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Running head: [lEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC POLICY MAKING PROCESS
Leadership in the Public Policy Making Process
Amy Johnson
PPA 601 Foundation of Public Administration
Dr. Thomas
August 16, 2016
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LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC POLICY MAKING PROCESS
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What doe sit take to be a leader?
In the field of public administration, it takes a strong, responsible, leader who can handle
the everyday pressures of efficiency, productivity, and accountability with in addition to
conflicting situations from the environment (Cropf, 2008). To be a leader in the public
administration, public policy making process, an individual must understand what it takes to be
in a leadership position. Individuals that have served in leadership positions for example the
United States 2005, Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, the 2007, Speaker of the United States
House of Representative Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Hillary Clinton acknowledge the leadership
traits, that still until this day allows them to be very influential leaders in the public policy
making process (Cropf, 2008).
The information from this paper will consider the significates of a leader's educational
background, should a leader have military background in order to execute successful policies
involving the armed forces, and finally discuss the necessity of traveling widely as well as the
significates of foreign policy experiences.
Leadership in Public Administration
Leadership is not just a right of public managers. It is a commitment (Behn, 1998). By
exercising leadership, public administrator's are able to help correct some of the imperfections of
our American system of governance, which, is by no means perfect (Behn, 1998). Leadership
from public managers or public administrator's (which will be used interchangeably) is very
important because without leadership public organizations would never prepare themselves to
achieve their direct purpose nor would they figure out the best way to pursue it...