All Outputs (69)

Public Participation under New Labour: an Unsentimental Review (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2010, September). Public Participation under New Labour: an Unsentimental Review. Paper presented at Public Administration Committee Annual Conference

A Scottish perspective on the diagnosis and evaluation of leadership development interventions (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., Watson, S., Farquharson, L., & Naismith, N. (2010, July). A Scottish perspective on the diagnosis and evaluation of leadership development interventions. Paper presented at 10th Developing Leadership Capability Conference

Exploring Leadership actions and Practices Influencing Collective Learning: a Complex Relationship? (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., Watson, S., Farquharson, L., & Naismith, N. (2010, June). Exploring Leadership actions and Practices Influencing Collective Learning: a Complex Relationship?. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Human Resource Development Res

Public Management in the Postmodern Era Challenges and Prospects (2010)
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 management. With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international sc... Read More about Public Management in the Postmodern Era Challenges and Prospects.

The Discourse of Local Partnership in the United Kingdom (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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. (2009)
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 governance. It then poses a series of questions about the balance to be drawn... Read More about Local government and the problem of English governance..

Understanding Governance in an Era of Fragmentation and Uncertainty: Exploring Alternative Perspectives (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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 Gove

Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. (2008)
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 obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhanc... Read More about Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school..

Learning, compliance and gender in public management. (2008)
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 difference between the direct impact of gender differences on learning and the indi... Read More about Learning, compliance and gender in public management..

Belonging Communities’ in the New English Councils: The Rhetoric of Leadership? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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? (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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

Flagship Councils that will lead the Way? Issues and Tensions in the Reorganisation of the English Counties (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., Fenwick, J., & Elcock, H. (2007, September). Flagship Councils that will lead the Way? Issues and Tensions in the Reorganisation of the English Counties. Paper presented at Public Administration Committee Annual Conference

Learning, Gender and Public Management: What’s the Problem? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2006, September). Learning, Gender and Public Management: What’s the Problem?. Paper presented at British Academy of Management

Barriers to Internal Learning: Why Do Public Sector Organisations Fail to Learn from Within? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., Wilding, P., & Fenwick, J. (2006, September). Barriers to Internal Learning: Why Do Public Sector Organisations Fail to Learn from Within?. Paper presented at Public Administration Committee Annual Conference

Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors? (2006)
Journal Article
Fenwick, J., Elcock, H., & McMillan, J. (2006). Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors?. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 72(3), 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852306068026

The paper assesses the impact of the elected executive mayor on leadership and management in UK local government. After exploring the new executive arrangements introduced by the Local Government Act 2000, the three themes of governing, governance an... Read More about Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors?.

What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2006, April). What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management. Paper presented at International Research Society for Public Management Annual Conference

Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems (2006)
Journal Article
Grieves, J., McMillan, J., & Wilding, P. (2006). Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 3(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijlic.2006.009212

The paper argues that Organisational Learning (OL), as the underpinning process for Strategic Human Resource Development, has not yet reached a sufficient degree of maturity. This is partly due to an OL literature base that is generally rich in rheto... Read More about Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems.

Barriers to Learning: Conflicts that Occur Between and Within Organisational Systems (2005)
Book Chapter
McMillan, J., Grieves, J., & Wilding, P. (2005). Barriers to Learning: Conflicts that Occur Between and Within Organisational Systems. In Human resource Development: Challenges and Opportunities, 284-312. Anmol Publications