Structure and Organization of Government Conference 2012 Draft Programme
Public Policy and Public Management: Exploring the Changing Linkages, 27 -29 January 2012
Rydges on Swanston, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Host: Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne
Presenters,please ensure that you arrive at the venue at least 10 minutes before the commencement of your session. Upon arrival please confirm your attendance with Conference Reception and familiarize yourself with the venue.
Presenters are welcome to use Powerpoint and can either forward an electronic copy of their presentation to Ms Georgi Cahill, Conference Secretariat, (georgina.cahill@unimelb.edu.au) ahead of their session for us to upload or can bring a copy to your session on a USB stick for upload.
Friday January 27th
| Session | Author | Title |
| 1.00pm | Registration opens | |
| 1.30 – 3.00 |
Convenor Helen Sullivan; Chair Glyn Davis, V-C University of Melbourne |
Public Policy in the 'Asian century' Joint Session with SOG |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea - Swanston Lounge | |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00pm - 8.30pm | Joint PPN/SOG Conference Dinner: University House The University of Melbourne |
Saturday January 28th
| Session | Author | Title |
| 8.30am | Registration opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 - 9.15am | Welcome | |
| 9.15 - 10.45am | Jon Pierre and Guy Peters | Administrative Reform and Public Policy: De-coupling or re-coupling? |
| Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid | Welfare reform and 'wicked issues' - from re-coupling to de-coupling? | |
| 10.45 - 11.15am | Morning Tea - Swanston Lounge | |
| 11.15 - 1.15pm | Dr Michael Di Francesco and Dr Elizabeth Eppel | A Public Management Heresy? Exploring the 'Managerial' Role of Political Executives within Public Management Policy Design |
| Renate E. Meyer, Isabell Egger-Peitler, Markus A. Höllerer and Gerhard Hammerschmid | Of Bureaucrats and Passionate Public Managers:Institutional Logics, Executive Identities and Public Service Motivation. | |
| Hal K. Colebatch | Policy, management, and the governing of public concerns | |
| 1.15 - 2.15pm | Lunch - Rydges Restaurant | |
| 2.15 - 3.45pm | John Halligan and Evert Lindquist | Central Agencies in Administrative Reform: Towards a Framework for Assessing Reform Roles at the Centre of Government |
| Paul Fawcett | Balancing Competing Prerogatives in Subnational Core Executives: A Comparison of New South Wales and Victoria | |
| 3.45pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea - Swanston Lounge | |
| 4.00pm - 5.30pm | SOG Meeting | |
| 6.30pm | Dinner - Private Room, Rydges Restaurant | Rydges Hotel |
Sunday January 29th
| Day 2 | Author | Title |
| 8.30am | Registration opens | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 - 11.00am | M. Shamsul Haque | Bringing the State Back into Discourse |
| Rizwan Khair and Mohammad Sirajul Islam | Public-Private Partnership in Bangladesh: Prospect for Change or Stuck in the Doldrums? | |
| Nilesh Joshi | Exploring Policy Changes and NPM: The case of Telecom Sector in India | |
| 11.00 - 11.30am | Morning Tea - Swanston Lounge | |
| 11.30 - 1.30pm | Jenny M. Lewis | Governing academia: policy, disciplines and curiosity |
| Moshe Maor | Policy Overreaction: A Behavioral Decision Making Perspective | |
| Francisco Gaetani and Evelyn Levy | Patchy road to merit, participation and results: A summary of contemporary Brazilian public management | |
| 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Lunch - Rydges Restaurant |