Understanding Public Leadership

In: The Public Management and Leadership Ser.

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1 Introducing Public Leadership -- PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: PIVOTAL AND TRICKY -- DEFINITIONS -- STUDYING CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES -- STUDYING LEADERS -- STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS -- STUDYING INSTITUTIONS -- STUDYING CONTEXTS AND CONTINGENCIES -- SETTING THE STAGE -- 2 Varieties of Public Leadership -- COMBATTING AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA -- POLITICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP -- EXERCISING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: THE STRATEGIC TRIANGLE -- A PUBLIC LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT -- 3 Leadership as Relational Work -- FOLLOW THE LEADER? -- LEADERSHIP AS RELATIONSHIP -- FOLLOWERS AND FOLLOWERSHIP -- THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY -- 4 Leading with Others -- TACKLING OBESITY TOGETHER -- SHARED LEADERSHIP -- MODES OF GOVERNING AND LEADERSHIP STYLES -- LEADERSHIP FOR COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE -- 5 Leading in Time -- THE TIME MAKETH THE LEADER? -- GRASPING TIME IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT -- LEADING IN POLITICAL TIME -- LEADING IN ORGANIZATIONAL TIME -- 6 Leading Change -- GHENT UNIVERSITY WANTS OUT OF THE RAT RACE -- COPING WITH CHANGE -- FORGING CHANGE BY LEADING FROM THE FRONT -- RECONSIDERING CHANGE LEADERSHIP -- 7 Leading in Crises -- THE HEAT OF CRISIS -- CRISES: REALITIES AND PERCEPTIONS -- CHALLENGES OF CRISIS LEADERSHIP -- PREPARING FOR THE INEVITABLE -- 8 Evaluating Public Leadership -- FROM HERO TO VILLAIN AND BACK -- CHALLENGES OF EVALUATION -- EVALUATION CRITERIA: THE ASSESSMENT TRIANGLE -- COMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES -- A PROPOSAL -- Appendix: Ten 'Must Reads' on Public Leadership -- Bibliography -- Index.