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Assessing strategic policy transfer in Romanian Public Management (2017)
Journal Article
Common, R., & Gheorghe, I. (2019). Assessing strategic policy transfer in Romanian Public Management. Public Policy and Administration, 34(3), 287-307. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076717730427

The notion of strategic policy transfer builds upon existing accounts of policy transfer that assume selectivity in terms of what governments choose to learn from abroad. This article analyses the case of public administration in Romania, which, at f... Read More about Assessing strategic policy transfer in Romanian Public Management.

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.

Policy Transfer and Learning in Public Policy and Management: International Contexts, Content and Development (2013)
Book
Carroll, P., & Common, R. (Eds.). (2013). Policy Transfer and Learning in Public Policy and Management: International Contexts, Content and Development. London: Routledge

A typical image of the making and administration of policy suggests that it takes place on an incremental basis, involving public servants, their ministers and, to a more limited extent, a variety of interest groups. Yet, much policy making is based... Read More about Policy Transfer and Learning in Public Policy and Management: International Contexts, Content and Development.

From London to Beijing: Training and Development as an Agent of Policy Learning in Public Management (2012)
Journal Article
Common, R. (2012). From London to Beijing: Training and Development as an Agent of Policy Learning in Public Management. International Journal of Public Administration, 35(10), 677-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.688086

The education and training of international public managers is a powerful mechanism for policy learning and transfer. In a way similar to the globalization of MBA studies, which has contributed to the international diffusion of Western derived manage... Read More about From London to Beijing: Training and Development as an Agent of Policy Learning in Public Management.

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

Organisational learning in a political environment: Improving policy-making in UK government (2004)
Journal Article
Common, R. (2004). Organisational learning in a political environment: Improving policy-making in UK government. Policy Studies, 25(1), 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144287042000208224

This article observes that the political environment will always compromise the application of the organisational learning concept in government. In an attempt to overcome this problem, it seeks to demonstrate that a conceptual synthesis between poli... Read More about Organisational learning in a political environment: Improving policy-making in UK government.

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'?.

Convergence and transfer: A review of the globalisation of new public management (1998)
Journal Article
Common, R. (1998). Convergence and transfer: A review of the globalisation of new public management. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 11(6), 440-450. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559810244356

There is much talk about a new global paradigm in public administration. However, many claims surrounding the existence of this new paradigm remain largely unsubstantiated. This article reviews some of these claims by attempting to explain how new pu... Read More about Convergence and transfer: A review of the globalisation of new public management.