Leadership and innovation in the public sector

• Published in: Leadership & organization development journal Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 467 - 476
• Main Author: Borins, Sandford
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.12.2002; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Bottom up decision making; Case studies; Crisis; Decision making; Developing countries; Employee empowerment; Information technology; Innovation; Innovations; Interest groups; LDCs; Leadership; Managers; Middle management; Organizational change; Political leadership; Politicians; Public sector; Technological change; Turnaround management; Leadership; Innovation; Bottom up decision making; Crisis

This article considers the nature and role of leadership in three ideal types of public management innovation: politically-led responses to crises, organizational turnarounds engineered by newly-appointed agency heads, and bottom-up innovations initiated by front-line public servants and middle mana...