AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT

With major technology projects becoming an increasingly important feature of the public sector scene, Brian Wernham’s book on Leadership skills for implementation of large-scale public sector projects, makes a valuable contribution to understanding the issues.

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THIRD SECTOR PERFORMANCE

This booK, edited by Graham Manville and Richard Greatbanks, begins to fill a void in the knowledge base about the Third Sector. Third sector organizations are not the same as conventional businesses and are also subtly different from the public sector. There is currently a dearth of knowledge and a lack of research into issues around performance in the Third Sector or Civil Society.

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DRIVEN TO LEAD: GOOD BAD AND MISGUIDED LEADERSHIP

In this book Paul Lawrence sets out a comprehensive general theory of leadership. He describes good leadership as he sees it as well as the potential for bad leadership.

He outlines a scientific framework, which is grounded in evolutionary biology, that helps thinking about leadership successes and failures throughout history and how it is possible to see humanity’s need for better leadership going forward. The framework provides a way to understand the elements of leadership that give insights into events from the past and into new situations as they develop.

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LEADERSHIP AND THE ART OF STRUGGLE

With this book, author Steven Snydere begins a new conversation about mastering the art of struggle and how leaders can meet life’s challenges and adversities and focus their energies on what matters most.

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THE LEADER’S GUIDE TO RADICAL MANAGEMENT

Steve Denning in his latest book – The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century, contends that management today is in need of a radical makeover. The existing practices are not adequate to meet the needs of the modern high-speed world, and to support today’s workforce.

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DANCING AT THE EDGE

Maureen O’Hara and Graham Leicester explore the competencies – the ways of being, doing, knowing and organising – that can help us navigate in complex and powerful times. They argue that these competencies are innate and within reach of all of us – given the right setting, plenty of practice and some gentle guidance. But they are seldom seen because they are routinely undervalued in today’s culture. That must change, the authors insist, and this book is intended to begin that change.

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SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FIELD GUIDE

This hands–on practical guide by ines Merqel and Bill Greeves is about designing and implementing strategies and policies. It offers a ready–to–use reference to help readers move smoothly through the development and deployment of effective new media strategies and policies within their own organizations.

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COLLABORATIVE WISDOM

Greg Park examines the nature and criticality of wisdom as a leadership attribute. He argues that effective operational leadership is not just about knowledge and experience, but more fundamentally about a cognitive mental process which considers and consistently applies fundamental values, principles, perspectives and priorities in an analytical and affective manner.

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SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Ines Mergel has produced an easy-to-read guide to the development of a successful social media presence for government organizations.

Stocked with real-life examples and case studies, the book explores myriad social media tools and provides step-by-step guidance on how to implement them based on mission, goals, and strategy. Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, the book is a go-to resource for anyone in government who wants to put the power of social media to work for their organization.

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DELIVERING PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WORK

In this book John Seddon argues that there is now no politician or executive in any branch of local government or any area of the public sector who can say: “It won’t work here”. The evidence is clear: it does work here, and right across the board.

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