Administrative Leadership in the Public Sector

Montgomery (Monty) Van Wart is Professor and Chair at the University of California State University, San Bernardino. His scholarly work includes more than 40 publications, including five books and a substantial number of articles in leading journals. His research areas are administrative leadership, human resource management, training and development, administrative values and ethics, organization behavior, and general management. He has taught leadership classes to public sector managers for all levels of government in the US and abroad. He is the author of The Dynamics of Leadership: Theory and Practice (M.E. Sharpe, 2005).Lisa A. Dicke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. Her teaching and research interests are in government accountability, nonprofit management and intersectoral relations. Dr. Dicke’s work has appeared in the American Review of Public Administration, Public Organization Review, Public Integrity, Public Productivity and Management Review, International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, the Journal of Public Affairs Education, and in several edited books.

• Part 1: Introduction1. Leadership and Its ContextJames W. Fesler 2. Public-Sector Leadership Theory: An AssessmentMontgomery Van Wart 3. Different Perspectives on the Practice of LeadershipMatthew R. Fairholm 4. Leaders and LeadershipJohn J. Corson Part 2: The Preliminary Assessments That Leaders Need to Make 5. Organizing Around the Head of a Large Federal DepartmentPaul H. Appleby 6. Total Quality Management: An Opportunity for High Performance in Federal OrganizationsRudolph B. Garrity 7. Reevaluating Methods of Establishing Priorities for Governmental ServicesMary M. Hale and Aimee L. Franklin Part 3: What Are the Proper Goals and Priorities of Administrative Leaders? 8. Administrative Responsibility in Democratic GovernmentHerman Finer 9. Reconciling Public Entrepreneurship and DemocracyCarl J. Bellone and George Frederick Goerl 10. City Managers: Will They Reject Policy Leadership?James M. Banovetz 11. Accountability and Entrepreneurial Public Management: The Case of the Orange County Investment FundKevin P. Kearns Part 4: What Are the Best Traits and Skills for Leaders in the Public Service? 12. Government Bureaucrats Are DifferentJames F. Guyot 13. A Technique to Capitalize on Human Intelligence in Organizations: Brain Skill ManagementWeston H. Agor 14. CreativityMarshall Dimock 15. Successful Leadership in Local Government Programs: Hillsborough County’s Productivity InitiativesHelen D. Levine 16. Notes on the Governmental Executive: His Role and His MethodsDonald C. Stone Part 5: What Are the Best Styles for Public-Sector Leaders to Use? 17. Changing Patterns in the Philosophy of ManagementCarl F. Stover 18. Administrative Leadership and Use of Social PowerSven Lundstedt 19. Leadership and Regional Councils: A Mismatch Between LeadershipStyles Today and Future RolesRobert W. Gage 20. Research and Interventions for Stress Reduction in a Hospital SettingSusan R. Raynis and Margaret A. Cleek Part 6: What Are the Best Techniques for Administrative Leaders to Use? 21. Gender Differences and Managerial CompetenciesDennis M. Daley and Katherine C. Naff 22. The Cost of Not Listening to Employees: The Case of a Union Movement at Bradford HospitalR. Wayne Boss, Leslee Boss, and James A. Johnson 23. Loose Cannons and Rule Breakers, or Enterprising Leaders?Some Evidence About Innovative Public ManagersSandford Borins 24. Mixed-Scanning: A “Third” Approach to Decision MakingAmitai Etzioni Part 7: How Do You Evaluate Leadership in the Public Sector? 25. Defining and Measuring Effectiveness in Public ManagementSteven A. Cohen 26. Executive Evaluation: Assessing Probability for Success in the JobLawrence S. Buck Part 8: How Do You Develop Leaders? 27. The Manager’s View of Management Education and TrainingJames K. Conant 28. Succession Management Strategies in Public Sector OrganizationsDahlia Bradshaw Lynn 29. Reflections on “Educating Executives”Raymond A. Katzell Part 9: Examples and Exemplars of Public-Sector Leadership 30. The Patriotism of Exit and Voice: The Case of Gloria FloraH. George Frederickson and Meredith Newman 31. Leaders and LeadershipJohn J. Corson 32. Branch Rickey as a Public Manager: Fulfilling the Eight Responsibilities of Public ManagementRobert D. Behn

"Here is the best compilation you will find on leadership in public administration. The chapters provide an historical look at how leadership has been conceptualized, interpreted, studied, and applied. Readers seeking to grasp the state of the art in leadership studies in public service will find it here." - Mary E. Guy, Florida State University "This impressive new volume brings together in one place the most significant articles written by those in the field of public administration over the past decades. Not only does this collection include commentaries on leadership in the public sector - it demonstrates the contributions made in public administration to the study of leadership in general." - Robert B. Denhardt, Arizona State University"