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View article: Police leadership at the political interface: A systematic literature review
Police leadership at the political interface: A systematic literature review Open
View article: New development: Picking a way through minefields—Leadership with political astuteness for senior police
New development: Picking a way through minefields—Leadership with political astuteness for senior police Open
It is increasingly recognized by scholars that political astuteness is a valuable set of capabilities for senior leaders across public services. Yet senior police leaders may suddenly find themselves in the eye of a political storm having …
View article: Public aspects of public manager training, education and development
Public aspects of public manager training, education and development Open
View article: Debate: Whether and how public innovations create value
Debate: Whether and how public innovations create value Open
Public innovation has come of age. It is now a distinctive field in its own right, and no longer overly reliant on evidence, concepts and norms derived from private sector research (for example Arundel et al., Citation2019; Windrum & Koch,…
View article: Insights into public management from policing: introduction to the special issue of <i>Public Management Review</i>
Insights into public management from policing: introduction to the special issue of <i>Public Management Review</i> Open
This introduction to the special issue aims to bridge the gap between two fields – policing on the one hand and public management on the other – which have seen only sporadic cross-fertilization so far. We begin by outlining the benefits o…
View article: Public management and policing: a dialectical inquiry
Public management and policing: a dialectical inquiry Open
The study of policing offers rich opportunities to test and refine the boundaries of key concepts and theories of public management, yet it is neglected in public management discourse. In this essay, we strike up a conversation between pub…
View article: Navigating the micro-politics of major system change: The implementation of Sustainability Transformation Partnerships in the English health and care system
Navigating the micro-politics of major system change: The implementation of Sustainability Transformation Partnerships in the English health and care system Open
Objective To investigate how health and care leaders navigate the micro-politics of major system change (MSC) as manifest in the formulation and implementation of Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) in the English Nationa…
View article: Public leadership to foster peacebuilding in violently divided societies
Public leadership to foster peacebuilding in violently divided societies Open
This paper examines public leadership for peacebuilding in divided societies emerging from severe violence. It deploys two theories of leadership: social identity and political astuteness, to investigate peacebuilding leadership processes.…
View article: Acquiring and developing healthcare leaders’ political skills: an interview study with healthcare leaders
Acquiring and developing healthcare leaders’ political skills: an interview study with healthcare leaders Open
Background Research suggests health and care leaders need to develop a distinct set of political skills in order to understand and manage the competing interests and agenda that characterise health and care services. Aim To understand how …
View article: Healthcare Leadership with Political Astuteness and its role in the implementation of major system change: the HeLPA qualitative study
Healthcare Leadership with Political Astuteness and its role in the implementation of major system change: the HeLPA qualitative study Open
Background The implementation of change in health and care services is often complicated by the ‘micropolitics’ of the care system. There is growing recognition that health and care leaders need to develop and use types of ‘political skill…
View article: Understanding the Political Skills and Behaviours for Leading the Implementation of Health Services Change: A Qualitative Interview Study
Understanding the Political Skills and Behaviours for Leading the Implementation of Health Services Change: A Qualitative Interview Study Open
Background: The implementation of change in health and care services is often complicated by organisational micro-politics. There are calls for those leading change to develop and utilise political skills and behaviours to understand and m…
View article: Innovation, exnovation and intelligent failure
Innovation, exnovation and intelligent failure Open
IMPACTInnovation remains a crucial focus for practising managers in both the public and private sectors, yet the practice of innovation often misunderstood if not ignored. This article highlights an under-explored aspect of innovation—fail…
View article: Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration
Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration Open
This paper examines the relationship between leadership and public value in a multi-agency service, requiring the delicate navigation of tensions when there are diverse and competing interests among public service collaborators. The paper …
View article: The contribution of political skill to the implementation of health services change: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
The contribution of political skill to the implementation of health services change: a systematic review and narrative synthesis Open
Background The implementation of strategic health system change is often complicated by informal ‘politics’ in healthcare organisations. Leadership development programmes increasingly call for the development and use of ‘political skill’ a…
View article: A dialectical approach to the politics of learning in a major city police organization
A dialectical approach to the politics of learning in a major city police organization Open
In this paper we develop a dialectical approach to the organizational politics of learning, exploring complexity, tensions and asymmetries. Turning this kaleidoscopic lens on our empirical setting, a major city police organization, we mix …
View article: The contribution of political skill to the implementation of health services change: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
The contribution of political skill to the implementation of health services change: a systematic review and narrative synthesis Open
Background The implementation of strategic health system change is often complicated by informal ‘politics’ in healthcare organisations. Leadership development programmes increasingly call for the development and use of ‘political skill’ a…
View article: Leading through agonistic conflict: Contested sense-making in national political arenas
Leading through agonistic conflict: Contested sense-making in national political arenas Open
This article examines the social processes of political leadership in situations of contest and conflict, taking place within a key and long-established democratic institution, the UK Parliament. The empirical focus is on leadership in Hou…
View article: Devolving healthcare services redesign to local clinical leaders: does it work in practice?
Devolving healthcare services redesign to local clinical leaders: does it work in practice? Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the findings arising from a three year research project which investigated a major system-wide change in the design of the NHS in England. The radical policy change was enshrined in statute i…
View article: Healthcare leadership with political astuteness (HeLPA): a qualitative study of how service leaders understand and mediate the informal ‘power and politics’ of major health system change
Healthcare leadership with political astuteness (HeLPA): a qualitative study of how service leaders understand and mediate the informal ‘power and politics’ of major health system change Open
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View article: Ten propositions about public leadership
Ten propositions about public leadership Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some pressing but under-researched aspects of public leadership. Ten propositions about public leadership are set out and these are intended to be thought-provoking and even co…
View article: GP leadership in clinical commissioning groups: a qualitative multi-case study approach across England
GP leadership in clinical commissioning groups: a qualitative multi-case study approach across England Open
Background Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were established in England in 2013 to encourage GPs to exert greater influence over the processes of service improvement and redesign in the NHS. Little is known about the extent and the way…
View article: Clinical leadership in service redesign using Clinical Commissioning Groups: a mixed-methods study
Clinical leadership in service redesign using Clinical Commissioning Groups: a mixed-methods study Open
Background A core component of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Great Britain. Health and Social Care Act 2012 . London: HMSO; 2012) was the idea of devolving to general practitioners (GPs) a health service leadership role for service …
View article: Leadership and Organizational Performance: State of the Art and a Research Agenda
Leadership and Organizational Performance: State of the Art and a Research Agenda Open
A large portion of the everyday discourse about leadership and leaders takes it for granted that leaders make a big dierence in terms of performance. The football managers discussion is one clear example; the wider fascination with busines…
View article: Towards an empirical research agenda for public value theory
Towards an empirical research agenda for public value theory Open
There is considerable scholarly writing about the theory and application of public value concepts, but this article explores why there is, by contrast, so little empirical research on public value. The article then goes on to provide a fra…
View article: Clinical Leadership Through Commissioning: Does it Work in Practice?
Clinical Leadership Through Commissioning: Does it Work in Practice? Open
In tune with much international practice, the English National Health Service has been striving to transform health care provision to make it more affordable in the face of rising demand. At the heart of a set of recent radical reforms has…
View article: Kaya Wandjoo Ngala Noongarpedia: Chapter 5: Katitjin kulungka mia – Noongarpedia work with schools
Kaya Wandjoo Ngala Noongarpedia: Chapter 5: Katitjin kulungka mia – Noongarpedia work with schools Open
View article: Kaya Wandjoo Ngala Noongarpedia: Genniny may may: Looking at the work from elsewhere
Kaya Wandjoo Ngala Noongarpedia: Genniny may may: Looking at the work from elsewhere Open
View article: Eight-and-a-half propositions to stimulate frugal innovation in public services
Eight-and-a-half propositions to stimulate frugal innovation in public services Open