MSC 625Leadership of Public Orgs

Catalog

Key leadership theories and perspectives will be discussed in the public sector context. Students will be challenged to evaluate leadership theories and perspectives aspects from a practical and ethical lens and understand the link between leadership ideas and concepts of public sector leadership, political stakeholders, and constituents. The leadership perspective focuses on how public organization and their leaders cope with change in a complex environment placing multiple and contradicting demands on the organization. Topics include the distinctiveness of leadership in public organization, different types of leadership authority, leadership as institution-building, and public leadership in times of crisis.