Call for Papers - World Summit on Public Management Education, Training and Development

(Jointly organised by the European Foundation for Management Development, the International Research Society for Public Management, and the Public and Non-profit Division of the Academy of Management)

18th and 19th June 2009
Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary

Plenary speaker: To be announced

The World Summit will review the ’state of play’ in public management education, training and development and consider its future directions in the twenty-first century.

We are looking for contributions from academics, educators and trainers, policy makers and public management practitioners. These contributions may take one of four types:

Research findings and evidence about effective public management education and training,
Papers that offer concept and theories deepening our understanding of public management education and development,
Contributions from educators and trainers, whether university or practice based, about effective public management education and training practice, and
Papers and contributions presenting case studies and reflections from first hand experience of the practice of public management education and training.

Contribution formats

Contributions can be in one of three formats. First, they can be paper submissions for one of the ‘open track’ paper sessions. Second they can be proposals for workshops of between 3 and 6 presenters that offer an integrated approach to a topic of interest in pubic management education and training. Third they can be innovative sessions that address a topic of interest in public management education and training in a creative and engaging manner.

Proposals

Proposals in any of these formats are invited on all topics of interest in public management education, training and development but would be especially welcome in the following areas:

University based education and development
International accreditation of programmes
Design and curriculum development for Masters-level programmes
The future for MPA and MBA public management programmes
International collaboration in delivering programmes
Post-Bologna experiences in European degree programmes
Linking research and education in universities
The place of Business Schools in public management education and training
Developments in doctoral studies in public management

Linking education and practice
Short course development and the role of executive education
Collaboration between universities and public service agencies
Innovative approaches to teaching public management
E-learning
Public policy and the funding of public management education and training
The role and development of case studies in public management education
Education and training and its role/impact in public management and public services reform
Capacity building and knowledge transfer between the higher education and policy and practice sectors
Evaluating the impact of public management education and training

Practice based developments
Training needs assessment for public managers
The role of the training manager
Using training and development to manage change in public service organizations
Recruiting and selecting public managers
The role of education and training in succession planning for public managers
Education and training for Third Sector organizations
Education and training and the management of diversity in public service organizations
Innovative methods of delivering training for public service managers

Submission process.
Proposals should be a maximum of two pages long in 12 point font and must be suitable for blind/anonymous review. They should specify which of the above three formats they are intended to fulfil.

Proposals should be submitted through the EFMD conference website at http://www.efmd.org

The closing date for all submissions is 17th October 2008.

Authors will be notified of the outcome of their submission by 28th November 2008.

The closing date for registration will be the end of February 2009.

Publications

All registered participants will receive a CD containing submitted abstracts and papers.
A round table of papers on a dedicated theme will be published in Public Management Review
Options for two books from the Summit are presently being pursued one research based and one practice based.

Web Site
The web site for the World Summit is available at http://worldsummit2009.uni-corvinus.hu

Registration fee
The registration fee is liable to be in the region of 250 euros for the event, to include the usual support, a sandwich buffet on two days and the conference dinner. We anticipate having a number of bursaries to offer to participants to assist with attendance. Details of the fee and these bursaries will be confirmed at a later date.

World Summit Organising Committee
Stephen P Osborne, (Coordinator), IRSPM, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Gyorgy Jenei (Host), Corvinus University, Hungary
Griet Houbrechts, EFMD, Brussels, Belgium
Emanuele Vendramini, PNP Division of the AOM, Bocconi University, Italy

World Summit Scientific Committee
Rachel Ashworth (Cardiff University, Wales)
Jonathan Boston (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Taco Brandsen (Nijmegen University, The Netherlands)
Kerry Brown (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Anthony Cheung (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Dean Eitel (De Paul University, USA)
Ewan Ferlie (Royal Holloway College, London, England)
Robert Fouchet (University Paul Cezanne â€“ Aix Marseille, France)
George Frederickson (University of Kansas, USA)
Ricardo Gomes (Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil)
Carsten Greve (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Calin Hintea (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)
Owen Hughes (Monash University, Australia)
Pan Kim (Yonsei University, Korea)
Per Legreid (University of Bergen, Norway)
Joyce Liddle (Nottingham Trent University, England)
Don Moynihan (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Susan Phillips (Carleton University, Canada)
Christopher Pollitt (Leuven University, Belgium)
Christoph Reichard (Potsdam University, Germany)
Erwin Schwella (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Steve Smith (University of Washington, USA)
Jeff Straussman (State University of New York, USA)
Peter Steane (Southern Cross University, Australia)
Mary Tshirhart (Syracuse University, USA)
Isabel Vidal (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Mirko Vintar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Lois Wise (Indiana University, USA)

World Summit Practice Advisory Committee
Gill Clark (Scottish Government)
Ludmila Gajdosova (NISPAcee)
Rainer von Leoprechting (Learning and Development Unit, European Commission)
Nick Manning (World Bank)

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