Chief Executives,leadership and management of an authority: Birmingham over the last 25 years

Audit Commission (1989), More Equal than others: The Chief Executive in Local Government, ( London: HMSO ).

Asquith, A. (1994), Change Management in Local Government: Strategic Change Agents and Organisational Ownership (Ph.D. Thesis), University of Central England.

Bains, M. (1972), The New Local Authorities: Management and Structure, ( London: HMSO ).

Bates, P. (1994), Strategies for Cultural Change, ( Oxford: Butterworth/Heinemann ).

Birmingham City Council (1975), Corporate Working in Birmingham, Report of the Chief Executive to the Management Team (February).

Birmingham City Council (1976), Report of Councillor Neville Bosworth to the Finance and Priorities (Ad Hoc) Committee: A Revised System of Management and the Officer Structure.

Birmingham City Council (1988), Chief Executive Report on the Future Function of the Central Services of the Council (Part 4), 19 December.

Birmingham City Council (1992), Birmingham Strategy Document.

Birmingham City Council (1995), The Future Organisation and Management of the Birmingham City Council (19 December).

Birmingham City Council (1996), The Future Organisation and Management of the Birmingham City Council (26 February).

Birmingham City Council (1997), Policy Framework 1998-1999.

Birmingham City Council (1998a), Better Governance for Birmingham: Report of the Committee and Sub-Committee Structure Working Party (Feb)

Birmingham City Council (1998b), Policy Framework 1998-1999.

Briggs, A. (1952), History of Birmingham, Vol. II, ( London: London University Press ).

Clarke, M. and Stewart, J (1991), The Role of the Chief Executive, ( Luton: Local Government Management Board ).

Department of the Environment , Transport and Regions (1998a), A Mayor and Assembly for London (Cm 3987), ( London: DETR ).

Department of the Environment , Transport and Regions (1998b) Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People, ( London: HMSO ).

Guardian (Margaret Hodge) (1997) 10 March, p.15-15

Halliday, I. (1991), 'The Conditions of Local Change: Kent County Council since Reorganisation' , Public Administration, Vol. 69, No. 1 pp. 441-457 .

Haynes, R. (1980), Organisation Theory and Local Government, ( London: Allen & Unwin ).

Knowles, R. and Taylor, R. (1993), Video Interview, Institute of Local Government, Birmingham University .

Loftman, P. and Nevin, B. (1992), Urban Regeneration and Social Equity: The Case of Birmingham 1986-1992, Research Paper No. 8, ( Birmingham: University of Central England ).

Morphet, J. (1993), The Role of Chief Executive in Local Government, ( Essex: Longman ).

Newton, K. (1976), Second City Politics, ( Oxford: Clarendon Press ).

Norton, A. (1991), The Role of Chief Executive in British Local Government, ( Birmingham: INLOGOV .).

Pettigrew, A. , Ferlie, E and McKee L. (1992), Shaping Strategic Change, ( London: Sage Publications ).

Sabin, P. (1989), The Role of the Chief Executive and the Management of County Councils - A Personal View , (Conference Paper).

Stewart T. and Lyons, M. (1995), Video Interview, Birmingham University: Institute of Local Government ).

Terry, L. (1995), Leadership in Public Bureaucracies - the administrative conservator, ( London: Sage Publications ).

Titchy, N. and Ulrich, D. (1984), 'The Leadership Challenge - a Call for the Transformational Leader' , Sloan Management Review, Fall, pp. 59-68 .