Leadership and Culture

Claudia N Avellaneda, Indiana University, USA Bente Bjørnholt, Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research, Denmark Denita Cepiku, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Michael Conteh, Namibian Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM), Namibia Alexandra Couston, Aix Marseille Université, France Christian de Visscher, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Isabell Egger-Peitler, WU Vienna, Austria Robert Fouchet, Aix Marseille Université, France Peter E. Franks, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Mark Gal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary and Babes Bolyai University, Romania Marton Gellen, National University of Public Service, Hungary Heather Getha-Taylor, University of Kansas, USA John Halligan, University of Canberra, Australia Morten Balle Hansen, Aalborg University, Denmark Alessandro Hinna, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Cristina Hintea, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Sylvia Horton , Honorary Principal Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK Werner Jann, University of Potsdam, Germany Sangmook Kim, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea Monika Knassmüller, WU Vienna, Austria Peter Leisink, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Joyce Liddle, Aix Marseille Université, France Sandro Mameli, National School of Administration, Italy Yrika Maritz, Namibian Institute of PublicAdministration and Management (NIPAM), Namibia Merilin Metsma, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Renate E. Meyer, WU Vienna, Austria Elsie Nghikembua, Namibian Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM), Namibia Maxime Petit Jean, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Tiina Randma-Liiv, Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Adrian Ritz, Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland Silke Ruebens, PhD candidate, KU Leuven, Belgium Pablo Sanabria, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Külli Sarapuu, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Leonie Schüssler, University of Bern, Switzerland Trui Steen, Leiden University, the Netherlands and Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Tudor Ticlau, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Caspar van den Berg, Leiden University, the Netherlands Sylvia Veit, University of Potsdam, Germany Annika Uudelepp, Praxis Centre for Policy Studies, Estonia Turo Virtanen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Introduction: Understanding the Role and Context of Senior Civil Servant Training; Montgomery Van Wart and Annie Hondeghem PART I: TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS IN ANGLO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES 1. Australia; John Haligan 2. The United Kingdom Sylvia Horton and Montgomery Van Wart 3. The United States of America Heather Getha-Taylor PART II: TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 4. Estonia; Külli Sarapuu, Merilin Metsma, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Annika Uudelepp 5. Hungary; Márk Gál and Márton Gellén 6. Romania; Cristina Hin?eaTudor ?icl?u PART III: TRAINING SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS IN GERMANIC AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 7. Austria; Isabell Egger-Peitler, Monika Knassmüller, Renate Meyer 8. Belgium; Annie Hondeghem, Christian de Visscher, Maxime Petit Jean, and Silke Ruebens 9. Denmark; Bente Bjørnholt, Morten Balle Hansen 10. Finland; Turo Virtanen 11. Germany; Werner Jann and Sylvia Veit 12. The Netherlands; Trui Steen, Caspar van den Berg and Peter Leisink 13. Switzerland; Adrian Ritz and Leonie Schüssler PART IV; TRAINING SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS IN LATIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 14. France; Alexandra Couston, Joyce Liddle and Robert Fouchet 15. Italy; Denita Cepiku, Alessandro Hinna and Sandro Mameli PART V: TRAINING CIVIL SERVANTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES 16. Columbia; Pablo Sanabria and Claudia N. Avelleneda 17. Namibia; Erwin Schwella, Yrika Maritz, Michael Conteh and Elsie Nghikembua 18. South Africa; Peter E. Franks 19. South Korea; Sangmook Kim Conclusions: Understanding the Reasons for the Difference in Importance, Quantity and Quality of SCS Training; Montgomery Van Wart and Annie Hondeghem