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The New Public Leadership Challenge

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Editors:
  1. Stephen Brookes

    1. Manchester Business School, UK

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  2. Keith Grint

    1. Institute of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, UK

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About this book

Drawn from the results of five seminars this unique book looks at the four areas of: public sector reform; essential features for public leaders; public leadership in action; and the outline of a public leadership approach for the future. It seeks to give public leadership a firm foothold within the study of leadership in general.

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. A New Public Leadership Challenge?

    1. A New Public Leadership Challenge?

      • Stephen Brookes, Keith Grint
      Pages 1-15

  3. Public Sector Reform and the Impact on Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Central Government Reform and Leadership

      • Colin Talbot
      Pages 19-32

    3. Healthcare Reform and Leadership

      • Kieran Walshe, Naomi Chambers
      Pages 33-53

    4. Education Reform and School Leadership

      • Helen Gunter, Gillian Forrester
      Pages 54-69

    5. Policing, New Public Management and Legitimacy

      • Mike Hough
      Pages 70-84

    6. Local Government Reform and Political Leadership

      • Peter John
      Pages 85-98

    7. Guns or Gantt Charts? — The Leadership Challenge for UK Defence

      • Mike Dunn
      Pages 99-118

  4. Essential Features of Public Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. What Do We Expect of Public Leaders?

      • Lord Turnbull
      Pages 121-132

    3. Political Leadership

      • Jean Hartley
      Pages 133-149

    4. Telling the Story of Place: The Role of Community Leadership

      • Stephen Brookes
      Pages 150-168

    5. Wicked Problems and Clumsy Solutions: The Role of Leadership

      • Keith Grint
      Pages 169-186

    6. Knowledge and Capabilities for Leadership Across the Whole Public Service System

      • John Benington, Jean Hartley
      Pages 187-198

    7. The Challenge of Change for Public Sector Leaders

      • Carina Paine Schofield, Mark Pegg
      Pages 199-215
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Manchester Business School, UK

    Stephen Brookes

  • Institute of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, UK

    Keith Grint

About the editors

STEPHEN BROOKES is a Senior Fellow at Manchester Business School where he specialises in leadership, public management and performance across public services. He previously served as a senior police officer in a thirty year career and immediately prior to his appointment at Manchester was a founding regional Home Office Director.

KEITH GRINT is Professor of Public Leadership and Management at Warwick Business School and was formerly Professor of Defence Leadership at Cranfield University and Leadership Studies at Lancaster Leadership Centre. He taught for 12 years at Oxford University and has published 14 books on leadership and related areas.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The New Public Leadership Challenge

  • Editors: Stephen Brookes, Keith Grint

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277953

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22417-9Published: 13 May 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30912-2Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27795-3Published: 13 May 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 377

  • Topics: Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Public Finance

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