Workshop 5 Sessions for the Third Transatlantic Dialogue (3TAD)


American Society for Public Administration	University of Delaware	Institute for Public Administration	Public Management Institute	European Group of Public Administration

“Leading the Future of the Public Sector”—The Third Transatlantic Dialogue
May 31–June 2, 2007 · University of Delaware · Newark, Delaware USA

Workshop 5: Leadership and the New Public Management

Chairs: Maria Aristigueta (University of Delaware, USA) and Per Lægreid (University of Bergen, Norway)

New Trends
Thu., May 31	Author(s)	Title
11:00–12:30	Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid (Norway)	NPM and Beyond - Leadership, Culture, and Demography (PDF)
11:00–12:30	Mel Dubnick and Domonic Bearfield (USA)	Sowing and Reaping at the Big Dig: The Legacies of Neomanagerialism
Discussant: Geert Bouckaert		top of page

Leadership Goal Conflicts, and Reform
Thu., May 31	Author(s)	Title
2:00–3:30	Jeremy Hall (USA)	Direct Versus Indirect Goal Conflict and Governmental Policy: Examining the Effect of Goal Multiplicity on Policy Change (PDF)
	Trui Steen and Frits van der Meer (Netherlands)	Dutch Civil Service Leadership Torn Between Managerial and Policy-Oriented Leadership Roles (PDF)
	Harald Sætren (Norway)	The Role of Leadership, Institutions, Program Design and Policy Windows in Explaining Policy Success and Failures at the Dawn of the NPM Era: A Comparative Study of Efficiency Strategies in Britain, Denmark and Norway (PDF)
Discussant: Greg Van Ryzin		top of page

NPM and Leadership Across Sectors
Fri., June 1	Author(s)	Title
9:30–11:00	Carsten Greve (Denmark)	The Regulated Competition Model and Public Leadership Strategies (PDF)
	Maria Aristigueta and Lynne Foote (USA)	Creating an Environment for Accountability and Performance in Contractual Arrangements: Leadership or Mandate? (PDF)
	Frances Berry (USA)	Government Reform, Public Service Values, and the Roles of Public-Sector Leadership in Serving Society (PDF)
Discussant: Martin Marcussen		top of page

Leadership, NPM, and Crises
Fri., June 1	Author(s)	Title
11:30–12:45	Kevin Quigley (Canada)	Leadership in the Worst Possible Way: Worst Case Planning as a Strategy for Public Agencies (PDF)
11:30–12:45	Jarmo Vakkuri (Finland)	Struggling with Ambiguity - Public Managers as Users of NPM Instruments (PDF)
Discussant: John Paron		top of page

Leadership, Performance, and Central Banking
Fri., June 1	Author(s)	Title
2:00–3:30	Wouter Van Dooren (Belgium)	Getting to Performance Through Leadership, Reform and Measurement: A Theoretical Exploration of Some Social Mechanisms (PDF)
	Martin Marcussen (Denmark)	Leading Central Banking in Europe (PDF)
	Paresh Wankhade and John Brinkman (UK)	New Public Management and Leadership - Whether There is Any Contingent Relationship Between Leadership Style and Performance Status: Evidence from an English National Health Service (NHS) Trust (PDF)
Discussant: Tom Christensen		top of page

Public and Private Leadership, Virtual Collaboration, and Front-Line Supervision
Sat., June 2	Author(s)	Title
9:30–11:00	Jari Vuori (Finland), Gordon Kingsley (USA), and Tarja Savolainen (Finland)	Public and Private Manager: Does the Difference Really Matter? (PDF)
	Julianne Mahler and Priscilla Regan (USA)	Active and Passive Leadership in Virtual Collaboration Networks (PDF)
	Peter Hupe (Netherlands)	The Front-Line Supervisor: On the Study of Leadership at the Street-Level (PDF)
Discussant: Fran Berry		top of page