“The author's knowledge of this vast intellectual arena is unmatched by any other writer now working in public administration.” (*)

Eminently readable, current, and comprehensive, this acclaimed text sets the standard for instruction in college and professional courses on leadership, management, and organizational effectiveness in the public sector. The book includes key sections on leader assessment, characteristics, behaviors, styles, leadership theory, and evaluation and development.

The author's comprehensive leadership action cycle provides an easy-to-follow theme for the entire book. More than 100 in-text vignettes, cases, and figures illuminate key points, and the book includes an original, reproducible 360-degree survey instrument on leadership assessment.

The new edition features extensive revisions and additions. The sections on ethics and leadership and culture and diversity have been expanded into full chapters. The book now includes an in-depth discussion of postmodernism as it applies to leadership studies, as well as a completely new and substantial discussion on evaluating public leadership.

Endorsements:
“I have used Professor Van Wart's first edition in a graduate course on Leadership and Ethics with great success. I look forward to using the second edition, and recommend it highly to all those teaching courses in public leadership or training leaders outside the university setting. The author's knowledge of this vast intellectual arena is unmatched by any other writer now working in public administration.” — Jeremy Plant, Pennsylvania State University (*)

“In the analysis of leadership for the public service, as well as in instruction and development for such leadership roles, Montgomery Van Wart is himself a leader. This textbook provides a valuable resource for those who seek to analyze such roles, teach about them, and serve effectively in them.” — Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia