Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Bureaucratic Landscape : Origin and Implications for the Federal Leader / Patrick S. Malone -- Federal Administrative Leadership in the American Political System / Robert F. Durant -- Theory & Practice in Federal Government Executive Branch Leadership & Administration: Developing Rigorous Approaches to Effective Government / Bill Valdez -- Leadership and Management : The Use of Distributed Power and Influence in a Changing Federal Government / Andrew Rahaman -- Leadership Development : An Investment Necessary to Increase Federal Employee Engagement and Federal Government Productivity / Robert M. Tobias -- Administering and Leading in the Federal Government : The Need for an Adaptive Leadership Approach for 21st Century Leaders / Ruth Zaplin and Bill Valdez -- Leading with Integrity / Donald G. Zauderer -- Communicating to Drive Engagement and Trust / Angelo Ioffreda -- A Review of Federal Government Reform Initiatives since the Passage of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 / Nancy Kingsbury -- Change Management in Federal Government Organizations / Ruth S. Wagner -- Leading in the Context of Constitutional Government / Joseph V. Kaplan -- Understanding the Federal Budget : Where Policy Meets Money / Neile L. Miller -- Emerging Challenges for Federal Government Leaders : Data as an Asset : Big Data, Lost in Space / Joyce Hunter -- Workforce Analytics : Data-Driven Human Capital Management / Anita Blair -- Cultivating Resilience : A Modern Day Organizational Imperative / David A. Bray and Charles R. Rath -- Do's and Don'ts of Social Media in the Federal Government / Kim Mosser Knapp -- The Entrepreneurial Species within the Federal Government Innovation Ecosystem / Avery Sen.

Public management is context dependent, rather than generic. That may sound obvious, but in the late 1920s through the 1930s, a dominant strand of thought considered public administration to be a "single process," wherever practiced. Today by contrast, federal administration is distinguished from private enterprise, nonprofit management, and state and local governmental practices by the combined effects of its scope and scale; the constitutional separation of powers, federalism, and protection of individual rights; and administrative law requirements for stakeholder participation, representation, transparency, privacy, due process and other democratic-constitutional values. The Handbook of Federal Leadership and Administration is a state-of-the art guide to the unique features of federal administration, informed by the latest theoretical developments, research, and practical applications, and the leadership and management of federal agencies.