Systemic Leadership for Local Governance Tapping the Resource Within
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CATHERINE HOBBS
Systemic Leadership for Local Governance
Catherine Hobbs
Systemic Leadership for Local Governance Tapping the Resource Within
Catherine Hobbs Centre for Systems Studies Hull University Business School Cumbria, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-08279-6 ISBN 978-3-030-08280-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-08280-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964902 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Getty Images/Mina De La O This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This book is dedicated with much love to: Edward Llewellyn Driscoll, Muriel Driscoll, Louisa and John Nicholas, Sarah and Lizzie Hobbs
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the dedicated people who helped me in my convoluted way to arrive at the contents of this book. Any mistakes are my own. To the staff at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV), University of Birmingham, 2006–2008. In particular, John Raine, Steven Griggs, Chris Skelcher, Martin Willis, Steve Rogers, Alan Lawton, Annie Rubienska and Tony Bovaird. To the staff at the Centre for Systems Studies, Hull University Business School, 2012–2016. In particular, Amanda Gregory, Alberto Franco, Gerald Midgley and Angela Espinosa. To those people who were so helpful with my doctoral research: Governance experts: Jonathan Carr-West, Jake Chapman, Michael Coughlin, Mark Edgell, Graeme McDonald, Raheel Mohammed, Debbie Simpson, Neill Bennett, Kathryn Boulton, Martin Fox, Vanessa Grant, Ian Stephenson, Ratna Taylor and Mags Young. Academic experts (complexity, systems thinking, management
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