Session 1: The control of public sector organisations

Opening of the Study Group Meeting

Discussants (to be confirmed): Oliver James

Papers:

• Political appointments in Dutch public sector organizations: old and new forms of patronage (Sandra Van Thiel) (pdf)
• Personalizing the politics vs market dilemma? The role of public officials in boards of state-owned enterprises (Kuno Schedler and Matthias Finger) (pdf)
• The effect of performance management systems on the governance of universities: the case of an English university (Ana Melo) (pdf)

Session 2: Autonomy and performance (I)

Discussants: Sandra Van Thiel

Papers

• Managerial discretion for public managers and managerial autonomy in the accountability for performance in public organizations: A review and research agenda (Hector Arambula) (pdf)
• Agencification in Korea: Governance and Performance (Keunsei Kim) (pdf)
• The Long Run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec:A Multi-dimensional assessment (Marie-Ève Quenneville, Claude Laurin, Nicole Thibodeau) (pdf)

Session 3: Autonomy and performance (II)

Discussants: Kuno Schedler

Papers:

• The Impact of Budgetary Flexibilisation and Autonomisation on Agency Performance - Experiences from Austria (Gerhard Hammerschmid, Markus Höllerer, Isabell Egger-Peitler, Johann Seiwald) (pdf)
• Quality management techniques in Flemish governmental organizations: do management autonomy and organizational culture make a difference? (Demuzere, S., Verhoest, K., & Bouckaert, G.) (word)
• Agents for "better coordination" in Western Europe: How quality management and impact assessment affect government performance (Julia Fleischer) (pdf)

Session 4: Governance, Innovations and performance (I)

Discussants: Kai Wegrich

Papers:

• Comparing the Impact of Modes of Governance (Marieke van Genugten) (pdf)
• The Impact of Marketization: Competitive Tendering in the Social Sector (Morten Balle Hansen) (pdf)
• Changing the guard or moving the deckchairs? Political and performance change in English local government (George A. Boyne, Oliver James, Peter John, Nicolai Petrovsky) (pdf)

16.00 - 18.00

Session 5: Governance, Innovations and performance (II)

Discussants (to be confirmed): John Halligan (first two papers) and Morten Balle Hansen (last two papers)

Papers:

• Governing modernised: Air Navigation Service Providers  (Alan Jones and Prof. James Guthrie) (pdf)
• ICT systems in central government: Scope, driving forces and effects (Tom Christensen and Per L ægreid) (pdf)
• Governance failure: the case of the Australian Department of Immigration (John Halligan and Tony Tucker) (pdf)
• Timing is everything: A comparative analysis of the role of time and reform cycles in multi-level policy implementation (Jan Tiessen and Kai Wegrich) (pdf)

Session 6: Governance and performance of regulatory agencies

Discussants: Tom Christensen

Papers:

• Can Agencies Deliver What They Promise? The Reputation of Independent Regulatory Agencies (Martino Maggetti) (pdf)
• Proliferation of regulatory bodies: do regulatory area and governmental level matter?  (Jan Rommel, Joery Matthys and Koen Verhoest) (pdf)