Systemic Leadership for Local Governance Tapping the Resource Within /

• Main Author: Hobbs, Catherine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Political leadership.; Political science.; Legislative bodies.; Public administration.; Public Policy.; Political Leadership.; Governance and Government.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Public Administration.

"A truly expansive and valuable book that challenges the assumptions and constraints of current leadership thinking... Its focus on integrating theory and practice is particularly helpful in linking its key ideas to current public sector management concerns." -Gareth Morgan, Author of Imag...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction: local government reform and a journey to the empty quarter
• 2 Thinking differently matters
• 3 Assumptions matter
• 4 The wider context matters
• 5 People matter
• 6 Systemic effectiveness matters
• 7 An Adaptive Learning Pathway for Systemic Leadership
• 8 With or without?
• 9 Conclusion: systemic leadership as design for adaptive social learning.