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"Many of our high-ranking officials in public life have been as innovative and influential as those in the private sector. However, this book is no simple upbeat tract of inspired tales; it is a thoroughly researched, closely argued blend of theory and biography." -- David B. Sicilia, Public Historian
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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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The history of what man has accomplished in this world, Carlyle argued, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The history of what man has accomplished in this world, Carlyle argued, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
program loyalists, federal arts policy, arts constituency, multipurpose authority, strategic nuclear policy, federal bureau chiefs, retirement crisis, public entrepreneurship, nuclear navy, truck terminals, port authority, marine terminals, entrepreneurial leaders, marine facilities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Jersey, White House, Austin Tobin, Nancy Hanks, New Deal, President Nixon, Tennessee Valley, Leonard Garment, Air Force, Robert Moses, North American, Atomic Energy Commission, Harvard Business School, Great Swamp, Harvard University Press, Holy Cross, James Webb, Lilienthal Papers, Lyndon Johnson, David Lilienthal, Herbert Kaufman, North Carolina, President Kennedy New!
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- In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Collins Business Essentials) by Thomas J. Peters on page 18, and page 240
- Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction (Studies in public policy) by Peter J. Ferrara on page 243, and page 244
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- Life and Death in Civil War Prisons: The Parallel Torments of Corporal John Wesly Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A. by J Michael Martinez in Back Matter
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