Owen Hughes
Writer, researcher, academic. I have stepped down from fulltime roles since finishing a five year contract as Dean of Students August 2016.
I am pursuing part-time or visiting roles while remaining active in writing and researching.
New book out now: 'The Art of Strategy' (London: Routledge, 2021)
New book January 2023 ‘The Crisis of Governance’ (Edward Elgar)
The fifth edition of 'Public Management and Administration' was published in 2018.
I was:
- A student at University of Western Australia, then a tutor at the University of Tasmania, and a lecturer at Monash University.
- A full professor from 1994 to 2011 in public sector management at Monash.
- A senior academic and administrator since being Head of Department of Management at Monash University from 1999 to 2003.
- Deputy Dean, Faculty of Business and economics, Monash 2006-2011
- Dean of Students and Professor, RMIT University from 2011 to 2016.
- Once a musician (see Google for 'Sid Rumpo') then an academic.
- Visiting professor at Renmin University, Beijing; the University of Electronic Science and Technology China in Chengdu; and the Yunnan University of Finance and Economics in Kunming.
Main area of academic interest is management in the public sector.
- Major publication is 'Public Management and Administration' first published in the UK in 1994, with further editions in 1998, 2003, 2012 and 2018. Translated editions have appeared in Chinese (2nd, 3rd and 4th editions), Chinese complex character language (2nd end), Turkish 4th edition, a Mongolian edition (5th end) and has parts translated into Spanish.
- This book has 3491 Google Scholar citations from a total Google Scholar count of more than 5753
Recent articles
Hughes, Owen (2017) ‘Public management: 30 years on’, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 30 Issue: 6-7, pp. 547- 54. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-06-2017-0174
Hughes, Owen E. (2017) ‘Devolution and Federalism’ in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and administration (Abingdon: Routledge).
Alford, John, Hartley, Jean, Yates, Sophie and Hughes, Owen (2016) ‘Into the Purple Zone: Deconstructing the Politics/Administration Distinction The American Review of Public Administration, March 2016.
Alford, John, Hartley, Jean and Hughes, Owen (2015) ‘Political Astuteness as an Aid to Discerning and Creating Public Value’ in J. Bryson, B. Crosby and L. Bloomberg (eds), Valuing Public Value, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Hartley, Jean, Alford, John, Hughes, Owen and Yates, Sophie (2014) ‘Public value and political astuteness in the work of public managers: The art of the possible’ Public Administration 93 (1), 195-211.
Hughes, Owen E. (2013) ‘The Soft Power Solution?: Managing without Authority’ in Janine O’Flynn, Deborah Blackman and John Halligan (Eds) Crossing Boundaries in Public Management and Policy: The International Experience (London: Routledge).
Recent books
The Art of Strategy (London: Routledge, 2021)
Public Management and Administration, 5th edition (London, Palgrave, 2018)
Public Management and Administration, 4th edition (London: Palgrave, 2012)
Business, Government and Globalization (with Deirdre O'Neill) (London, Palgrave, 2008)No
I am pursuing part-time or visiting roles while remaining active in writing and researching.
New book out now: 'The Art of Strategy' (London: Routledge, 2021)
New book January 2023 ‘The Crisis of Governance’ (Edward Elgar)
The fifth edition of 'Public Management and Administration' was published in 2018.
I was:
- A student at University of Western Australia, then a tutor at the University of Tasmania, and a lecturer at Monash University.
- A full professor from 1994 to 2011 in public sector management at Monash.
- A senior academic and administrator since being Head of Department of Management at Monash University from 1999 to 2003.
- Deputy Dean, Faculty of Business and economics, Monash 2006-2011
- Dean of Students and Professor, RMIT University from 2011 to 2016.
- Once a musician (see Google for 'Sid Rumpo') then an academic.
- Visiting professor at Renmin University, Beijing; the University of Electronic Science and Technology China in Chengdu; and the Yunnan University of Finance and Economics in Kunming.
Main area of academic interest is management in the public sector.
- Major publication is 'Public Management and Administration' first published in the UK in 1994, with further editions in 1998, 2003, 2012 and 2018. Translated editions have appeared in Chinese (2nd, 3rd and 4th editions), Chinese complex character language (2nd end), Turkish 4th edition, a Mongolian edition (5th end) and has parts translated into Spanish.
- This book has 3491 Google Scholar citations from a total Google Scholar count of more than 5753
Recent articles
Hughes, Owen (2017) ‘Public management: 30 years on’, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 30 Issue: 6-7, pp. 547- 54. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-06-2017-0174
Hughes, Owen E. (2017) ‘Devolution and Federalism’ in Thomas R. Klassen, Denita Cepiku and T.J. Lah (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and administration (Abingdon: Routledge).
Alford, John, Hartley, Jean, Yates, Sophie and Hughes, Owen (2016) ‘Into the Purple Zone: Deconstructing the Politics/Administration Distinction The American Review of Public Administration, March 2016.
Alford, John, Hartley, Jean and Hughes, Owen (2015) ‘Political Astuteness as an Aid to Discerning and Creating Public Value’ in J. Bryson, B. Crosby and L. Bloomberg (eds), Valuing Public Value, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Hartley, Jean, Alford, John, Hughes, Owen and Yates, Sophie (2014) ‘Public value and political astuteness in the work of public managers: The art of the possible’ Public Administration 93 (1), 195-211.
Hughes, Owen E. (2013) ‘The Soft Power Solution?: Managing without Authority’ in Janine O’Flynn, Deborah Blackman and John Halligan (Eds) Crossing Boundaries in Public Management and Policy: The International Experience (London: Routledge).
Recent books
The Art of Strategy (London: Routledge, 2021)
Public Management and Administration, 5th edition (London, Palgrave, 2018)
Public Management and Administration, 4th edition (London: Palgrave, 2012)
Business, Government and Globalization (with Deirdre O'Neill) (London, Palgrave, 2008)No
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