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This chapter addresses the question: "What are the knowledge and capabilities necessary
for effective leadership across the whole public service system?"
This question is not new, and has been the focus of much discussion within academic
circles and in many parts of the public service system over many years. However a
variety of factors means that this may be an important moment of opportunity - a tipping
point with the chance to turn thinking and talking into action.
The current economic crisis provides a significant catalyst for this debate because
the pressure to be "doing more with less" will become more strident as public sector
spending comes under renewed scrutiny and is expected to decline in real terms over
the next few years. during times of cut-back more effective leadership is often seen
as one of the best ways of reducing transaction costs between separate organisations,
of improving productivity and performance outcomes, and of releasing more public value
for users, citizens and communities.
However, the need for better leadership across the whole public service systems does
not derive solely from the current economic crisis, far-reaching though this is in
its own terms. The world is in the throes of an even more fundamental and far-reaching
restructuring of the ecological, political economic technological and social context,
which requires a "Copernican revolution" in the basic paradigms for governance and
public service. This requires a "whole systems" approach to thinking about public
services, and a radical redesign of provision for leadership development. |
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Benington, John and Hartley, Jean (2010). Knowledge and capabilities for leadership
across the whole public service system. In: Brookes, Stephen and Grint, Keith eds.
The New Public Leadership Challenge. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 187–198.
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Benington, John and Hartley, Jean (2010). Knowledge and capabilities for leadership
across the whole public service system. In: Brookes, Stephen and Grint, Keith eds.
The New Public Leadership Challenge. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 187–198. |
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Knowledge and capabilities for leadership across the whole public service system |
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