Leadership has been studied for centuries, although its examination in modern times has largely focused on the work of senior executives in private sector, profit-making organisations. In this free course, you will learn more about leadership in the context of public service provision, by public sector organisations, community and voluntary groups, and political bodies.You will explore the distinctive features of leadership in public service, including its increasing focus on the generation of public value and the negotiation of different forms of public interest. You will learn some of the key skills of public leadership such as political astuteness, working in collaboration and conflict handling.Throughout, you will look at different types of public leadership, exploring the different roles of elected politicians, public servants and community activists (or detract from) the public good. You will consider different levels and contributions of leadership - from frontline police officers or social workers through to prime ministers.Finally, you will have the opportunity to examine, through a series of interviews with key stakeholders, how awareness of these key facets of public leadership is helping to change the face of policing in Britain today.
Overview
Syllabus
- Week 1: What is public leadership?
- Introduction
- 1.1 Leadership roles in the public space
- 1.1.1 Value creation in the public sphere
- 1.1.2 Leading policing: the night-time economy
- 1.2 What is your experience of leadership?
- 1.2.1 A brief tour of leadership theories
- 1.2.2 Three approaches to leadership
- 1.2.3 Leadership in Practice
- 1.3 Who leads?
- 1.3.1 The relationship between leadership and management
- 1.3.2 Balancing leadership and management
- 1.4 What capabilities are needed for public leadership?
- 1.4.1 Leading with political astuteness
- 1.4.2 Leadership accountabilities
- 1.4.3 Can leadership be distributed?
- 1.4.4 Adopting leadership styles to suit the context
- 1.5 Week 1 quiz
- 1.6 Week 1 round-up
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week2Week 2: Leading change for public value?
- Introduction
- 2.1 Value creation in the public sphere
- 2.1.1 Explaining the concept of public value
- 2.1.2 A model of public value
- 2.1.3 Improving public value in policing
- 2.2 Service improvement and public value
- 2.2.1 Public value in policing
- 2.2.2 Microsystems and service improvement
- 2.2.3 Leadership roles in change and innovation
- 2.2.4 Innovation in the public services
- 2.3 Implementing change and improvement
- 2.3.1 Organisation development: combining continuous and transformational change
- 2.4 Week 2 quiz
- 2.5 Week 2 round-up
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week3Week 3: Leading teams and partnerships
- Introduction
- 3.1 Team-working in the police service
- 3.1.1 Team reflexivity: A way of understanding how teams function
- 3.2 The challenges of team-working in public services
- 3.2.1 Dealing with complexity in teams
- 3.2.2 Understanding conflict preferences
- 3.3 Leadership for collaboration and partnership
- 3.3.1 Developing yourself as a public leader
- 3.4 Week 3 quiz
- 3.5 Summary and conclusion
- Tell us what you think
- Where next?
- References
- Acknowledgements
