All Outputs (5)

The internationalization of performance management and budgeting: Limitations in the Gulf States (2014)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2014). The internationalization of performance management and budgeting: Limitations in the Gulf States. In C. Conteh, & A. Shafiqul Huque (Eds.), Public Sector Reforms in Developing Countries: Paradoxes and Practices. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203797587

Performance management and budgeting (PMB) is an unmistakeable international trend in public sector management. This chapter outlines a brief examination of the evolution of PMB in public administration to identify a model, or at least a set of pract... Read More about The internationalization of performance management and budgeting: Limitations in the Gulf States.

Leadership in the Sultanate of Oman (2011)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2011). Leadership in the Sultanate of Oman. In B. D. Metcalfe, & F. Mimouni (Eds.), Leadership Development in the Middle East (152-168). Edward Elgar Publishing

Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom (2009)
Book Chapter
Acevedo, B., & Common, R. (2009). Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom. In S. P. Osborne (Ed.), The New Public Governance? Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203861684

The two coterminous concepts of governance and policy networks have been reasserted in public management studies in the wake of the recent decline in the popularity of the so-called New Public Management (NPM) movement. The concepts appear to be inte... Read More about Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom.

Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia (2004)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2004). Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia. In M. Evans (Ed.), Policy Transfer in Global Perspective. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315246574

This chapter challenges the notion that New Public Management (NPM) is being globalized. The impact of NPM was analysed in relation to three governments in South-East Asia - Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The multi-level approach to the study of... Read More about Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'? (2003)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2003). Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'?. In A. Cheung, & I. Scott (Eds.), Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203221693

In terms of economic policy, the Asian financial crisis provoked a very individual response from Malaysia. Unlike its near neighbours, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, Malaysia refused to countenance the possibility of swallowing the prescription... Read More about Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'?.