POLS 4250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Leadership Studies, Transactional Leadership, Secretary-General Of The United Nations
5 Oct 2016
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Week 2: traditional political science approaches to leadership. The recent literature on public leadership: reviewed and considered . Never been agreement over what the term leader means: but maybe this is a good things, helps fuel the discussion. Academic literature on public leadership is just beginning, there"s not much so far. Public: means the sector generally regarded as political to the domain of individuals, institutions dedicated to governance and public policy. Elshtain writes, actions of free citizens and the power they create when they come together is a frozen tableaux from a lost time rather than an ever present possibility . Leader: one who strives to create change, large or small, may or may not hold formal positions of authority. Leadership is a dynamic process in which the leaders and followers interact to generate change. Leadership and the presidency are often seen a nearly one and the same.
