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Understand the transforming role and responsibility of the local government manager from traditional service delivery to strategic leader. Inside you’ll find exactly what managers do to navigate dynamic and complex twenty- first century forces: how they help elected officials provide effective leadership, how they make themselves a bridge between the community and the local government, how they help the community design its future, how they leverage resources, and how they promote quality in the delivery of local government services. The Effective Local Government Manager provides insights to managers working at all levels of local government as well as to graduate students who aspire to enter the local government arena.
Contents:
Chapter 1: The Profession of Local Government Manager: Evolution and Leadership Styles written by John Nalbandian and Robert O'Neill, Jr.
Chapter 2: Ethics for the Effective Local Government Manager written by Martha L. Perego
Chapter 3: Understanding Legal Constraints and Internal Management Practices written by Todd L. Ely and Mary E. Guy
Chapter 4: The Managers Changing Role in Service Delivery written by Scott Lazenby and Margaret E. Banyan
Chapter 5: Enhancing the Government Body's Effectiveness written by Craig Wheelhand and Christine Paulus
Chapter 6: Achieving Effective Community Leadership in the Future written by Valerie Lemmie, Thomas Bryer, and Timothy J. Shaffer
