IPMN Workshop Papers

Theme: Assessing Alternative Research Methodologies in Public Management

All papers are in Microsoft Word format

 

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

For the complete schedule please check the IPMN Newsletter 1999 Number 2


Preliminary Program

Wednesday July 28 La Certosa di Pontignano

18:00 Plenary Addresses

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

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

Professor Eugene Bardach, University of California, Berkeley "Managerial Craftsmanship: A Framework for Reuniting Creativity and Causality" (Word version of lecture outline)

Powerpoint Slides as HTML


Thursday, July 29

9:00 to 13:00

Presentation by Professor Les Metcalfe, European Institute for Public Administration

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

14:30 to 17:30

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

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


Friday, July 30

9:00am to 13:00

Presentation by Professor Nancy Roberts, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey

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

14:30 to 17:30

Presentation by Professor Howard Frant, Haifa University

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