamics of design, use, and early evolution of new technology -- Biography of technologies and practices : studying technology across time and space -- The birth of the user : community and imagination -- The anticipation of need : investigations and intermediaries -- Visions in matter : invention and erosion -- Nurturing technology : enactment and impact -- The post-launch change : learning and reconfiguring -- Diabetes databases : co-design, its evolution, and power relations -- Telechemistry : radical innovation, deviance, and path formation -- Conclusions : findings and theorizing -- Implications : policy, evaluation, and development practice.

Sommario/riassunto

How do development and use of new technology relate? How can users contribute to innovation? This volume is the first to study these questions by following particular technologies over several product launches in detail. It examines the emergence of inventive ideas about future technology and uses, how these are developed into products and embedded in health care practices, and how the form and impact of these technologies then evolves through several rounds of design and deployment across different types of organizations. Examining these processes through three case studies of healt