Leadership and Innovation: Entrepreneurs in Government - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801839785 ISBN 13: 9780801839788

Verlag: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990

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Jameson W. Doig and Erwin C. Hargrove outline a perspective on leadership in government that emphasizes entrepreneurship. They show how government executives' ability to set goals, generate support inside and outside the bureaucracy, and implement innovative ideas-- even at risk to their own careers-- can have a significant impact on their organizations and on society. In this abridged edition, biographical studies of David Lilienthal, Hyman Rickover, James Webb, Nancy Hanks, Robert McNamara, Wilbur Cohen, Robert Ball, and Austin Tobin illustrate a variety of skills and strategies used by effective executives. Doig and Hargrove describe their styles as ranging from "rhetorical leaders" to "entrepreneurial administrators". Yet these diverse leaders share some important traits, including a capacity to see historical opportunity, the ability to mobilize constituencies, and a desire to "make a difference".

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Jameson W. Doig is professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University and coauthor of Men Who Govern and The Assistant Secretaries. Erwin C. Hargrove is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. His books include Presidents, Politics, and Policy (with Michael Nelson).

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Jameson W. Doig and Erwin C. Hargrove outline a perspective on leadership in government that emphasizes entrepreneurship. They show how government executives' ability to set goals, generate support inside and outside the bureaucracy, and implement innovative ideas-- even at risk to their own careers-- can have a significant impact on their organizations and on society.

In this abridged edition, biographical studies of David Lilienthal, Hyman Rickover, James Webb, Nancy Hanks, Robert McNamara, Wilbur Cohen, Robert Ball, and Austin Tobin illustrate a variety of skills and strategies used by effective executives. Doig and Hargrove describe their styles as ranging from "rhetorical leaders" to "entrepreneurial administrators". Yet these diverse leaders share some important traits, including a capacity to see historical opportunity, the ability to mobilize constituencies, and a desire to "make a difference".

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801839785
• ISBN 13: 9780801839788
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Doig Prof Jameson W.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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