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The Future of the Public Sector: Challenges and opportunities for strategic change during turbulent times

Dates
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 09:00 to 10:00
Location
Online
Contact
OUBS Events Team

Historically, public sector organisations have faced continual pressure to offer value under stringent resource constraints. During the recent turbulent times, these organisations have been stretched further than ever before.

Faced with a variety of political, social, and professional demands, combined with institutional change, what is the future of the public sector and what role does strategic change have to play?

This webinar draws together academic expertise and practitioner insights to discuss this issue, and to explore wider strategic challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Our invited speakers are Chris Gray, Chief of Public Sector at AND Digital and Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management at The Open University.The event is hosted by The Open University Strategic Management and Leadership research cluster.

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Speakers

Chris Gray

Chris Gray

Chief of Public Sector at AND Digital, is responsible for driving AND’s work with Public Sector clients as part of the business’ overall growth strategy.

Throughout his career Chris has worked in the UK and internationally to help clients drive digitalisation, innovation and change with a key focus on the use of data and analytics.

Chris is also Chair of Business In The Community’s North West Regional Leadership Board and HRH Prince of Wales Ambassador for Responsible Business, Chair of Members Board of Prospere Learning Trust and a member of the University of Liverpool Management School’s Advisory Board.

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Edoardo Ongaro

Edoardo Ongaro

Professor of Public Management at The Open University, UK. Previously he held positions at Northumbria University and SDA Bocconi School of Management. From 2013 to 2019 he served as the President of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), the main learned society in Europe in the field of public administration and management, and in 2019 was elected as a Member of the Council of Administration of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS).

Edoardo has published extensively on the topic of administrative reforms and comparative public management as well as the strategic management of public service organisations, in journals such as Public Administration, The American Review of Public Administration and Public Management Review. He is an editor of Public Policy and Administration.