Ulf Ramberg
Universitetslektor
Through a glass darkly: Leadership complexity in Swedish local government
Författare
Summary, in English
New management ideas aim to change the roles of local government politicians and administrators. The new ideas are poorly adjusted to the traditional role of councillors that was built on detailed knowledge and active participation in administrative practice. Leadership has now become even more full of contradictions; many demands are hard to reconcile. But, if any managers are good at handling complexity, it should be those in the local government sector. This article discusses, based on experiences from Sweden, how the complex interface between politics and administration is, or could be, handled by a dialogue between central actors.
Avdelning/ar
- Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
- Företagsekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
203-220
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Local Government Studies
Volym
34
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Political Science
- Business Administration
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Public Management Research
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0300-3930