Public Management in the Postmodern Era Challenges and Prospects
Book
(2010)
Public Management in the Postmodern Era Challenges and Prospects
Challenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and ma...
The Discourse of Local Partnership in the United Kingdom
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2009, September)
The Discourse of Local Partnership in the United Kingdom. Paper presented at Public Administration Committee Annual Conference
What Makes a Successful Leader?
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., Peach, R., & Watson, S. (2009, June)
What Makes a Successful Leader?. Paper presented at 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe
Local government and the problem of English governance.
Journal Article
Fenwick, J., McMillan, J., & Elcock, H. (2009)
Local government and the problem of English governance. Local Government Studies, 35, 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930802574417
The paper is concerned with the problematic nature of English governance. The discussion begins with reference to the reluctance to engage in debates about English national go...
Learning, compliance and gender in public management.
Journal Article
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2008)
Learning, compliance and gender in public management. Public Policy and Administration, 23, 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076708089975
This article offers a critical perspective on the ways in which the learning process in public organizations may be influenced by gender. The discussion considers the differen...
Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school.
Journal Article
Gibbon, J., Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2008)
Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. Public Money and Management, 28, 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00669.x
Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around
voluntary o...
Understanding Governance in an Era of Fragmentation and Uncertainty: Exploring Alternative Perspectives
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2008, December)
Understanding Governance in an Era of Fragmentation and Uncertainty: Exploring Alternative Perspectives. Paper presented at Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue on the Status of Intergovernmental and Multi-Level Governance
Belonging Communities’ in the New English Councils: The Rhetoric of Leadership?
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2008, September)
Belonging Communities’ in the New English Councils: The Rhetoric of Leadership?. Paper presented at Public Administration Committee Annual Conference
Local Government: An Answer to the Problem of English Governance?
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., Fenwick, J., & Elcock, H. (2008, April)
Local Government: An Answer to the Problem of English Governance?. Paper presented at Political Studies Association Annual Conference
Learning and Change in Public Organisations: What’s the Problem?
Presentation / Conference
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2007, October)
Learning and Change in Public Organisations: What’s the Problem?. Paper presented at Evaluation, Learning and Change in the Public Sector