An introduction to public leadership

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An introduction to public leadership provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 9 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • In this free course, An introduction to public leadership, you will learn more about leadership in the context of public service provision, by public sector organisations, community and voluntary ...

Syllabus
    • Week 1: What is public leadership?
    • Introduction
    • 1.1 Leadership roles in the public space
    • 1.1.1 Value creation in the public sphere
    • 1.1.2 Leading policing: the night-time economy
    • 1.2 What is your experience of leadership?
    • 1.2.1 A brief tour of leadership theories
    • 1.2.2 Three approaches to leadership
    • 1.2.3 Leadership in Practice
    • 1.3 Who leads?
    • 1.3.1 The relationship between leadership and management
    • 1.3.2 Balancing leadership and management
    • 1.4 What capabilities are needed for public leadership?
    • 1.4.1 Leading with political astuteness
    • 1.4.2 Leadership accountabilities
    • 1.4.3 Can leadership be distributed?
    • 1.4.4 Adopting leadership styles to suit the context
    • 1.5 Week 1 quiz
    • 1.6 Week 1 round-up
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week1An introduction to public leadership
    • Week 1: What is public leadership?
    • Introduction
    • 1.1 Leadership roles in the public space
    • 1.1.1 Value creation in the public sphere
    • 1.1.2 Leading policing: the night-time economy
    • 1.2 What is your experience of leadership?
    • 1.2.1 A brief tour of leadership theories
    • 1.2.2 Three approaches to leadership
    • 1.2.3 Leadership in Practice
    • 1.3 Who leads?
    • 1.3.1 The relationship between leadership and management
    • 1.3.2 Balancing leadership and management
    • 1.4 What capabilities are needed for public leadership?
    • 1.4.1 Leading with political astuteness
    • 1.4.2 Leadership accountabilities
    • 1.4.3 Can leadership be distributed?
    • 1.4.4 Adopting leadership styles to suit the context
    • 1.5 Week 1 quiz
    • 1.6 Week 1 round-up
    • Week 2: Leading change for public value?
    • Introduction
    • 2.1 Value creation in the public sphere
    • 2.1.1 Explaining the concept of public value
    • 2.1.2 A model of public value
    • 2.1.3 Improving public value in policing
    • 2.2 Service improvement and public value
    • 2.2.1 Public value in policing
    • 2.2.2 Microsystems and service improvement
    • 2.2.3 Leadership roles in change and innovation
    • 2.2.4 Innovation in the public services
    • 2.3 Implementing change and improvement
    • 2.3.1 Organisation development: combining continuous and transformational change
    • 2.4 Week 2 quiz
    • 2.5 Week 2 round-up
    • Week 3: Leading teams and partnerships
    • Introduction
    • 3.1 Team-working in the police service
    • 3.1.1 Team reflexivity: A way of understanding how teams function
    • 3.2 The challenges of team-working in public services
    • 3.2.1 Dealing with complexity in teams
    • 3.2.2 Understanding conflict preferences
    • 3.3 Leadership for collaboration and partnership
    • 3.3.1 Developing yourself as a public leader
    • 3.4 Week 3 quiz
    • 3.5 Summary and conclusion
    • Tell us what you think
    • Where next?
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week2Week 2: Leading change for public value?
    • Introduction
    • 2.1 Value creation in the public sphere
    • 2.1.1 Explaining the concept of public value
    • 2.1.2 A model of public value
    • 2.1.3 Improving public value in policing
    • 2.2 Service improvement and public value
    • 2.2.1 Public value in policing
    • 2.2.2 Microsystems and service improvement
    • 2.2.3 Leadership roles in change and innovation
    • 2.2.4 Innovation in the public services
    • 2.3 Implementing change and improvement
    • 2.3.1 Organisation development: combining continuous and transformational change
    • 2.4 Week 2 quiz
    • 2.5 Week 2 round-up
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week3Week 3: Leading teams and partnerships
    • Introduction
    • 3.1 Team-working in the police service
    • 3.1.1 Team reflexivity: A way of understanding how teams function
    • 3.2 The challenges of team-working in public services
    • 3.2.1 Dealing with complexity in teams
    • 3.2.2 Understanding conflict preferences
    • 3.3 Leadership for collaboration and partnership
    • 3.3.1 Developing yourself as a public leader
    • 3.4 Week 3 quiz
    • 3.5 Summary and conclusion
    • Tell us what you think
    • Where next?
    • References
    • Acknowledgements