Leadership in government: study of the Australian Public Service
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1998
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| Physical Description: | XII, 376 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 1840141387 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Figures and tables viii
Preface xii
1 Introduction 1
Overview 1
Structure of the book 3
Part 1: Overview of leadership 9
2 Leadership: an overview 11
Introduction 11
Character of individuals 19
Context 24
Developmental perspective 38
Culture: bridging goals, circumstances and
developmental pathways 56
Power and politics: bridging traits, context
and meaning 65
Information technology development: the leader s
changing role 72
Discretionary leader 75
Transformational leadership revisited 79
3 From public administration to public management to? 86
Global diffusion of public administration 87
Information technology and public administration 97
Managerialist reforms of the APS 106
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Part 2: Australian public sector leadership survey 117
4 The survey 119
Demographics 120
5 Culture of the Australian Public Service (APS) 13 3
Overview 133
Attitudinal factors 134
Values factors 135
Organizational performance factors 136
Information technology (IT) factors 137
Impact of culture 137
Differences by level of organization 140
Summary 141
6 Impact of the Centre 143
Styles of management 143
Summary 150
7 Leadership 151
Introduction 151
Valuing leadership in the APS 152
Emerging leadership philosophies 162
Leadership in action 171
Benchmarking leaderships: private sector comparison 183
Summary 189
8 Recommendations for management development 193
Overview 193
Areas needing attention 196
Developing leaders 209
Summary 245
References 247
Appendix 1 Culture of organization factor analysis: APS 299
Attitude factors 300
Values factors 301
Organizational impact factors 303
Information technology factors 304
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Appendix 2 Leadership factors: APS 306
APS top team s demography measures 307
Length of time in organization (organizational tenure) 307
Number of senior appointments (senior management tenure) 308
Length of time in current position (top team tenure) 308
Organizational size 310
Team players 311
Radicals 313
Bureaucrats 315
Appendix 3 Leadership factors: private sector 317
Drivers 318
Politicians 319
Strategists 320
Appendix 4 Impact of culture of organization on
organizational performance: APS 322
Appendix 5 Impact of the Centre 328
Appendix 6 Top team impact 334
Appendix 7 Impact of leadership philosophies on the APS 338
Team players 339
Radicals 342
Bureaucrats 345
Appendix 8 Impact of private sector leadership philosophies 349
Appendix 9 Leadership impact on organization: regression analysis 353
Service delivery 354
Performance of people 355
Strategic direction 356
IT training 357
IT application 358
IT skills 358
IT impact 359
Private sector: strategic direction 360
Private sector: management of structures 361
Private sector: people management 362
Private sector 362
Index 363
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Figures and tables
Figure 2.1 Pathway through leadership 18
Figure 5.1 Impact of culture on performance of organization 138
Figure 6.1 Leadership wheel: impact of Centre on regions
organizational performance 146
Figure 6.2 Leadership wheel: impact of Centre on regions
attitudes, values and effectiveness of delivery 149
Figure 7.1 Top team impact: APS 161
Figure 7.2 Leadership wheel: team players impact on organization 172
Figure 7.3 Leadership wheel: top team impact on team players 174
Figure 7.4 Leadership wheel: radicals impact on organization 176
Figure 7.5 Leadership wheel: top team impact on radicals 178
Figure 7.6 Leadership wheel: bureaucrats impact on organization 180
Figure 7.7 Leadership wheel: top team impact on bureaucrats 181
Figure 7.8 Leadership wheel: leadership impact on the Centre 182
Figure 7.9 Leadership wheel: private sector 188
Figure 8.1 Leadership wheel: impact of top teams on the APS 194
Figure 8.2 Leadership for effectiveness (APS) 214
Figure 8.3 Leadership for IT adaptation (APS) 215
Figure 8.4 Private sector: leadership for effectiveness 217
Figure 8.5 1990s leadership: a paradox 222
Figure 8.6 Aftermath of downsizing 224
Figure 8.7 Discretionary leader behaviour 244
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Table 2.1 Comparing manager versus leader attributes 55
Table 3.1 Contrasting domains: private versus public sector 95
Table 3.2 Reinventing organizations: the costs 102
Table 4.1 Level in organization 125
Table 4.2 Years in job 126
Table 4.3 Years in the organization 127
Table 4.4 Years in the APS 127
Table 4.5 Number of senior management appointments 128
Table 4.6 Appointments outside the APS 129
Table 4.7 Structure of organization 129
Table 4.8 Age of respondents 130
Table 4.9 Background 131
Table 4.10 Gender of respondents 131
Table 4.11 Qualifications 132
Table 5.1 Differences of perception by level 140
Table 6.1 Leadership demographics 144
Table 7.1 Benchmarking leadership in the APS (1 low 5 high) 15 3
Table 7.2 Fundamentally different views concerning the
direction of the organization (%) 154
Table 7.3 Sensitivity of dialogue (%) 155
Table 7.4 Managerial behaviours: comparative response
by seniority (%) 156
Table 7.5 Reasons for poor dialogue and lack of cohesion
over vision (%) 162
Table 7.6 Profile of leadership: private sector 184
Table 7.7 Leadership: sample distribution (valid cases) 184
Table 8.1 Need for change in leader behaviour: views
of SESs and SOs % of responses 196
Table 8.2 Comments highlighting improvements (SESs) 198
Table 8.3 Comments highlighting improvements (SOs) 199
Table 8.4 Impact of restriction of dialogue (APS) 200
Table 8.5 Sensitivities related to IT issues (APS) 201
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Table 8.6 Impact of top team (private sector) on people
and organization Poor quality of dialogue
and visioning 202
Table 8.7 Impact of top team (NHS Trusts) on people
and organization Poor quality of dialogue
and visioning 203
Table 8.8 Enhancement of quality of dialogue (APS) 204
Table 8.9 Key job related values and attributes 207
Table 8.10 Slotting team players, radicals and bureaucrats:
transformational 210
Table 8.11 Slotting team players, radicals and bureaucrats:
transactional 211
Table 8.12 Subordinate managers views of the top team 219
Table A4.1 Impact of culture of organization 323
Table A4.2 Impact of values on performance of organization 326
Table A5.1 Impact of corporate Centre s management style
on demographics of organization 329
Table A5.2 Impact of Centre management s style on
organizational culture and performance 331
Table A6.1 Top team impact (organizational) on the APS 335
Table A6.2 Top team impact (people) on the APS 336
Table A7.1 Team players impact on organization performance 339
Table A7.2 Team players impact on IT effectiveness 340
Table A7.3 Top team impact on team players 341
Table A7.4 Radicals impact on organizational performance 342
Table A7.5 Radicals impact on IT effectiveness 343
Table A7.6 Top team impact on radicals 344
Table A7.7 Bureaucrats impact on organizational performance 345
Table A7.8 Bureaucrats impact on IT effectiveness 346
Table A7.9 Top team impact on bureaucrats 347
Table A7.10 Leadership utilization of the four key styles
of management 347
Table A8.1 Impact of drivers 350
Table A8.2 Impact of politicians 351
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Table A8.3 Impact of strategists 352
Table A9.1 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on organizational impact measures 354
Table A9.2 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on organizational impact measures 355
Table A9.3 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on organizational performance measures 356
Table A9.4 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on IT training 357
Table A9.5 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on IT application 358
Table A9.6 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on IT skills 358
Table A9.7 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on IT impact 359
Table A9.8 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on clarity of strategic direction 360
Table A9.9 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on effective management of structures 361
Table A9.10 Regression analysis: leadership factor influence
on effectiveness of people management 362
Table A9.11 People management (Alpha .81) 362
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