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".
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".
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1. "Leadership" and Political Analysis
Part I. Rhetorical Leaders
Chapter 2. David Lilienthal and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Chapter 3. Admiral Hyman Rickover: Technological Entrepreneaurship
in the U.S. Navy
Chapter 4. To Claim the Seas and the Skies: Austin Tobin and the
Port of New York Authority
Chapter 5. James Webb and the Uses of Administrative Power
Part II. Administrative Entrepreneurs
Chapter 6. The Politics of Art: Nancy Hanks and the National
Endowment for the Arts
Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship in Public Management: Wilbur Cohen and
Robert Ball
Chapter 8. Robert McNamara: Success and Failure
Notes on Contributors
Index
Jameson W. Doig is professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University and coauthor of Men Who Govern and The Assistant Secretaries. Erwin C. Hargrove is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. His books include Presidents, Politics, and Policy (with Michael Nelson).
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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