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ANZSOG NewsJune 2015

4-6 August, 2015Melbourne

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It seems we are halfway through 2015 already. As you will see in this edition of eNews, ANZSOG has had a busy first half of the year and is gearing up for an equally busy second half.

The recruitment phase has commenced for the next deliveries of our three residential programs – the Executive Fellows Program and CEO Forum, which will take place in October/November, and the EMPA, from January 2016. All three programs continue to evolve in response to (very positive) feedback from participants. Their distinctive combination of relevance and rigour, and interactive teaching attuned to the needs of experienced public servants, remain sources of comparative advantage in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Our alumni community, now over 2500 strong, is an important part of the ANZSOG value proposition, with opportunities for formal as well as informal interaction within the network. For example, Michael Thawley recently spent an evening ‘in conversation’ with some 50 Canberra-based alumni, who gained important insights from the new APS head into the complex world of government today. An EMPA refresher program takes place in Melbourne in August, just before our annual conference, on the theme ‘Government for and in the 21st Century’. Such events provide great opportunities to stay connected and engage with colleagues doing similar work in different jurisdictions.

Professor Gary Banks AOChief Executive and Dean

This year’s conference is a ‘must’ for all alumni and other public sector managers grappling with issues of transparency and public engagement in the ‘information age’. As always, eminent international scholars have been enlisted to complement local academic and practitioner perspectives.

Interest in the unique ANZSOG ‘model’ appears to have been increasing internationally, including through the recently established OECD Network of Schools of Government, of which we are a founding member. In addition to our signature programs for senior officials from India and China, ANZSOG is supporting public sector capacity-building in PNG, with the first program delivered in March and more to come. We are also now regularly accessing participants from PNG and Indonesia in the Executive Fellows Program. Linkages with institutions in the region are developing and will see us increasingly involved in collaborative activity in the years ahead.

Finally I should note that our local academic faculty, drawn from ANZSOG’s 15 member universities, are not only excelling in the ‘classroom’, but also in their research output, some of which has recently been receiving accolades from international peers, as detailed in this edition.

News from our Faculty

Congratulations to Professor John Alford and Sophie Yates whose paper ‘Mapping public value processes’ published in the International Journal of Public Sector Management has been selected by the journal’s editorial team as the Outstanding Paper of 2014. The paper will shortly be freely available for one year from the journal’s site.

Professor John Alford has taken up residence in Copenhagen for a three month sabbatical. The trip began via the 2015 IRSPM Conference in Birmingham, where John presented a seminar on ‘Interactive Education in Public Administration: the Role of Teaching “Objects”,’ complete with a chocolate cake as a teaching object. He also presented a paper on ‘Co-production, Publicness and Social Exchange’, as well as receiving an award for his article in Public Management Review last year, ‘The Multiple Facets of Co-production: Building on the Work of Elinor Ostrom’.

While based at the Copenhagen Business School, John has also travelled over to the University of Birmingham to present a seminar on co-production, as well as a workshop at the Open University in Milton Keynes on managing with external service providers for 30 senior UK police officers.

Over 17-19 May, John and fellow ANZSOG and Utrecht University Professor Paul ‘t Hart co-convened a world first International Workshop on Public Value in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The invitation-only workshop was attended by 25 of the world’s leading academics in the field plus a few public managers. Its purpose was to evaluate the framework, methodology and practical potential of the public value framework and identify implications for strategic and collaborative public management, as well as draft a shared international research agenda for the coming years.

Strategic Management in a Changing Public Sector examines how public servants can navigate the many challenges they confront on a daily basis. Award-winning course leader, Professor John Alford, provides participants with frameworks and concepts for making sense of these public sector realities and shaping coherent ways of tackling them.

Over two days, participants will focus on shaping strategic purposes that are substantively valuable, recognising what is integral to the various ‘publics’ of government organisations and being entrepreneurial about value to the public.

To secure your spot in this popular workshop, or to find out more about the benefits of attending, register online or contact our Executive Education team on +61 3 8344 1984 or executive.education@anzsog.edu.au

ANZSOG in Queensland

While Queensland’s public servants may still be coming to terms with an unexpected election result and all that entails, their professional development has continued unabated throughout the year.

A full schedule of executive workshops, masterclasses, executive dialogues, seminars and alumni events for the Public Service Commission and other departments, have exposed staff to the latest research informed thinking by ANZSOG faculty members from across Australia and internationally. Topics placed under the microscope have examined public sector innovation, policy skills and leadership.

Our first guest was David Albury, Director of the United Kingdom’s Innovation Unit who presented a week-long series of events on the broad theme of public sector innovation. David presented a refresher masterclass to participants of his 2014 executive workshop, spoke to attendees of a Business Innovation and Improvement in Government (BiiG) network seminar and present-ed a series of workshops to Chief Executive Officers and Senior Executives. Christine Nixon was next to visit the State, pre-senting an Executive Dialogue for the Senior Executive Service and a two-day Masterclass on leadership. ANZSOG’s Queens-land based alumni also benefited from her experience and insights into leadership with the first event of the year taking place during her visit.

In another first, Christine travelled into regional Queensland offering more remotely located public servants in Townsville the opportunity to attend quality professional development in a more conveniently located setting. Paul Porteous will be travelling to Toowomba in September.

Professor Michael Mintrom has also been in Queensland with two offerings of his successful Policy and Program Skills Execu-tive Workshop for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. It was also a pleasure for ANZSOG partner, Griffith University, to host Michael in the Graduate Certificate in Policy Analysis program. He spoke with a group of 46 public servants from state and local government on promoting good policy investments and policy diffusion.

As the year progresses, ANZSOG will be continuing its partnership with the Public Service Commission to host events with presenters including: Paul Porteous, Marie Wilson, Paul ‘t Hart and Bob Behn. The alumni are also looking forward to hearing from more ANZSOG guests in coming months.

Programs

Executive Fellows Program

The Executive Fellows Program offers frameworks and insights to assist senior managers lead their organisations.“I feel more confident in my abilities, which is helpful and empowering. I find I seek out more opportunities to listen to staff, to consider how we add public value, to assess the bigger picture and better manage and lead the organisation.” EFP Alumni 2014 Cohort

The 2014 ANZSOG Executive Fellows cohort were asked to complete a survey regarding their experience post program and if they had the opportunity to apply learnings and frameworks in the workplace. The positive responses show participants are applying these frameworks regularly. Many have also shared their learnings with leadership teams and included frameworks in annual reporting mechanisms. They have acknowledged they are communicating better with stakeholders, inside and outside their organisation, and are better equipped to actively engage their staff in better decision making.

The School’s evaluation methods are underpinned by the Kirkpatrick model, and assist ANZSOG with continuous improvement for program development. It also gives participants an opportunity to identify their skills prior to a program and then reflect on their learnings. They have an opportunity to appreciate how they are implementing models and frameworks in their day-to-day work. Participants often credit the program with improving their understanding of the strategic landscape they operate in, as well as understanding the context of the authorising environment.

The 2015 Executive Fellows Program will be held in Canberra from 2-20 November.

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Engaging with Asia: an imperative for Australia and New ZealandThis discussion paper outlines some of the insights that emerged from an exercise undertaken as part of ANZSOG’s Executive Fellows Program (EFP) in late 2014. The Executive Fellows Program is an annual senior leadership program involving 70-80 senior public servants from Australia, New Zealand and countries in the Asia region.

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Executive Master of Public Administration

Managing Public Sector Organisations – The new subject providing a reflective approach to dealing with issues in the organisation.EMPA participants are selected based on their demonstrated capabilities and potential to become public sector leaders. The new addition to the EMPA curriculum, ‘Managing Public Sector Organisations (MPSO)’, aims to develop the capabilities re-quired to lead large, complex, public sector organisations in conditions that include unpredictable elements. The subject focus-es on the internal management of organisations as well as the products and services they generate.

The ability to step back, apply learning and ask one’s self ‘How might I have done things differently?’ is essential to great leadership. The use of reflective assessment tools is a strong feature across all EMPA subjects, particularly MPSO, where tasks have been specifically designed so students can identify issues in their organisation related to linked themes. Through a reflective process, participants are strongly encouraged to draw connections across the topics covered, and make sense of those topics in ways that are of practical value to them, as they look ahead to assuming more high-level and challenging public sector management roles.

Subject leader, Professor Michael Mintrom has said: “I’m impressed with the way students have been able to link the concepts from the relevant teachings with the broader context of their organisations. They are addressing a range of practical issues in the workplace through the practical application of concepts from the subject. In this way they are adding public value, which the EMPA is all about.”

The cohort will reassemble in Canberra in June to continue their studies in this subject. Applications for the 2016 program are now open.

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Information Sessions for the 2016 EMPA intake will be held throughout July and August. Click here for details about your local event.

International

China

ANZSOG is pleased to announce the continuation of the China Advanced Leadership Program (CALP) for the next three years (2015-2017). The ongoing support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will allow ANZSOG to continue its unique and enduring partnership with the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. This partnership is supported by linkages with China’s key Party Schools – the Chinese Academy of Governance and the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong. The China Advanced Leadership Program has seen cohorts of senior Chinese policy and decision-makers visit Australia annually since 2011.

The extension of ANZSOG’s collaboration with the Organization Department in 2013, to include a Reciprocal Program for senior Australian and New Zealand officials, recognises the enduring success of CALP, and the investment of the governments of Australia and New Zealand in CALP.

The Reciprocal Program – the first and only initiative of its kind initiated by the Chinese Government – has emerged as a natural extension of CALP; the two programs are now entirely complementary. In reflecting on their Reciprocal Program experiences, our 2014 delegation provided feedback:

‘It has made interaction with China seem more do-able and less mysterious! In this way it has enhanced the confidence of myself and my organisation to pursue other engagements with China and its government.’

‘The program has grown my knowledge of how China operates its Government structures, cultural nuances, and trade opportunities. This will greatly benefit future Government to Government relations.’

‘It was a thoroughly enjoyable as well as valuable experience.’

‘Beyond China, a somewhat unexpected benefit of the program was the ability to forge new relationships with Australian and NZ colleagues and reinforce old relationships.’

‘Marvellous learning opportunity, amazing to see the rate at which China has developed and its capacity to move with speed.’

‘The absolutely key aspect to me was the opportunity to combine the Chinese experience with the Chinese explanation of its policies, issues and challenges. That’s what makes it unique and invaluable.’

ANZSOG visited China in May to meet with key program stakeholders, to review in detail the delivery of the China Advanced Leadership Program and Reciprocal Program in 2014 and discuss the design and delivery of both programs in 2015.

Key dates:

The 2015 China Reciprocal Program will be held in China from Monday 14 September to Friday 25 September, 2015. The nomination process is now open and will close on 3 July. Applications are coordinated through each jurisdiction. For more information, please click here.

The 2015 CALP will commence in Canberra on 22 November, before moving on to Sydney (27-30 November), Wellington (1-5 December) and concluding in Melbourne (6-9 December).

The delegation with ANZSOG’s Dean, Professor Gary Banks

The National Symposium on Excellence in Training

The Indian Department of Personnel and Training in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme organised a two-day conference in Delhi in April. The National Symposium on Excellence in Training provided a platform for faculty, trainers and administrators of training institutes to connect. The aim was for continuous capacity building through sharing ideas and by providing exposure to training methodologies globally.

At the invitation of the Department, Dr George Argyrous attended the workshop as the School’s representative. His session on Evaluation and Assessment was well received and topical - evaluation was a common theme throughout the event

India

Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration

In March, the School welcomed twenty-five participants in the 40th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration, delivered by the Indian Institute of Public Administration. The delegation had come from Shanghai where their program commenced, and were visiting Canberra and Sydney during the Australian leg.

It was the first time the Programme has visited ANZSOG and we look forward to further engagement with the Programme.

ANZSOG Research

ANZSOG Research

ANZSOG research projects bear fruitAs the Research Committee gets ready to consider 2015’s crop of funding applications, it’s a good time to reflect on past projects now reaching the publication stage. Three competitive grants have recently reached significant milestones, and NSW Premier’s Chair Professor Gary Sturgess has published an accessible paper on contestability that has been well-received by government and the voluntary sector alike.

Professor Sturgess writes that the term ‘contestability’ has been used to mean a variety of different things, but is really about robust performance benchmarking, with providers (who may come from any sector) held accountable for the service outcomes they have agreed to deliver. Crucially, the final consequence for failing to deliver these outcomes within the defined timeframe and budget must be the replacement of the service provider and/or its management team.

This has several implications for the design of a contestable public service system. After charting the history of contestability as a concept in public services, Gary unpacks each of these design implications in turn, using mini case studies to show where contestability has succeeded and failed across a range of public service activities. Click here to read Gary’s paper, which should be useful to both practitioners and academics considering how best to make use of competition (or at least the threat of competition) to improve public services.

See also features in The Mandarin here and here.

Two ANZSOG projects had their results published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration last month. Professor John Alford and Dr Michael Di Francesco’s project Flexible Budgeting looked at the core question of how public budgeting systems can be made more flexible without diminishing the capacity of government to ensure that public money is devoted to the purposes it has mandated. In other words: how can we have both the flexibility we need to achieve our purposes in the modern era of boundary-spanning and wicked problems, and accountability for the expenditure of public money? The research team has a monograph on the subject coming out later in the year, but in the meantime Dr Di Francesco’s AJPA paper explores the features of public budgeting that make it resistant to efforts to balance central oversight and situational flexibility, using a case study of Australian federal budget reforms over the last 30 years.

Professor Alford and Sophie Yates have also had an AJPA paper published on co-production. Their project, ‘Measuring Co-production in Australia’, is a replication of a large-scale European survey that asked ordinary citizens about co-production behaviours like recycling and neighbourhood watch participation. The project fills two research gaps – firstly, there has been little empirical investigation of what citizens actually do when it comes to co-production, and secondly, much co-production research focuses on co-design and consultation rather than co-delivery of services (which means getting citizens to actually do some of the work that leads to publicly valuable outcomes). The authors asked 1,000 Australian adults about behaviours in the areas of health, neighbourhood safety and environment, and drew out some implications for policymakers. Their next step will be to present an international comparative conference paper with the European research team.

Lastly Anni Rowland-Campbell’s collaborative project with the South Australian Government and the University of South Australia has also reached a milestone, but quite an unusual one for an ANZSOG project. Her research team has recently launched the first Australian Web Observatory, geared initially towards using datasets to suggest solutions for the problems of an ageing population. For more information see this feature in PS News.

Evidence Base journal

Australia spends a lot on active labour market programs - at present about 0.3% of its GDP. These include programs directed at increasing or improving the job search efforts of the unemployed, programs that provide work experience or on-the-job training (including public sector job creation and wage subsidies), and those that provide formal training and education.

In the latest Evidence Base issue, Professor Jeff Borland looks at the empirical evidence on active labour market programs in Australia, supplemented where relevant with international evidence. Prof Borland concludes that active labour market programs can’t by themselves have a major impact on the rate of unemployment, but some spending on them is justified by outcomes such as increasing the pool of unemployed who are job ready, and sharing the burden of unemployment. Job search and wage subsidy programs are good ways to assist unemployed people who are less disadvantaged. For unemployed with higher levels of disadvantage, he suggests that priority should be given to programs that create jobs with opportunities for linked training, and that provide a pathway to a permanent job.

Evidence Base is open access – read the full article for free here.

Suggest a topic for us

You may be aware that Evidence Base publishes reviews of evidence on areas of particular concern to Australian and New Zealand policy-makers. But you may not be aware that the journal actually invites public sector managers to suggest topics to be reviewed.

If you have a topic that is of significant interest to government and would see benefit in having an objective academic review of the evidence on the issues, please complete the online form.

If you would like further information, contact the journal’s editor, Dr George Argyrous.

Case Program

The Case Program has recently published two outstanding new cases, with a number of topical cases currently under development.

Resourcing the Metropolitan Fire Brigade 2015 166.1In early 2013, the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board in the Australian state of Victoria faced a fundamental change in the way it was financed. In its 122-year history to date, the MFB had been largely funded by a levy on insurance companies. Under a new arrangement, the state government of Victoria would fund the MFB based principally on a property levy imposed by local councils on ratepayers. The new model would require the MFB to do more to justify its budget to the government. The new funding model followed the recommendations of the Royal Commission established following the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Its special paper on insurance and funding concluded that the current model was highly inequitable, lacked transparency, and was a disincentive to fully insure property. Those who were uninsured or underinsured would still receive the same level of service as those who were fully insured, while premiums for similar assets varied greatly.

This one-part case, written by Sophie Yates for Professor John Alford, highlights the special features of fire-fighting services, both rural and urban. It poses the question how the public value of the services might be measured, and identified.

France’s Industrial Food Revolution (A) 2015 167.1 and (B) 2015 167.2France was the world’s most popular tourist destination in 2013, with “the French gastronomic experience” a major element of the attraction. Yet, as “France’s industrial food revolution,” the latest case study added to this website explains, many of the meals on restaurant menus will have been created offsite by large catering companies. For France’s regulators, the challenge is to find ways to ensure that consumers know the true origins of the meals they are served and encourage ‘real’ cooking.

This two part case, written by Marinella Padula for Dr Michael Di Francesco, charts the rapid rise of ready-made foods in France’s restaurant kitchens. Part One of the case tracks the changing trends of consumption and the importance of tourism to the national economy, posing the question how food that is genuinely “homemade” can be identified and promoted. Part Two gives the solutions put forward by France’s Department of Commerce and Tourism

Find out more about ANZSOG Case Program and become a member. Complete the online application here.

Executive Education

The first five months have been consistently busy for the Executive Education team with 11 open to market workshops including two new offerings, as well as many customised events across several jurisdictions (CTH, NZ, QLD and SA).

The first new workshop offered this year was ‘Applying Behavioural Insights’, which was designed to help senior public servants apply the key lessons from the behavioural sciences (most notably social psychology and behavioural economics) to design better policies and services. Throughout the three days participants focused on the issue of childhood obesity, conducting fieldwork that offered unique insights into the problem. The groups were then asked to design an intervention and apply the course learnings to the intervention – participants gained invaluable experience seeing policy in action and testing theory in practice. A second iteration of this workshop is planned for September.

‘Navigating Asia’ was the second new executive workshop delivered in 2015, designed to expose participants to high-level data and trends (political, economic, social, demographic and technological) that are defining a rapidly changing region, and encourage critical thinking about how Australian and New Zealand government departments and agencies should operate in this region. Participants left the workshop with a better understanding of the distinctive cultural characteristics of Asian societies as well as how networks of influence operate in Asia.

In 2015 ANZSOG has again collaborated with the Queensland Public Service Commission in the delivery of a number of leadership development forums, to Senior Officers and Executives in Brisbane and for the first time, regional Queensland. Already this year Queensland public servants have heard from David Albury around the topic of innovation and Christine Nixon has delivered ANZSOG’s ‘Leading Successful Change’ workshop in both Brisbane and Townsville. Coming up in Sydey next month is ANZSOG’s ‘Performance Leadership: Producing real results’ with Harvard’s Bob Behn in July.

Executive workshops

NSW LEADERSHIP SERIESANZSOG EXECUTIVE WORKSHOPS | SYDNEY 2015

Register today in one of the LEADERSHIP SERIES executive workshops.If you and two or more of your colleagues register for any of the workshops in the series, you will each receive a special collection of ANZSOG recommended ‘Leadership’ books. Places are fi lling fast so REGISTER TODAY to secure your place in the 2015 Leadership Series executive workshops.

Find out morePerformance Leadership: Producing real results 13-15 July 2015, SydneyCourse Leader: Robert D. Behn

Leadership for Change Agents 26-27 August 2015, SydneyCourse Leader: Paul Porteous

Women in Leadership: Achieving and flourishing 14-17 September 2015, Sydney Course Leaders: Dr Christine Nixon and Professor Amanda Sinclair

Leadership in Times of Crisis 28-29 October 2015, SydneyCourse Leader: Professor Paul ‘t Hart

AppliedLearning

We are delighted to announce the renewal of our partnership agreement for a Leadership Seminar Series with the Public Sector Commission from 1 July 2015 - 31 December 2017. While the new agreement was being negotiated, WA current and future leaders greatly appreciated the visits of some stellar presenters. In February, Professor Deborah Blackman of UNSW Canberra canvassed People, Productivity and Performance, followed in March by Dr Michael Macaulay of the NZ Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at VUW who led three timely pertinent discussions around integrity and transparency in government. In April, Dr David Halpern and Dr Rory Gallagher from the UK Behavioural Insights Team brought exciting news about this new frontier in public management to a capacity audience, a roundtable auspiced by the State Revenue Office and a full house of Chief Executives.

Western Australia

Victoria

Auckland and Wellington

ANZSOG is pleased to have extended the partnership agreement with the Victorian Public Sector Commission for a further twelve months to the end of 2016. The year to date has seen an array of sell-out Applied Learning seminars held at Treasury Theatre. March saw Professor A.J. Brown of Griffith University and a panel of local practitioners debate the timely topic of ‘Better together or happier apart? How we feel about the Federation and what we can do about it’, and in April Professor Charles Shipan (University of Michigan) and Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg co-presented on Policy transfer: can we pick good ideas from bad? In June we delivered a special event with the Hon Gavin Jennings MLC, Special Minister of State. Minister Jennings gave us his perspective on a high integrity, high performance Victorian Public Service, in conversation with Peter Allen, former Deputy Dean of ANZSOG and former Public Sector Standards Commissioner. View video here.

Upcoming Victoria events:August: Dean Williams, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, on ‘Leadership for a Fractured World’.October: Dr George Argyrous, ANZSOG and UNSW, on ‘Picking the Melbourne Cup Winner’.November: Professor Mark Finnane, Griffith University and Dr Shurlee Swain, ACU on ‘Groundhog Day? Using the les-sons of history to make better public policy’.

The State Services Commission/ANZSOG Applied Learning program continues to thrive across the Tasman, with a number of high profile seminars. In April Dr Tim Kastelle (University of Queensland Business School) and Jim Scully (Managing Director, ThinkPlace NZ) asked the question ‘Is public sector innovation an oxymoron?’ They discussed how innovation works best if it’s actually planned, along with the need to create an environment that allows new ideas to be tried and to flourish. May saw Paul Porteous present Leadership for Change Agents to a mix of Chief Executives and Tier 2 executives at the Leadership Development Centre, while Professor Stephen Rathgeb Smith presented to 200+ public servants on ‘Governments, markets and civil society organisations: 10 good ideas for New Zealand.’

Upcoming New Zealand events: July: Professor John Alford, on ‘What really drives co-production? New evidence, new insights’, Wellington.July: Professor John Alford, on ‘What really drives co-production? New evidence, new insights’, Auckland.

Publications

New Accountabilities, New Challenges is edited by ANZSOG/ANU Sir John Bunting Chair in Public Administration, John Wanna with Evert A Lindquist and Penelope Marshall. This important and challenging volume of essays draws on insights from leading academics and public servants from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere. It provides critiques of both the systemic accountabilities and the policy processes of government by drawing on topical and real-world case studies of governance. Topics covered include: restoring trust in government, parliamentary scrutiny of the APS, administrative law and FOI, budgetary reforms, implementation issues, competition policy, indigenous administration, collaboration with the NGO sector, educational reforms and the changes to the Auditor-General’s mandate.

The book is now available for purchase in electronic format here.

New Accountabilities, New Challenges

The series, with over 45 titles and 2 million downloads is one of Australia’s most used social science/public policy resources by the public sector and those interested in public policy. For more information, or to view and download titles in the ANU Press/ANZSOG series, click here.

Events

Opening GovernmentTransparency and Engagement in the Information Age4 - 6 August 2015, Melbourne

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Early bird tickets are on sale for the ANZSOG Annual Conference 2015 – Opening Government: Transparency and Engagement in the Information Age, to be held in Melbourne at the Grand Hyatt from 4-6 August 2015.

At a time when the democratic values of transparency, authentic engagement and trust between government and citizens seem particularly fragile, Australasian governments and public managers are grappling with how the information age can help advance the effective, open and accountable government we all value.

ANZSOG’s 2015 conference will consider the importance of transparency and engagement to better government, and how the more imaginative use of information and its associated technologies can lead to better outcomes.

Register online today at conference.anzsog.edu.au.

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Event Location July‘15

Aug‘15

Sep‘15

Oct‘15

Executive Education workshop Performance Leadership: Producing real results Course Leader: Robert D. Behn

Sydney 13-15

Applied Learning: ANZSOG/PSC Western Australia series Speaker: Dr Zina O’Leary

Perth 20

Executive Education workshop Evaluation for Public Sector Managers Course Leaders: Dr George Argyrous and Professor Patricia Rogers

Canberra 22-23

Executive Education workshop Strategic Management in a Changing Public Sector Course Leader: Professor John Alford

Wellington 28-29

ANZSOG Annual Conference 2015 Opening Government: Transparency and Engagement in the Information Age

Melbourne 4-6

Applied Learning: ANZSOG/VPSC Victoria series Leadership for a fractured world: How to cross boundaries, build bridges and lead change. Speaker: Dean Williams

Melbourne 10

Executive Education workshop Economics for Public Sector Managers Course Leader: Professor Ross Guest

Canberra 11-12

Executive Education workshop Leadership for Change Agents Course Leader: Paul Porteous

Sydney 26-27

Executive Education workshop Influencing: Communication, strategy and communication Course Leader: Peter Thompson

Canberra 7-8

Executive Education workshop Women in Leadership: Achieving and flourishing Course Leaders: Dr Christine Nixon and Professor Amanda Sinclair

Sydney 14-17

Executive Education workshop Strategic Responses to Corruption Course Leaders: Dr Robert Waldersee

Sydney 13-16

Applied Learning: ANZSOG/VPSC Victoria series Picking the Melbourne Cup Winner Speaker: Dr George Argyrous

Melbourne 28

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