Leadership without Boundaries

In today's world of tightening resources, public managers must develop the skills to work across organizational boundaries. This requires that they transition their concept of government from the traditional, hierarchical model to a collaborative one. This text provides an instructional resource that helps executive administrators and public administration instructors develop potential leaders while also showing those candidates methods that they must employ to be effective. It looks at research summaries containing both quantitative and qualitative evidence in support of collaborative leadership. It also proposes human resource strategies for identifying, developing, and rewarding collaborative leaders.