Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

Profile

Qualifications

• PhD, BSc (Econ), Postgraduate Diploma in Management Science      
• Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Member of International Institute of Administrative Sciences /EGPA.

Research Interests

Has researched developments in the British Civil Service since 1974 and chronicled the transition from public administration to public management in the UK public services. Since 1990 has produced regular academic papers on the developments in public management throughout the public sector in both the UK and Europe. Particular research has focused on changes and developments in people management and the transition from traditional personnel management to HRM.  Has authored and co-edited four international books emanating from the Personnel Polices Study Group of EGPA and edited and contributed to 6 special editions of journals based on the work of that group. The group has an active membership of circa 30 academics from the EU member states and also associate academic members from the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Australia.   The group works on a chosen theme for 2 to 3 years and the results are published in interim special editions of journals and finally a book.   Most of the publications involve from 9 to 12 country studies. They include The New Public Managers (1996), Human Resource Flexibilities in the European Public Services (2000), Competency Management in the Public Sector: European Variations on a Theme (2002) and  Staff Participation and Involvement in Public Management Reform: some international comparisons (2005).  

Publications 

Books

• 2005  Staff Participation and Public Management Reform: Some International Comparisons (with Farnham, D and Hondeghem, A.) Macmillan, 547pp, ISBN 978-1-4039-3506-9 
• 2002 Competency Management in the Public Sector: European variations on a theme  (with Hondeghem, A. and Farnham, D.) (Brussels: IOS), 208pp, ISBN 1586032933

Chapters in Books

• 2008 (forthcoming) 'Public Ethics in Britain' in Kemal Oktem and Ugur Omurgonulson  (Eds) Ethical Issues in Modern Systems of Governance, Ankara: Ankara University Press, (due to be published early 2008) 
• 2008 (forthcoming) 'The idea and the ideal of public service motivation' in Perry, J. and Hondeghem, A. (Eds) Public Service Motivation: the state of the art and the science, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (in press at moment)
• 2007 'Reform and Participation Practices in UK Public Services' (with G White and D Farnham) in Leisink, P., Steijn, B., Veersma, U. (Eds) Industrial Relations in the New Europe: Enlargement, Integration and Reform. Edward Elgar
• 2007 'Human Resource Management' in Bovaird, T and Loeffler, E. (Eds) Public Management and Governance, Routledge
• 2007 'Turning Leadership into Performance Management' (with David Farnham) in Koch, R, and  Weller, P. (Eds) Public Governance and Leadership, .Gabler Edition Wissenschaft Deutscher Universitats-Vertag: Wiesbaden
• 2006 'The evolution of the British public service ethos: a historical institutional approach to explaining continuity and change' (with W Vandenabeele) in  Ethics and Integrity of Governance- perspectives across frontiers. Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
• 2006 'Competencies in People Resourcing' in Pilbeam, S. and Corbridge, M. (eds) People Resourcing: Contemporary HRM in Practice.  FT/Prentice Hall
• 2005 'The Contexts of Staff Participation and Public Management Reform' in  Farnham, Horton and Hondeghem Staff Participation and Public Management Reform: Some international comparisons Palgrave pp 3-26
• 2005 'Trajectories, Institutions and Stakeholders in Public Management Reform' (with Annie Hondeghem) in Staff Participation and Public Management Reform, Palgrave  pp 27-53
• 2005 'Staff Participation in the Public Service' (with David Farnham) in Farnham, Horton and Hondeghem Staff Participation and Public Management Reform ( Palgrave) pp54-79
• 2005 'Britain: Staff Participation  and Modernization Under New Labour'  (with D Farnham and G White) in Staff Participation and Public Management Reform, Palgrave pp 114-129.
• 2005 'Making Sense of Staff Participation within Public Management Reform' (with D Farnham and A Hondeghem) in Staff Participation and Public Management Reform, (Palgrave) pp 263-297.
• 2004 'Unowoczesniani brytyjskiej sluzby cywilnej: sluzba cywilna XXI wieku'.( Modernising the British Civil service : a civil service for the 21st century) in Debickiej, A, Dmochowskakiego, M., Kudryckiej, B. (eds) Professionalizm w administracji publiczncj, Stowarzyszenie erukacji administracjio publicznej Bialystok pp 169-184
• 2002 'The Competency Movement' in Horton, et al Competency Management in the Public Sector (Brussels: IOS) pp 3-15
• 2002 'Competency Frameworks in the British Civil Service' (with David Farnham) in Horton et al Competency Management in the Public Sector (Brussels: IOS) pp33-47
• 2002 'Competencies' in S. Pilbeam and M. Corbridge People Resourcing: HRM in Practice (London: Pitman)
• 2001 'Human Resource Management in the British Civil Service' (in Polish) Stosunki Pracy w sluzbie cywilnej l samorzadzie terytorialnym (Human Resource Management and Development) (Bialystok: Termida 2)  

Articles

• 2006 Editor of Special Edition of  The International Journal of Public Sector Management  Introduction to the Symposium ‘ New Public Management: its impact on Public Servants Identity’  International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 19, No. 6, pp533-542 
• 2006 The Public Service Ethos in the British Civil Service: An Historical Institutional Analysis in Public Policy and Administration Vol 21, No. 1, Jan, pp32-48, ISSN 0952-0767, DOI 10.1177/095207670602100103  
• 2005 Modèles de Gestion des Competénces en Europe (with A Hondeghem and S Scheepers) Revue Francaise D’Administartion Publique No.116, pp561-576
• 2005 New Directions in Staff Consultation and Communication in the British Civil Service and Prison Service (with Farnham, D and White, G.) Review of Public Personnel Administration  Spring
• 2005 Human Resources Flexibilities in UK Public Services Civil Service Journal, Taiwan ( translated into Chinese).
• 2005  Participation and Involvement of Senior Staff in the Reform of the Civil Service  Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol 25, No.1, March, pp56-68, ISSN 1552-759X, DOI 10.1177/0734371X04268489
• 2004 Public Service Change and Staff Participation and Involvement- some empirical evidence in Britain  Employment Relations Record Vol 3, No. 3. (with D Farnham and G White)
• 2003 Competency Management: a private sector idea transposed to the public sector Human Resources and  Employment Review Vol 1, No.1 pp16-26
• 2003 Guest Editor (Special Edition)  International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 16 No. 6 Participation and involvement: the democratisation of new public management  pp403-411, June, ISSN 0951-3558    
• 2003 Organisational Change and staff participation and involvement in Britain's public Services (with D Farnham and G White) International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 16, No. 6, pp434-445, June, ISSN 0951-3558  

Conference papers

• 2007 Presentation and leading a workshop (with D Farnham and A Hondeghem) on Staff Participation and Involvement at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg December 6th (By invitation)
• 2007 Developing a core competency? The Top Leadership Programme in the British Civil Service; Paper presented to the People Management Study Group at the EGPA Conference, Madrid Sep 19-22.
• 2007 Leading the Civil Service in the 21st Century: a case study of the Top Leadership Programme. Paper presented at the PAC Conference in Ulster 3-5th September
• 2007 Evaluation of Leadership Development and Training in the UK Senior Civil Service - The Search for the Holy Grail? Paper presented at the Third Transatlantic Dialogue Conference ‘Leading the Future of the Public Sector’, Delaware, USA 29th May-2nd June
• 2007 New Initiatives in the Civil Service since 2000. Paper presented to a seminar for civil servants at the Public Management Centre Catholic University of Leuven March
• 2006 Chief Executives in the Next Steps Agencies: Self perception of their role and identity: an historical snap-shot. Paper presented at the EGPA Conference Milan September
• 2006 General Trends and Challenges In Performance Evaluation: the UK Senior Civil Service Experience Paper presented at a SIGMA seminar in Vilnius, Lithuania, 23-24 May
• 2006 A Civil Service for the 21st Century Paper presented and seminar led on the Public Management Development Programme, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium   March 
• 2005 Public Service Ethos in the British Civil Service Paper presented at the EGPA Conference Bern September 
• 2005 The Evolution of the Public Service Ethos: a study in continuity and change  Paper presented at the Ethics and Integrity of Governance Conference Leuven, June 
• 2005 Developments in the British Senior Civil Service 1997-2005 Guest Speaker at the Public Management Centre, Catholic University of Leuven
• 2005 Performance Management in the British Senior Civil Service Paper presented at a seminar on Performance Management held at the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, Ireland January 24th  
• 2004 (i)Staff participation and the modernisation programme of the Blair government - the views of CSC managers and union leaders
  (ii)Staff participation and involvement in Finland
  (iii)Staff participation and public sector modernisation: the New Zealand case
  (iv) The contexts of administrative reform in OECD countries
  Four  papers presented at a workshop  on Staff Participation in the Administrative Reform Processes throughout OECD countries held at the  Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium May 6-8th 2004
• 2004 Guest speaker on Reform of the British Civil Service; The Blair Government’s Modernising Government Agenda.  Paper presented at the Public Management Centre, Catholic University of Leuven  March 3
• 2003 The Search for Industrial Democracy in British Public Services  Paper presented with D Farnham to the Personnel Policies Study Group at the EGPA Annual Conference Sept 3-5 Oeiras, Portugal
• 2003 The Prevalence of Communication,Involvement and Participation in UK Public Services: results of a survey Paper presented with G, White, P Dennison and D Farnham to the Personnel Policies Study Group at the EGPA Annual Conference Sept 3-5, Oeiras, Portugal     
• 2003 Public Sector Change and Staff Participation and Involvement- some empirical evidence in Britain Paper presented with D Farnham and G White at the IERA Annual Conference at Greenwich, England, July 8-11th
• 2003 Modernising the British Civil Service under Blair  Paper presented by invitation at the 4th Annual Conference of the Polish Public Administration Association  on Professionalising Civil Services Warsaw May 30-31
• 2003 New Directions in Employee Participation and Involvement in the UK Public Services  (with  Farnham, D.  and White, G.)   Paper presented at EURAM Conference Milan 2-5th April
• 2003 The Contribution of Competency Management to Improving Performance  Paper given by invitation of European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht at their International Seminar on Performance Management in Public Organisations April 19-20
• 2003 The British Government's Strategy for Better Government  Paper presented by invitation at Institute of Public Management, Catholic University of Leuven February 2003
• 2002 Performance Management under New Labour: A Critique Paper presented at a Joint Research Forum Portsmouth City Council and University of Portsmouth, December 3rd
• 2002 Competency Management: where has it come from? Ehere is it going?  Paper given by invitation at International Seminar on Developments in HRM at European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) Maastricht October
• 2002 Staff Participation and Involvement in British Public Services: an interim report Paper presented with D.Farnham and G, White to the Personnel Policy Study Group at the EGPA Annual Conference in Potsdam September 4-7th
• 2002 Developments in the UK Civil Service: The New Pay and Performance Management System and the New Competency Framework  Presentation by invitation to the Flemish Senior Civil Service Training Programme at the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium  April
• 2002 Competency Management in the British Civil Service  Paper presented by invitation to an international seminar on New Challenges in HRM at EIPA, Maastricht,  April 19th
• 2001 Competency Management - an Anglo-American Idea  Paper presented by invitation to the Flemish Senior Civil Service Training Programme at the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven February
• 2001 Competency Management in the British Civil Service: learning from diversity  Paper presented at the Human Resources Global Management Conference Learning from Diversity, Barcelona June 2001
• 2001 Competency-based Management in the British Civil Service: Lessons from policy formulation and implementation practice  Paper presented at the ESRC Seminar on Policy Implementation at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, Cambridge University January 2001

Editorial Boards

• Member of Editorial Board of Public Policy and Administration since 2006