Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster

<p>During the 1980s Westminster City Council and its then Leader, Shirley Porter were hailed as being model examples of local government in action. The picture portrayed in this article is one of chaos and confusion within the strategic leadership of the authority as the managerial/ political...

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Main Author: Andy ASQUITH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes Bolyai University 2007-10-01
Series:Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
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Online Access:https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/366
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spelling doaj-7eb5436f83d942bcb176a555b40a42b72021-06-30T05:52:04ZengBabes Bolyai UniversityTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452007-10-01321517382Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of WestminsterAndy ASQUITH0Department of Management and International Business Massey University - Auckland, New Zealand<p>During the 1980s Westminster City Council and its then Leader, Shirley Porter were hailed as being model examples of local government in action. The picture portrayed in this article is one of chaos and confusion within the strategic leadership of the authority as the managerial/ political interface was constantly ignored by Porter as she sought to implement her own agenda.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/366confusionchaosstrategic leadershipwestminster.
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Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
confusion
chaos
strategic leadership
westminster.
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title Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
title_short Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
title_full Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
title_fullStr Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
title_full_unstemmed Confusion and Chaos at the Top: The Impact of Shirley Porter and the Transgression of the Political and Managerial Boundaries within the London Borough of Westminster
title_sort confusion and chaos at the top: the impact of shirley porter and the transgression of the political and managerial boundaries within the london borough of westminster
publisher Babes Bolyai University
series Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
issn 1842-2845
publishDate 2007-10-01
description <p>During the 1980s Westminster City Council and its then Leader, Shirley Porter were hailed as being model examples of local government in action. The picture portrayed in this article is one of chaos and confusion within the strategic leadership of the authority as the managerial/ political interface was constantly ignored by Porter as she sought to implement her own agenda.</p>
topic confusion
chaos
strategic leadership
westminster.
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