Research and University Relations

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Research and University Relations Presentation to
third Annual CAPPA Symposium January 21 2005
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Action-Research Roundtable Update New Products
Wave IV Projects Fiscal Year 2003-04

• Managing Canada-US Relations (Chaired by Louis
  Ranger) December Release
• A Practitioners Guide that will help Canadian
  public servants advance the national interest
  through trans-governmental linkages.
• A Companion Compendium of Canada-US
  trans-governmental collaborative networks.
• Managing Government Communication (Chaired by
  George Anderson) February Release
• A Report on the future of government
  communications that (a) reflects on the current
  environment, (b) makes an assessment of the main
  systemic and capacity issues for the Public
  Service, and (c) proposes practical
  recommendations for modernizing the governments
  approach.
• Employee Engagement (Chaired by Paul Thibault)
  February Release
• A Managers Guide that (a) diagnoses the state of
  engagement in the Public Service, (b) describes
  the factors which promote and hinder engagement,
  and (c) offers practical advice for practitioners
  on how to cultivate an engaged workforce
  (especially in challenging cases, such as periods
  of organizational change).

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The Launch of New RoundtablesAction-Research
Roundtable Program Wave V Projects Fiscal
Year 2004-05

• Organizational Memory (Chaired by François
  Guimont) Fall 2005 Product Release
• This Roundtable will look at the chronic loss of
  valuable knowledge due to factors such as
  retirement, employee turnover, poor information
  management, and organizational change. It will
  survey the research evidence and Public Service
  experience in order to develop practical advice
  about how best to retain and leverage this
  knowledge.
• Creativity (Chaired by Diane Vincent) Fall 2005
  Product Release
• This Roundtable will take stock of those things
  that help public servants be inventive, mentally
  nimble, and imaginative as they tackle issues in
  a highly complex managerial environment. This
  includes generating novel ideas, engaging in
  creative problem-solving and cultivating active
  minds that can think laterally, thereby
  unleashing the creative potential of public
  servants.
• Strategic Talent Management (Chaired by
  Jean-Claude Bouchard) Winter 2005-06 Product
  Release
• This Roundtable will take stock of what is known
  about how best to integrate human resource
  planning with business planning and other areas
  of organizational management within private and
  public organizations. It will create a practical
  product that provides advice to the general
  practitioner with respect to this integration and
  to the challenge of implementing the PSMA.

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BASIC RESEARCH UPDATEGovernance

• Accountability (five publications planned)
• Final draft of Accountability Ministers, Public
  Servants and MPs by Peter Aucoin (Dalhousie
  University) and Mark Jarvis (CSPS) to appear in
  early 2005
• First draft of Results-based Accountability
  (presented to IPSA conference in Vancouver in
  June) to be revised for publication in mid-2005
• Three publications to follow in 2005-06 internal
  public service accountability, parliamentary
  accountability, and accountability for delegated
  governance
• Legitimacy and Confidence In Government
• Multi-modal (quantitative and qualitative)
  research ongoing, focus groups analyzed, survey
  research in Winter/Spring and publication due in
  2005
• Smart Practices in Public Management
• Final draft of papers presented at international
  conference in Vancouver in June 2004 sent to
  reviewers publication in 2005
• Canadas Model of Public Service
• Final revised manuscript of The Canadian Public
  Service Model A Critical Moment? by Evert
  Lindquist to appear in early 2005
• Manuscript by Mark Goldenberg on A practitioners
  view of the Canadian model
• Guide for new public servants by IOG

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Possible Future Basic Research topics

• The current basic research program will run
  through mid- to late 2005. Building on the
  governance and public management themes, which
  topics should be addressed next? Some initial
  ideas drawn from our initial consultations
  include
• Re-organizing Government Reform vs Continuity -
  Towards Smart and Net Benefit Re-organizations
• New Partners in Governance Building Common
  Purpose
• Deconcentration
• Increasing the Speed of Government Business
• Transparency, Security, Secrecy and Privacy
• Strengthening the Linkage Between National and
  Global Governance

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Possible Future Basic Research topics (2)

• Clarifying and Strengthening the Interface
  Between Politicians and Public Servants and
  Citizens
• Clarifying the role of the public service within
  the Executive Branch and as an institution
• Defining new protocols for relations between
  public servants and Ministers, MPs, political
  staff, Parliamentary Committees, citizens
• Smarter practices to conduct citizen engagement
  changes to the legitimate and respective roles of
  Ministers, MPs, public servants and voluntary
  sector representatives