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IPMN Newsletter 1999
Number 2

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK IPMN WORKSHOP 1999

Theme: Assessing Alternative Research Methodologies in Public Management

LA CERTOSA DI PONTIGNANO, (PONTIGNANO) SIENA, ITALY

July 28-30, 1999

HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA

THE UNIVERSITY OF SIENA

For information on the IPMN '99 Siena Workshop location, on transportation and on other related matters, please go to the Workshop Website at the following address:

http://www.unisi.it/ricerca/dip/sas/Convegni/workshop.htm

Workshop Papers can be found at /research/papers/siena/


Preliminary Program

Wednesday July 28 La Certosa di Pontignano

17:00 Opening Reception

Welcoming Remarks by Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena, Italy

Siena Host Representative Welcoming Remarks

Welcoming Remarks by Professor Kuno Schedler, IPMN Coordinator, University of St. Gallen

Welcoming Remarks by Professor Lawrence R. Jones, IPMN Coordinator, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

18:00 Plenary Addresses

Introduction by Chair: Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

Speaker: Professor Giuseppe Marcon, University Ca'Foscari di Venezia, Italia

"The State of Public Management and Public Management in Italy: Lessons for Research Methodology"

Audience Questions and Answers

Speaker: Professor Eugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley "Managerial Craftsmanship: A Framework for Reuniting Creativity and Causality"

Audience Questions and Answers

Reception and Conclusion: Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

20:30 Dinner, La Certosa

Thursday, July 29

9:00 to 13:00

Session 1: Chair: Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

Presentation by Professor Les Metcalfe, European Institute for Public Administration

"New Challenges in European Public Management; Designing Inter-organizational Networks as a Research Methodology ".

10:30 Morning Break

Discussant Comments:

Professor Elio Borgonovi, Bocconi University

Professor Nathalie Halgand, University of Montpellier

Professor Colin Talbot, University of Glamorgan

Open Discussion

13:00 to 14:30 Luncheon, La Certosa

14:30 to 17:30

Session 2 Chair: Professor Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Presentation by Dr. Elke Loeffler, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France

"The Value of Public Management Evaluations from an International Perspective: Best Practice Cases Reconsidered"

16:00 Afternoon Break

Discussant Comments:

Professor Walter Kickert, University of Rotterdam

Professor Kurt K. Klausen, Odense University

Professor Christoph Reichard, University of Potsdam

Open Discussion

17:30 Concluding Comments for Day 1:
Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

18:00 International Public Management Journal Editorial Board Meeting
Chair: Professor Fred Thompson, Willamette University

20:00 Bus to City Center

20:30 Formal Dinner, Restaurant ìLa Speranzaî Piazza del Campo, Siena

23:30 Bus to Certosa


Friday, July 30

9:00am to 13:00

Session 3 Chair: Professor Klaus Lueder, Speyer University

Presentation by Professor Nancy Roberts, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

"Research Methods To Build a Public Management Theoretical Framework (Rather Than To Test It)."

10:30 Morning Break

Discussant Comments:

Professor Brinton Milward, University of Arizona, USA

Prof. Marco Meneguzzo, Universitý Bocconi, Italy

Professor June Pallot, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Open Discussion

13:00 to 14:30 Luncheon, La Certosa

14:30 to 17:30

Session 4 Chair: Professor Michael Barzelay, London School of Economics and Political Science

Presentation by Professor Howard Frant, Haifa University

"Public Management Research Methodology: Identifying and Integrating Practitioner and Academic Perspectives"

16:00 Afternoon Break

Discussant Comments:

David Mathiasen, Consultant to the National Academy of Public Administration and OECD

Professor Sandford Borins. University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Eugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley

Open discussion

17:30 Concluding Comments for Day 2:
Professor Lawrence Jones, Naval Postgraduate School
Professor Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen

Concluding Comments for Workshop: Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

19:00 Closing Reception and Wine Tasting, La Certosa
Host: Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena

 

 


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