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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

Table of Contents

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

Leadership and Innovation

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 June 1990
      ISBN-13 9780801839788
      978-0801839788
      ISBN-10 0801839785

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      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

      Table of Contents

      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

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