The "new" middle manager: unleashing entrepreneurial potential
Article Abstract:
Public administration professionals in middle management in Canada have not been encouraged to utilize entrepreneurship, but current trends, such as advancing technology and increasing demands for services, reveal that public administrators must learn to change. A recent study of the Canadian government suggests that there is a gap in attitudes between middle-level managers in business and their counterparts in the public sector. The study also suggests that people in organizations need to have responsibility and an awareness of where they fit into organizations. Results of the study indicate various strategies for encouraging entrepreneurship among public sector administrators such as: making more use of lateral transfers and special projects; allowing failure and risk; and changing values for middle managers.
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1989
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Middle managers: upscale supervisors or emerging executives?
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Public administration middle managers are in greater demand with Canadian government downsizing and demands for improved public services. As a result, it is important to identify what kinds of demands will be placed on managers in the future. Recent analysis reveal that the requirements for middle managers which parallel the challenges of executives at the senior level. The requirements are similar because of broad changes. To cope with the changes, middle managers will need to widen their skills and their understanding of their departments and the government arena and become more like senior executives instead of supervisors.
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1989
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Middle managers - the crucial link: discussion summary
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An overview of studies of Canadian public administration middle managers reveals how the roles of middle managers are changing. The studies generally predict that managers may be slated for more significant managerial roles in public administration, in the face of trends such as governmental downsizing, technological changes, and demographic changes. Topics that are considered include: public administration and politics; corporate concerns and traits; management versus systems; and communications.
Publication Name: Canadian Public Administration
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0008-4840
Year: 1989
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