Chapter 11. The two cultures re-examined: a perspective on leadership and policy management in business and government
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11. The two cultures re-examined: a perspective on leadership and policy management in business and government[1]

Philip M Burgess

Table of Contents

The two cultures of business and government
The public order and the civic order
The political cultures of the United States and Australia
Leadership profiles in the United States and Australia
Telecommunications regulation in the political culture of Australia
Appendix 11.A: Decision making in the public and private sector is different

In this essay, I will reflect on my experience as a student of governance, working for many years in the academy and as a practitioner or clinician of the same, working in the United States, East Asia, Europe and, of course, Australia, in order to make some observations about the key differences between the political cultures of the United States and Australia as they relate to public policy making.



[1] This essay was originally presented as an ANZSOG Public Lecture on 30 April 2008. These remarks are my personal views and are not necessarily the views of Telstra Corporation Ltd or of the Public Policy and Communications group that I lead.

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