IPMN Newsletter 2002
Number 5
Dear IPMNers,
IPMN 2002 Siena Conference
Congratulations go out to Professor Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena
who
Hosted the highly successful IPMN 2002 Conference at La Certosa di
Pontignano, a beautiful monastery near Siena, Italy on June 26-28. As
when we
met in Siena in 1999, Riccardo and his staff did a wonderful job in
organizing and staging the program and the social and cultural events
that
accompanied the conference. Larry Jones, Kuno Schedler and Riccardo Mussari
are reviewing papers presented at the conference to be included in a book
to
be published by Elsevier in 2003 in the series Research in Public Policy
Analysis and Management. Also, thus far, about five of the papers presented
at the conference have been accepted for publication in refereed journals.
This speaks well for the quality of the contributions to scholarly inquiry
delivered at the conference. The next IPMN conference will be held in
February 2004. Potential sites for this event include cities in Canada,
China, Thailand and Brazil.
Naschold Award for Best Paper of Conference in Siena
In 1999, IPMN established "The Frieder Naschold Award for Excellence
in
Scholarship in the Field of Public Management." This award honors
the career
achievements and memory of our late German colleague and scholar, Frieder
Naschold, who died unexpectedly at the height of his career. In many ways,
the life and work of Frieder Naschold symbolize the ethic of excellence
in
research and scholarship, providing a model to inspire us all. The award
is
given once every other year for the best paper presented at an IPMN
conference. The winners of the Frieder Naschold Award for best paper of
conference in Siena are Jane Broadbent and Jas Gill, School of Management,
University of London Egham and Richard Laughlin, The Management Centre,
Kings
College, University of London for their paper "The Development of
Contracting
in the Context of Infrastructure Investment in the UK: The Case of the
Private Finance Initiative in the National Health Service." The award
will be
presented at the 2003 IPMN Workshop in Monterey (see below).
IPMN Co-Sponsorship of Conference with OECD, IADB and LSE
IPMN is co-sponsoring a Round Table conference organized by OECD to be
held
at the London School of Economics December 2-3, 2002. The theme of the
event
is "Modernising Government: How Well Have Public Administration Ideas
Transferred from Developed to Transitional Countries?" The Round
Table is the
result of collaboration between OECD, IADB, LSE and IPMN as a contribution
to
OECD's Global Forum on Governance initiative. Three sub-topics of the
conference are (1) Governing for Performance in Transitional Countries,
(2)
Transferring Ideas on New Organizational Forms for Public Service Delivery,
(3) Transferring Ideas on the Reform of Civil Service Systems. Each of
these
topics will be introduced with a general paper on the subject followed
by the
presentation of papers on country specific experiences. In total there
will
approximately five sessions, three devoted to the topics above, one
concluding session, and a session has been set aside for your team's research
results. Attendance at the conference is by invitation only and has been
coordinated by Alex Matheson at OECD and Michael Barzelay at LSE in
cooperation with IADB. The aim of the conference is to produce three short,
accessible papers on transferring public administration ideas from developed
to transitional countries, one on each sub-topic. One session of the
conference will be devoted to discussion of ongoing research on public
management policy change. Papers from this session will appear in a symposium
issue of IPMJ that Michael Barzelay will edit.
IPMN 2003 Monterey Workshop
The IPMN 2003 Workshop for IPMJ and IPMR Editorial Board members will
be
hosted in Monterey, California September 16-18, 2003 by Larry Jones, Wagner
Professor of Public Management in the Graduate School of Business and
Public
Policy, The Naval Postgraduate School. The workshop will be held at the
Asilomar Conference Center on the Monterey Peninsula. The IPMN 2003 Monterey
Workshop seeks to expand our definition of technologies available for
public
management capacity building and our awareness of the potential impact
of new
technology on public organizations.
Monterey 2003 IPMN Workshop Organizing Committee:
Lawrence R. Jones, Chair
Michael Barzelay, London School of Economics
Cynthia Bond, IPMN, Willamette University
Sandford Borins, University of Toronto
Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena
Whitney Ning, IPMN, Monterey
Nancy Roberts, Naval Postgraduate School
Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen
Fred Thompson, Willamette University
The topic theme of the workshop is "Enabling Technologies for Building
Capacity in Public Management." In this century technology will transform
virtually every aspect of organizational life. Given this reality, how
do we
build the executive, institutional, and professional capacities to exploit
emerging technologies and enhance management and service delivery? Building
capacity is difficult and costly. Therefore, a key issue that must be
addressed is how best to mobilize financial and human resources to understand
and exploit emerging technologies. Failure to recognize and harness the
power
of technology to enhance public management will leave public managers
and
their organizations less able respond to management and client needs.
Current thought about technology and capacity building in the public
sector
tends to be somewhat narrow. For example, e-government dialogue tends
to
focus on reporting and enhancing the transparency of government transactions
and policy. This view is far too narrow in that it ignores the full
implications of the use of computers and the web to improve public
management. Similarly, in thinking about technology, often the focus is
on
computerization, ignoring other important technologies. Thus, the first
problem is thinking too narrowly about computer applications. The second
problem is thinking too narrowly about technology and its application.
We
have much to learn about how to adapt new technologies to public
organizations. For example, often organizations fail to fund technology
adapting employee education and training, or they provide training that
does
not match the demands of new technology or the educational deficiencies
of
employees. Other information technologies not exploited to full advantage
include the power of the web, decision support software, group problem
solving applications (e.g., GroupWare to make collective choices and problem
solving), and other expert systems for collective decision making and
action
(to allow participation from wherever people work throughout the world).
Organizational design is a significant aspect of new technology that has
been
overlooked by all but futurists. Likewise, the implications of smart
practices are not fully utilized. In general, knowledge in electronic
form is
a resource not yet employed to its fullest value in virtually all public
sector organizations.
International Public Management Journal Update
Under the editorship of Professor Fred Thompson at the Atkinson Graduate
School of Management, Willamette University IPMJ is in the process of
completing publication and circulation of volume 5 (2002). A switch in
publication to Information Age Publishers and a good flow of manuscripts
for
review has enabled IPMN to publish three issues in 2002 as scheduled.
IPMJ
will continue to publish three issues per year in the future. IPMJ published
two issues per year for volumes 1-4. IPMJ 5-3 will be in the mail in early
November, putting our hardbound journal on schedule. Issues for volume
6 are
now in preparation. We urge all members of IPMN to order IPMJ through
their
libraries. Orders may be placed directly at Infoage00@aol.com.
International Public Management Review Update
The International Public Management Review, our IPMN web journal, is
preparing publication of volume 3-2, 2002. IPMR is edited by Lawrence
R.
Jones (dukedmb@aol.com) and Kuno Schedler (Kuno.Schedler@unisg.ch). No
code
is necessary at present to access the journal. IPMR is open and free to
all
viewers at www.ipmr.net. The editors are exploring ways to make IPMR
available on electronic libraries such as EBSCOHost. Technical support
for
IPMR is provided by the Centers for Excellence, University of St. Gallen,
Switzerland. The editors invite papers for review on a broad range of
topics
related to public management. IPMR is targeted at practitioner and academic
audiences. Articles published in IPMR are double-blind peer reviewed,
as is
the case for IPMJ. As a web-based journal, IPMR seeks wide readership.
A new
policy governs IPMR copyright protection. IPMR articles are copyright
protected by IPMN and only may be copied when full citation of the source
is
provided on every page of material copied and reproduced (all pages of
IPMR
articles contain the IPMR identification). Instructors are encouraged
to use
IPMR articles through reference of students directly to the website. Faculty
and students may download any article free under the condition noted above.
Best Regards,
Larry Jones
IPMN Coordinator
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