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Leadership has never been more important - and divisive - than it
is today. The idea and discourse of the leader remains a critical
factor in organizational and societal performance, but there is
evident tension between the persistent focus on the critical
importance of individual leaders and the increasing emphasis on
collective leadership. The Routledge Companion to Leadership
provides a survey of the contentious and dynamic discipline of
leadership. This collection covers key themes in the field,
including advances in leadership theory, leadership in a range of
contexts and geographies, leadership failure, leadership process,
and leadership development. Topics range from micro studies to
wider political analyses of leadership, taking in unusual but
important aspects such as portrayals of leadership in architecture,
media, and science fiction. Contributions from 61 internationally
renowned authors from 16 countries make available the full range of
perspectives, approaches, and insights on the idea of leadership.
Providing both a social sciences and a psychological approach,
these go beyond common themes to offer diverse perspectives on such
topics as emotion and leadership, portrayals of leadership. This
volume situates leadership debates and evidence within contemporary
leadership crises, while ensuring that the explorations of the
issues are of enduring relevance. With wide and critical coverage
of the key topics and potent contextualization of themes in current
events, The Routledge Companion to Leadership is the ideal resource
for graduate study in leadership.
First published in 1989 Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press, and Me is
the story of how this small publishing company became a chapter in
literary history when, in 1955, the then novice publishers, of
which Jean Hartley was one, were entrusted with the manuscript of
Larkin's The Less Deceived. The Less Deceived, Larkin's second
collection, contained the mature Philip Larkin style - that of a
detached observer of what Jean Hartley referred to as 'ordinary
people doing ordinary things' - the virtues of which came to be
associated with The Movement, the post-war generation of poets that
used plain language and traditional forms to address everyday life
in Britain. The themes of The Less Deceived resonated with readers
and it became one of the most outstanding collections of 1955.
Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press, and Me charts that progress and
introduces the reader to the real Philip Larkin. 'Jean Hartley's
story is a vital piece of evidence for anyone curious about
Larkin's life.' Andrew Motion, Observer.
Governments and nonprofits exist to create public value. Yet what
does that mean in theory and practice? This new volume brings
together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide-ranging
answers. From the United States, Europe, and Australia, the
contributors focus on the creation, meaning, measurement, and
assessment of public value in a world where government, nonprofit
organizations, business, and citizens all have roles in the public
sphere. In so doing, they demonstrate the intimate link between
ideas of public value and public values and the ways scholars
theorize and measure them. They also add to ongoing debates over
what public value might mean, the nature of the most important
public values, and how we can practically apply these values. The
collection concludes with an extensive research and practice agenda
conceived to further the field and mainstream its ideas. Aimed at
scholars, students, and stakeholders ranging from business and
government to nonprofits and activist groups, Public Value and
Public Administration is an essential blueprint for those
interested in creating public value to advance the common good.
Leadership has never been more important - and divisive - than it
is today. The idea and discourse of the leader remains a critical
factor in organizational and societal performance, but there is
evident tension between the persistent focus on the critical
importance of individual leaders and the increasing emphasis on
collective leadership. The Routledge Companion to Leadership
provides a survey of the contentious and dynamic discipline of
leadership. This collection covers key themes in the field,
including advances in leadership theory, leadership in a range of
contexts and geographies, leadership failure, leadership process,
and leadership development. Topics range from micro studies to
wider political analyses of leadership, taking in unusual but
important aspects such as portrayals of leadership in architecture,
media, and science fiction. Contributions from 61 internationally
renowned authors from 16 countries make available the full range of
perspectives, approaches, and insights on the idea of leadership.
Providing both a social sciences and a psychological approach,
these go beyond common themes to offer diverse perspectives on such
topics as emotion and leadership, portrayals of leadership. This
volume situates leadership debates and evidence within contemporary
leadership crises, while ensuring that the explorations of the
issues are of enduring relevance. With wide and critical coverage
of the key topics and potent contextualization of themes in current
events, The Routledge Companion to Leadership is the ideal resource
for graduate study in leadership.
Is leadership just a fashion that is blowing through the healthcare
sector and will blow out again? Is it just new fancy language to
describe what has always happened in hospitals, surgeries, and
schools across the land? The authors think not, and there are many
reasons why leadership - across the organization and across
healthcare networks - needs to be taken seriously. Clear and
convincing with practical applications, Leadership for Healthcare
includes a systematic literature review of the academic and policy
literature of healthcare leadership in the UK in the last 10 years.
The book provides an evidence-based framework which synthesizes the
literature from health services management and business. It draws
out lessons for policy, practice, and future research in the area
of leadership in healthcare, and it provides a clear 'road map' of
the terrain of leadership which will help to avoid some of the
pitfalls, fallacies, and fantasies about leadership.
Public innovation is distinctive from private sector innovation by
being set in a political system rather than a market. The roles of
citizens and elected politicians as well as public servants and
other stakeholders are frequently relevant. Public organizations
can be creators, funders, orchestrators or sense-makers of
innovations, which are carried out with the aim of benefitting
society. This book provides a comprehensive insight into the theory
and practice of public innovation using a wide range of research
evidence about the processes, drivers and barriers, stakeholders
and outcomes of innovation. Using the lens of public value, the
book offers a stimulating discussion of how public innovation is
valued and contested in current societies. Valuing Public
Innovation aims to help develop a deeper understanding of
innovation and how to use that knowledge in practical ways. This is
essential reading for academics and students in the fields of
innovation, organisation studies, public administration and public
policy, as well as for policymakers and practitioners.
Is leadership just a fashion that is blowing through the healthcare
sector and will blow out again? Is it just new fancy language to
describe what has always happened in hospitals, surgeries, and
schools across the land? The authors think not, and there are many
reasons why leadership - across the organization and across
healthcare networks - needs to be taken seriously. Clear and
convincing with practical applications, Leadership for Healthcare
includes a systematic literature review of the academic and policy
literature of healthcare leadership in the UK in the last 10 years.
The book provides an evidence-based framework which synthesizes the
literature from health services management and business. It draws
out lessons for policy, practice, and future research in the area
of leadership in healthcare, and it provides a clear 'road map' of
the terrain of leadership which will help to avoid some of the
pitfalls, fallacies, and fantasies about leadership.
Governments and nonprofits exist to create public value. Yet what
does that mean in theory and practice? This new volume brings
together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide-ranging
answers. From the United States, Europe, and Australia, the
contributors focus on the creation, meaning, measurement, and
assessment of public value in a world where government, nonprofit
organizations, business, and citizens all have roles in the public
sphere. In so doing, they demonstrate the intimate link between
ideas of public value and public values and the ways scholars
theorize and measure them. They also add to ongoing debates over
what public value might mean, the nature of the most important
public values, and how we can practically apply these values. The
collection concludes with an extensive research and practice agenda
conceived to further the field and mainstream its ideas. Aimed at
scholars, students, and stakeholders ranging from business and
government to nonprofits and activist groups, Public Value and
Public Administration is an essential blueprint for those
interested in creating public value to advance the common good.
Jean Hartley, born in Kenya, is acknowledged as being the first to
legitimise ifixingi for wildlife film crews. Over the last 25
years, she has worked on over a thousand films, the vast majority
being about wildlife and nature. She features five of the great
film makers who all started their careers in Kenya in the1950s,
legends whom she is proud to call personal friends. Watching all of
their films, and many more, she became fascinated by the history of
film making in Kenya and determined to find out when it all
started. In this insightful book, she traces the roots of wildlife
film back a hundred years, drawing on accounts of the original film
makers and the professional hunters who guided those early safaris.
She tracks the changes from those grainy, speeded up, silent films
through to the technologically perfect High Definition and 3D films
that are being made today.
How are public service organizations governed? How can their
performance be measured, managed and improved? Public services play
a central role in the well-being, sustainability and growth of
communities, cities and nations. Managing to Improve Public
Services shows how management can be harnessed to improve a range
of public services (e.g. policing, health, local government) by
examining them through different theoretical lenses (e.g.
governance, innovation and change, performance metrics and
management). It advances both theory and practice, beyond
traditional public administration and 'new public management', by
considering the interrelationships between governance and public
management. The book is written by a group of leading social
science and management specialists, who were awarded the
prestigious ESRC/EPSRC Public Service Fellow awards as part of the
Advanced Institute of Management Research initiative. It will be of
interest to graduate students, academics and policy makers involved
in public service management and performance measurement.
How are public service organizations governed? How can their
performance be measured, managed and improved? Public services play
a central role in the well-being, sustainability and growth of
communities, cities and nations. Managing to Improve Public
Services shows how management can be harnessed to improve a range
of public services (e.g. policing, health, local government) by
examining them through different theoretical lenses (e.g.
governance, innovation and change, performance metrics and
management). It advances both theory and practice, beyond
traditional public administration and "new public management," by
considering the interrelationships between governance and public
management. The book is written by a group of leading social
science and management specialists, who were awarded the
prestigious ESRC/EPSRC Public Service Fellow awards as part of the
Advanced Institute of Management Research initiative. It will be of
interest to graduate students, academics and policy makers involved
in public service management and performance measurement.
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