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City Executives

Leadership Roles, Work Characteristics, and Time Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 1989

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This study explores the work life of mayors, city managers, and other top executives in city government. Based on a survey of 527 city executives and enlivened with numerous anecdotes, the book documents time allocation patterns and work routines.City Executives makes comparisons with previous studies to show how city executives compare with managers in other types of organizations. The authors also note how city managers' role has changed over a 20-year period. City executives are shown to be like their private-sector counterparts. For example, they function at a relentless pace, are frequently interrupted in their work, and are generally overburdened. However, because city workers operate in an environment open to public scrutiny, they are left with only a minority of their professional time to attend to matters that they describe as priorities. Instead, they must constantly respond to intergovernmental demands, emergencies, and the needs of citizens and legislative officials.

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Utgivningsdatum1989-01-20
Mått158 x 237 x 21 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Leadership Studies
Antal sidor224
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780887069574

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Figures and TablesPreface1. IntroductionScope and PurposeMethodWhat the Book is NotOrganization of the Book2. An Executive is an Executive is An Executive?Leadership: What It's All AboutWhat is a Leader?What Do Executives Do?In What Envrionment Do They Do It?Good Genes and the "Right Stuff": Dimensions of EffectivenessIt All Depends on the SituationSummary3. Contemporary Views of Local Government Executive RolesReformism in American GovernmentCity Manager Role PerceptionsPolitical LeadershipChief Executive Roles in the Mid-1980sComparison with Wright's 1965 FindingsConclusions about the 1985 StudySummary4. Not Enough Hours in a DayLong HoursTimes AllocationVaried Roles and Fragmented ActivitiesDemands, Foci, and Activities in Executive WorkControl over TimeSummary5. Analysis of Time Allocation PatternsCorrelationDemandsFoci of WorkWork ActivitiesRelationships across Work DimensionsSummary6. Explaining Variations in the Work of Local Governments ExecutivesLevel of the JobPublic versus PrivateOrganization SizeManagerial LevelManagerial DyadsAlternative Explanations for Work VariationsSummary7. Time ManagementWhere Does the Time Go?Is There a Better Way?Stress: The Product of Failed Time ManagementA Matter of StyleSummary8. ConclusionsAspects of Managerial WorkProspects for Time ManagementThe FutureAppendixNotesIndex