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Book SynopsisInstead of private gain or corporate profits, what if we set public values as the goal of leadership?Leadership means many things and takes many forms. But most studies of the topic give little attention to why people lead or to where they are leading us. In Public Values Leadership, Barry Bozeman and Michael M. Crow explore leadership that serves public valuesthat is to say, values that are focused on the collective good and fundamental rights rather than profit, organizational benefit, or personal gain. While nearly everyone agrees on core public values, there is less agreement on how to obtain them, especially during this era of increased social and political fragmentation. How does public values leadership differ from other types of organizational leadership, and what distinctive skills does it require? Drawing on their extensive experience as higher education leaders, Bozeman and Crow wrestle with the question of how to best attain universally agreed-upon public values like freedo
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Public Values Theory: A Short, Practical History
Chapter 2. Three Premises of Public Values–Based Management
Chapter 3. Public Values Management Propositions I
Chapter 4. Public Values Management Propositions II
Chapter 5. Mutable Leadership
Chapter 6. Case Studies in Public Values Leadership
Chapter 7. Public Values Case: St. Mary's Food Bank and the Durability of the Public Values Leadership
Chapter 8. The Starbucks-ASU Alliance
Chapter 9. Public Values Management and Leadership: A Conversation
Afterword. COVID-19 and Public Values Leadership
Notes
References
Index
