Author Description

Eminently readable, current, and comprehensive, Dynamics of Leadership in Public Service sets the standard for instruction in college and professional courses on leadership, management, and organizational effectiveness. The text is exceptionally well organizee, with key sections on leader assessment, characteristics, behaviors, styles, leadership theory, and evaluation and development. The author's comprehensive leadership action cycle provides an easy-to-follow theme for the entire theme. This text features: a focus on the public sector, more than 100 in-text exhibits (vignettes, cases, and figures) that illuminate key points, an original, reproducible 360-degree survey instrument on leadership assessment, and definitive, comprehensive references.