J. Michael Martinez

Public Service Exemplars (eBook, PDF)

A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding and encouraging the development of good leaders are so important that schools of business administration, public administration, public policy, and organizational development teach courses in leadership. Within the public administration literature, scholars have discussed the value of studying outstanding individuals who have been uniquely effective in fulfilling their formal duties, as well as ethical in leading their organizations. Public Service Exemplars is the first book to highlight the decision-making styles of American public servants who serve as models of excellence in public service.

While the roles they held, eras in which they served, formal training for the job, personalities, and relative levels of fame differ widely, the figures profiled in this book are united in their strong belief in the efficacy of government service and a willingness to employ innovative methods for accomplishing objectives. Examining three theories of decision-making by effective leaders (autocratic leadership, democratic leadership, and delegative leadership), this book explores the way that unelected leaders working within public agencies-and, in a couple of cases, the US military-reached decisions that are widely considered to be highly effective. Profiling leaders as diverse as Robert Moses, Frances Perkins, James Webb, Colin Powell, and Anthony Fauci, to name a few, Public Service Exemplars questions whether great leadership truly is, as it is often assumed, an elusive, almost indefinable quality. Can it be taught? Are effective leaders born, made, or a combination thereof? This book will be of keen interest to both current and future public service leaders, including students enrolled in public administration and nonprofit management courses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040108383
• Artikelnr.: 72284775

Autorenporträt

J. Michael Martinez is an assistant professor of legal studies at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, and a former lecturer of political science and public administration at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History (2023) and Congressional Lions: Trailblazing Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Acknowledgements Part I: Autocratic Leadership 1 Harold L. Ickes (1874
1952) 2 Leslie Groves (1896
1970) 3 Robert Moses (1888
1981) 4 Allen Dulles (1893
1969) 5 Hyman G. Rickover (1900
86) Part II: Democratic Leadership 6 Charles G. Dawes (1865
1951) 7 Frances Perkins (1880
1965) 8 David Lilienthal (1899
1981) 9 Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914
2015) 10 Wilbur J. Cohen (1913
87) 11 Stewart Udall (1920
2010) 12 James E. Webb (1906
92) 13 Robert C. Weaver (1907
97) 14 Elliot L. Richardson (1920
99) 15 Alan K. "Scotty" Campbell (1923
98) 16 James A. Baker III (1930
) 17 Alice Rivlin (1931
2019) 18 Elmer B. Staats (1914
2011) 19 Constance Berry Newman (1935
) 20 Prudence Bushnell (1946
) 21 Colin Powell (1937
2021) Part III: Delegative Leadership 22 Montgomery C. Meigs (1816
92) 23 Alice Hamilton (1869
1970) 24 Ralph Bunche (1903/04
1971) 25 David O. "Doc" Cooke (1920
2002) 26 Dwight Ink (1922
2021) 27 George Shultz (1920
2021) 28 Anthony Fauci (1940
)