International Conference on Public Administration

2013

Advancing Public Management Excellence & Innovation Worldwide

Date: October 24-26, 2013

Venue: South Africa

Conference Sponsors

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), P.R. China

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), USA

Chinese Public Administration Society Journal (CPAS), P.R. China

Conference Host

School of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), P.R. China

With the advent of the “knowledge economy” rapidly gaining ground throughout the world and the Information Age upon us, it has become ever more important that governments and non-profit organizations across the globe stay on the leading edge of public management excellence and innovation. The demand for higher quality and quantities of public goods and services continues to grow in response to citizen expectations that opportunities for better health and higher living standards can be attained within emerging economies, and can be further improved in developed countries. This increased demand is at a time when resource pressures are critical and are likely to remain so for many years. Leaders worldwide no longer have the luxury of maintaining the status quo. The challenges they face require concerted effort to pursue public sector excellence and to facilitate innovation. Innovation involves more than creating something new; it also involves the translation of innovative ideas, practices, and sometimes behaviors into a new reality.

The 9th International Conference on Public Administration seeks to bring together public administration professionals and practitioners worldwide who are committed to new knowledge, excellence in public service, and innovation for advancing the welfare of ordinary people regardless of ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural heritages. Papers and proposals for identifying, achieving, and implementing excellence in governance and the adoption of innovative practices are welcomed. Case studies, survey research, best practices, and comparative analyses between and among countries are especially solicited. We are especially receptive to proposals that focus on the sub-themes below but encourage submissions that bring new ideas to any aspect of the overall conference theme.

Sub-themes, Topics, Questions . . . Advancing Excellence thru/in

•Leadership – does it make a difference in achieving public management excellence? If so, how?

•Human resources management – making a difference through talent acquisition, building professional administration and merit-based employment, promoting and valuing ethnic diversity, introducing and assessing performance management, identifying training needs and strategies, comparing compensation and benefits across and within work specialties

•Ethics and integrity –  achieving ethical competency for public service leadership, building organizations of integrity, promoting ethical standards and professions, identifying exemplary leadership styles and models, assessing codes of ethics, designing and implementing ethics audits, developing laws and institutions, analyzing the causes and consequences of a culture of corruption, measuring corruption, Comparing and contrasting cultural influences on ethical practices

•Information communication and technology – outsourcing IT, building E-government services, adopting and diffusing new IT technologies, developing models of technological change, promoting IT transparency and accountability, sharing information and IT, promoting public participation, managing information overload. 

•Local, regional, national governance - assessing governance/administration, identifying innovative practices in service delivery (water, waste water, sanitation, social services etc), exploring ICT in urban/regional governance/administration, fostering civic engagement and participatory planning, creating sustainable habitat, examining local/regional knowledge management.

•Networks - examining inter-organizational collaboration, enhancing networks and partnerships to deliver better services, building professional networks across and beyond governments, working with the public not just delivering services to the public

•Global advances and experiences - linking innovation and excellence in performance, designing, refining, and implementing New Public Management, learning global lessons , examining governance and influence of international organizations, fostering development management, identifying post-global public administration practices, establishing global ethics standards, developing global "core competencies" within public administration

Public Sector Innovation

•Sources and diffusion of public sector innovations - where do public sector innovations emanate? Are they the product of pressures to achieve greater efficiencies, effectiveness, and economies? Are innovations fostered by devolution, decentralization and the use of non-government organizations (for profit and not-for-profit)? Why do some organizations innovate and others do not? Can one  lead innovation, as we’ll as  follow? What is the pattern of innovation diffusion in public sector agencies? What is the key to effective cross-border learning?

•Managing innovative initiatives - what is the process whereby an innovation is transformed into routinized practice? Why do public sector innovations succeed or fail?

All accepted papers will be published in the official Proceedings of 2013 International Conference on Public Administration by Press of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and will be sent to be indexed by ISI Proceedings (Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH, ex-named as Index to Social Science and Humanities Proceedings -ISSHP) through ISI Web of Knowledge in USA. The submitted papers should be written in English with Microsoft Word 2000 or higher edition. Authors should identify the primary subtheme where their abstract/paper should be placed.

Important Dates

Paper Abstract Submission Deadline:June 01, 2013

Full Paper Submission Deadline:July 31, 2013

Paper Acceptance Notification:     Before August 31, 2013

Contacts

More information on 2013 ICPA  host  in South Africa will soon be released  at conference website:  www.aspanet.org and www.icpa-uestc.cn!

Conference Venue:  South Africa

Registration Day:    October 24, 2013

Conference Days:   October 25-26, 2013