Leadership Discussion
• From the readings and e-Activity, suggest three strategies that a public leader could use in order to do the following: persuade other governmental departments to work collaboratively to reduce financial burdens, increase sufficiency in the delivery of public services, and implement a different environment for public leadership. Provide a rationale for your response.
• From the readings and e-Activity, propose two actions that a public leader can take in order to balance human capital and social capital without jeopardizing the culture and values in any government department and the government as a whole. Justify your response.
Articles:
1. Reliability and validity of the "leadership competencies and engaging leadership scale" by Juliette Alban-Metcalfe and Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe.
2. State Budgets, Governors, and Their Influence on "Big-Picture Issues": A Case Study of Delaware Governor Pete du Pont 1977-1985 by George E. Hale.
3. Improving Transparency in the Financial Sector- E-Government XBRL Implementation in the United States by Yu-Che Che.