Understanding Leadership Challenges: A Framework

Bhalla, A. S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29521-8_3

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“…COVID-19 pandemic has tested political leaders and healthcare systems worldwide, exposing deficits in crisis communication, leadership, preparedness and flexibility. Extraordinary situations abound, with global supply chains suddenly failing, media communicating contradictory information and politics playing an increasingly bigger role in shaping each country’s response to the crisis; the pandemic threatens not just our health but also our economy, liberty and privacy (Bhalla, 2021). It challenges the speed at which we work, the quality of our research, and the effectiveness of communication within the scientific community.…”

Section: Leadership For Public Management: Theoretical Perspectivesmentioning

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Red Volunteers in West Bengal: Lessons for Public Leadership in a Pandemic

Chattopadhyay

2023

Indian Journal of Public Administration

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Pandemic COVID-19 has transformed our understanding of established notions of leadership and management for tackling emergency situations where the public themselves becomes the cause and bears the effect of it. This study on Red Volunteers in West Bengal provides a ready example of how public management can be created at the local level (neighbourhood/ para) to tackle the spread and veracity of a pandemic. The success of Red Volunteers lies on three pillars: (a) reflecting discontent with government initiatives due to corruption, nepotism and red-tapism, (b) presence of the youth which instils hope and confidence, and (c) factual happenings of service distribution at the ground level. The article concludes by arguing that the future public leadership for the pandemic must arise voluntarily taking into account its context and culture. The experience of a pandemic reflects that leadership must emerge from the society with a new grammar of management, namely, distributing services and goods tuned to sudden requirements of the public.

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Section: Leadership For Public Management: Theoretical Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Red Volunteers in West Bengal: Lessons for Public Leadership in a Pandemic

Chattopadhyay

2023

Indian Journal of Public Administration

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“…The success of the twin strategies of testing and social distancing requires coordination between government and citizens (Bhalla, 2021). Aggressive testing and strict lockdowns will fail if citizens do not isolate after testing positive for COVID‐19 or do not comply with lockdown guidelines.…”

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Effect of testing and social distancing measures on COVID‐19 deaths in India: Role of pre‐existing socio‐economic factors

Jain

Chatterjee

2022

Journal of Public Affairs

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We examine the effect of testing and social distancing measures on the severity of COVID19 across Indian states during the 68th day nationwide lockdown period. We also explore whether pre‐existing socio‐economic factors such as quality of health care and the ability to practice social distancing influences the effect of these policy measures across states. Using daily level data between April 1 and May 31 for 18 of the major states, we find that both testing and social distancing have a negative effect on COVID‐19 fatalities in India. Further, testing is more helpful in reducing CFR for states with lower per capita health expenditure and weaker medical infrastructure. This highlights how ramping up testing can aid states that have a weak health care system through the detection of infection, contact tracing and isolation. In contrast, social distancing measures are more effective in states that are less populous and have lesser people dwelling in single‐room houses. Our results confirm the role of pre‐existing institutional factors in shaping the effect of policy actions on health outcomes.

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Understanding Leadership Challenges: A Framework

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

Red Volunteers in West Bengal: Lessons for Public Leadership in a Pandemic

Red Volunteers in West Bengal: Lessons for Public Leadership in a Pandemic

Effect of testing and social distancing measures on COVID‐19 deaths in India: Role of pre‐existing socio‐economic factors

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