Leadership of Public Bureaucracies Vol. 2The Administrator As Conservator |
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| Author:
| Terry, Larry D. |
| Series title: | Rethinking Public Administration Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-7147-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 1995 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Leadership within public administration is stuck in the `no-man′s-land′ between political science and organization theory. On the one hand organization theorists promote their particular brand of transformational leadership - the leader sets the basic values of the firm and heroically shapes the culture of the organization. On the other hand political scientists treat public management as a prescribed regiment of strict obedience to elected officials - without values or...
More DescriptionLeadership within public administration is stuck in the `no-man′s-land′ between political science and organization theory. On the one hand organization theorists promote their particular brand of transformational leadership - the leader sets the basic values of the firm and heroically shapes the culture of the organization. On the other hand political scientists treat public management as a prescribed regiment of strict obedience to elected officials - without values or heroism. This book offers an alternative well-reasoned and viable basis upon which to construct a concept of leadership which is directly and immediately relevant to the practising public administrator.