Table of contents - Special Issue: Public manager development: the role of accredited programmes in fostering leadership and management development among public service practitioners
Guest Editors: John Raine, Yusuf Ahmad, Mike Broussine, Jean Hartley, J.C. Ry Nielson
The changing context of public leadership and management: Implications for roles and dynamics
Dorthe Pedersen, Jean HartleyPurpose – Reform, transformation and restructuring have become endemic in public services. This paper aims to examine the central “modernisation” and improvement themes of public…
Pedagogic implications of anxiety and loss of agency in public services managers and leaders
Yusuf Ahmad, Mike BroussineThe purpose of the paper is to report on the results of an inquiry into the possible reasons why many public service managers and leaders across six European countries report a…
Mind‐sets, mirrors and mid‐career education: The why, what and how of promoting critical enquiry among managers
Bríd Quinn, Grete WennesPurpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore why critical reflexivity should be promoted within mid‐career management education programmes and articulate the benefits of a…
Why not teach “diversity” to public sector managers?
Margaret Page, Chrissie Oldfield, Birgit UrstadEquality and diversity are generally positioned as special interests, marginal to the mainstream of social policy teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper is to make the…
Innovation, design and delivery of MPA programmes for public leaders and managers in Europe
John Benington, Jean Hartley, J.C. Ry Nielsen, Ton NottenThe purpose of this paper is to analyse three innovative Master's programmes designed for public and voluntary sector managers across three EU countries.
Learning‐centred public management education
Claus Nygaard, Pia BrammingThe purpose of this paper is to give concrete ideas to the development of MPA programmes in the light of the changing public sector. Following the introduction of ideas and…
The art and dilemmas of assessment: European perspectives on the assessment of practitioner learning and development through Master's‐level programmes in public management
John W. Raine, Annie RubienskaThe purpose of this paper is to focus on issues of assessment in leadership and management programmes for mid career public managers. Drawing on experiences of such programmes…
ISSN:
0951-3558Online date, start – end:
1988Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Rocco Palumbo