Rosemary O'Leary

This Element is about the challenges of working collaboratively in and with governments in countries with a strong New Public Management (NPM) influence. As the evidence from New Zealand analyzed in this study demonstrates, collaboration – working across organization boundaries and with the public – was not inherently a part of the NPM and was often discouraged or ignored. When the need for collaborative public management approaches became obvious, efforts centered around “retrofitting” collaboration into the NPM, with mixed results. This Element analyzes the impediments and catalysts to collaboration in strong NPM governments and concludes that significant modification of the standard NPM operational model is needed including: Alternative institutions for funding, design, delivery, monitoring and accountability; New performance indicators; Incentives and rewards for collaboration; Training public servants in collaboration; Collaboration champions, guardians, complexity translators, and stewards; and paradoxically, NPM governance processes designed to make collaborative decisions stick.

Winner of the 2021 “Best Book Award” from the Academy of Management Division of Public and Nonprofit Management! “Rosemary O’Leary’s The Ethics of Dissent offers a novel take on rule breakers and whistle-blowers in the federal government. Finding a book that elegantly interweaves theory, case detail, and practice in a way useful to students and researching proves challenging. O’Leary achieves those aims.” —Randall Davis, Southern Illinois University From “constructive contributors”" to “deviant destroyers,” government guerrillas work clandestinely against the best wishes of their superiors. These public servants are dissatisfied with the actions of the organizations for which they work, but often choose not to go public with their concerns. In her Third Edition of The Ethics of Dissent, Rosemary O’Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate. New to the Third Edition: New examples of guerrilla government showcase the power of public servants as well as their ethical obligations. Key concepts are connected to real examples, such as Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign the marriage certificates of gay couples, and Kevin Chmielewski, the deputy chief of staff for operations at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who led environmental groups to the wrong doings of EPA Administrator Scott Prewitt. A new section on the creation of “alt” Twitter accounts designed to counter and even sabotage the policies of President Donald Trump highlights the power of social media in guerrilla government activities. A new section on the U. S. Department of State “dissent channel” provides readers with a positive example of the right way to dissent as a public servant. A new chapter on Edward Snowden demonstrates the practical relevance and contemporary importance of the world’s largest security breach. A new profile of U. S. Department of State diplomat Mary A. Wright illustrates how she used her resignation to dissent about U. S. policies in Iraq.

In Leading in Place, the authors open up new avenues in the debate on leadership by drawing the reader’s attention to the ways in which women can be—and are—leading in organizations and communities in sometimes unconventional, often unrecognized, ways. Through surveys and interviews, this practitioner-academic team has conducted a thorough and fascinating study of women in various leadership roles, from paid high-level executives to community volunteers. The book bridges the chasm between what the experts write about leadership and what is experienced in organizations and communities. It pushes the reader to think about how unconscious biases have influenced perceptions of leadership in research and organizations. They suggest leadership research should be updated to integrate 21st century realities by moving past both bias towards male prototypes, as well as the ‘great women’ genre, revealing a wealth of experience and knowledge, including insights about leading in place. With strategies for addressing issues around leadership at both the individual and organizational levels, this book will provide students of leadership as well as professionals with insights that challenge the ways we think about women leaders and leadership more generally.

In Leading in Place, the authors open up new avenues in the debate on leadership by drawing the reader’s attention to the ways in which women can be—and are—leading in organizations and communities in sometimes unconventional, often unrecognized, ways. Through surveys and interviews, this practitioner-academic team has conducted a thorough and fascinating study of women in various leadership roles, from paid high-level executives to community volunteers. The book bridges the chasm between what the experts write about leadership and what is experienced in organizations and communities. It pushes the reader to think about how unconscious biases have influenced perceptions of leadership in research and organizations. They suggest leadership research should be updated to integrate 21st century realities by moving past both bias towards male prototypes, as well as the ‘great women’ genre, revealing a wealth of experience and knowledge, including insights about leading in place. With strategies for addressing issues around leadership at both the individual and organizational levels, this book will provide students of leadership as well as professionals with insights that challenge the ways we think about women leaders and leadership more generally.

This is the 2nd Edition of "Seamus Heaney's The Turnip-Snedder': Detailed Notes for AS & A-Level Literature". The study guide provides: - A brief biography of Seamus Heaney; - Background information on his poetry collection, 'District and Circle'; - A quick summary of The Turnip-Snedder's main concerns and style elements; - A detailed analysis of the poem itself in terms of: (i) its overall meaning and themes and (ii) the details of its form and content by way of a close stanza-by-stanza reading; Who will benefit from this series of detailed study notes? - Students who are anxious to raise their level of expertise to achieve excellence in their examinations; - Students who are being home-schooled; - Students who are doing their A-levels largely through self-study. - Teachers who are strapped for time. Seamus Heaney's 'The Turnip-Snedder': Detailed Notes for As & A-Level Literature, 2nd Edition, Rosemary O'Leary, The A* Way Series Book 1.

This is the 4th book in The A* Way series of critical guides. The objective of these detailed notes is to take students on an analytical journey through a text using a method of close reading and detailed analysis. This particular guide focuses on Janet Frame's short story, 'The Bath', and is structured in such a way that it teaches, explores and explains the story's main concerns and formal and structural elements in detail. All advanced students of literature should find these detailed notes helpful, although those who are aiming for excellent results in their final exams will find much in them to help them raise the level of their engagement with the story to new heights. 'The Bath' is analysed in terms of both its form and its content and particular attention is given to: -Narration and point of view -Modes of presenting thought -Character and Characterisation -Form and Structure -Style and Language -Themes Frame's 'The Bath' is a superb short story; finely crafted and thought provoking.

Saki's Sredni Vashtar: Detailed Notes for AS and A-Level Literature (2nd Edition) provides a detailed analysis of the short story Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) to assist students with their literary studies. The Guide includes: - Bibliographical information on Saki, - Information on the Victorian and Edwardian eras which provide the story's social and historical context, - A detailed synopsis, - An analysis of the story's structure in terms of its exposition, development, complication, climax and denouement. - A look at the narrative situation and point of view, - An in-depth discussion on its style and language and - A discussion of its principal themes. Saki's Sredni Vashtar: Detailed Notes for AS and A-Level Literature is the 2nd book in The A* Way Series of study guides. The objective of these guides is to take students on an analytical journey through a text using a method of close reading and detailed analysis. Most advanced students of literature should find these notes helpful and indeed those students who are aiming for excellence will find much in them to help raise the level of their engagement with the material.

Since the first edition of Public Administration and Law was published in 1983, it has retained its unique status of being the only book in the field of public administration that analyzes how constitutional law regulates and informs the way administrators interact with each other and the public. Examining First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights as they pertain to these encounters, it explains how public administrators must do their jobs and how administrative systems must operate in order to comply with constitutional law. Explores the conflicts between lawsThe book begins by presenting a historical account of the way constitutional and administrative law have incrementally "retrofitted" public agencies into the nation’s constitutional design. It examines the federal judiciary’s impact on federal administration and the effect of the nation’s myriad environmental laws on public administration. Next, it focuses on the role of the individual as a client and customer of public agencies. In a discussion of the Fourth Amendment, it examines street-level encounters between citizens and law enforcement agents. Responding to the rise of the new public management (NPM), it also adds, for the first time in this edition, a chapter that analyzes the rights of the individual not only as a government employee but also as a government contractor. Enhanced with numerous referencesThe final chapters of the book address issues concerning the rights of inmates in administrative institutions and balancing the need to protect individual rights with the ability of agencies to function effectively. Supplemented with case citations and lists of articles, books, and documents, this text is designed to facilitate further study in a constantly evolving area. About the Authors:David H. Rosenbloom, Ph. D. is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D. C., and Chair Professor of Public Management at City University of Hong Kong. Rosemary O’Leary, Ph. D., J. D. is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and the Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership at Syracuse University. Joshua M. Chanin, M. P. A., J. D. is a Ph. D. candidate in Public Administration and Justice, Law, and Society in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D. C.

The world of public management is changing dramatically, fueled by technological innovations such as the Internet, globalism that permits us to outsource functions anywhere in the world, new ideas from network theory, and more. Public managers no longer are unitary leaders of unitary organizations - instead, they often find themselves convening, negotiating, mediating, and collaborating across borders." Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management" brings together a rich variety of big picture perspectives on collaborative public management. The chapters are all original and written by distinguished experts. Designed for practical application, they range from examinations of under what conditions collaborative public management occurs to what it means to be a collaborative leader. The contributors address tough issues such as legitimacy building in networks, and discuss ways to engage citizens in collaboration. They examine the design of collaborative networks and the outcomes of collaboration. Detailed introductory and concluding chapters by the editors summarize and critique the chapters, and frame them as a reflection of the state of collaborative public management today.

The world of public management is changing dramatically, fueled by technological innovations such as the Internet, globalism that permits us to outsource functions anywhere in the world, new ideas from network theory, and more. Public managers no longer are unitary leaders of unitary organizations - instead, they often find themselves convening, negotiating, mediating, and collaborating across borders." Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management" brings together a rich variety of big picture perspectives on collaborative public management. The chapters are all original and written by distinguished experts. Designed for practical application, they range from examinations of under what conditions collaborative public management occurs to what it means to be a collaborative leader. The contributors address tough issues such as legitimacy building in networks, and discuss ways to engage citizens in collaboration. They examine the design of collaborative networks and the outcomes of collaboration. Detailed introductory and concluding chapters by the editors summarize and critique the chapters, and frame them as a reflection of the state of collaborative public management today.

Named Best Book in Public and Nonprofit Management, 1999-2000 Academy of ManagementNamed Best Book in Environmental Management, 1999American Society for Public AdministrationLeaking landfills, oil contamination, illegal waste disposal, and pervasive air pollution . . . Today's managers and policy makers face a multitude of environmental challenges, choices, and opportunities. Some work in the public or private sectors. Some are regulators or regulated. Whether they are environmental specialists or not, managers must understand scientifically complex environmental mandates and shifting ambiguities in order to address them proactively. They must not only cultivate organizational awareness of environmental values, but also remain committed to engaging in these values. The authors of Managing for the Environment draw from their extensive managing, consulting, and research experiences to give managers, elected officials, students, and concerned citizens the tools they need to address environmental issues effectively. Authoritative, insightful, and the first of its kind to take a strategic management view, this book:* Describes current issues and trends in environmental affairs, including sustainable development, risk-based priority setting, managing for results, market incentives, and environmental justice* Explains what readers should know about environmental laws and their implementation* Shows how managers can incorporate environmental management concepts into their organizations' thinking by linking strategies, structures, and informational systems* Offers strategies for overcoming the political, economic, and organizational obstacles to doing so* Provides methods for understanding, defining, and communicating environmental risks and responses to employees, the media, and communities* Presents constructive conflict resolution strategies for handling difficult environmental disputes

An examination of the impact of federal court decisions on the policies and administration of the EPA