Government Productivity & Competitiveness:
What are the Issues?

Tuesday, June 1, 1999
8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Westin Hotel, 10135 - 100 Street
Fee: $125 plus GST ($133.75)
Students: $35 plus GST ($37.45)


8:30-8:45     Registration and Coffee

8:45-9:00     Welcome and Introduction

MIKE PERCY, Dean, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta

MARK ANIELSKI, Executive Director, Centre for Performance Management (CPM) Faculty of Business, University of Alberta

9:00-10:30     The Goals of Performance Measurement

Chair: TED CHAMBERS, Director of WCER and Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta

The Concept and Importance of Competitive Government
RANDALL K. MORCK, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance, Faculty of Business,Universiry of Alberta

Genuine Progress Measures - the U.S. Genuine Progress Indicator
MARK ANIELSKI, Senior Fellow, Redefining Progress (San Francisco), Executive Director, Centre for Performance Management. Faculty of Business, University of Alberta

11:00-12:00     Practical Dimensions Where Performance Measures Might Help

Chair: ALICE NAKAMURA, Winspear Professor of Business, University of Alberta and Academic Co- Chair of CERF

Attendance Management
BILL COOK, Project Leader Office of the Auditor General, The City of Edmonton

Space Management
DAVE BENTLEY, UofA Part-Time MBA Student. Currently employed as a Facilities Manager with Alberta Public Works Supply and Services.

Performance Management & Rewards
SHIRLEY HOWE, Alberta Personnel Administration Office

12:00-1:00     Networking Lunch

1:00-2:30     Program Evaluation As An Aid To Competitive Government: Three Perspectives

Chair: ALICE NAKAMURA

Presenters:

JEFF SMITH, Dept. of Economics, University of Western Ontario--an expert on education and social services performance measurement in the United States

BILL WARBURTON, Acting Director, Economic Analysis Branch BC Ministry of Human Resources, and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta

GING WONG, Research Director, Human Resources Development Canada, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta, and Government Co-Chair of CERF

2:45-4:15     The New Zealand Experience

Chair: GING WONG

New Zealand's Productivity Performance and Economic Reforms
DENIS LAWRENCE, Director Tasman Asia Pacific, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta

Measuring National Economic Performance: Has the Statistical System Kept Up?
ERWIN DIEWERT, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta, and Advisor to the Government of New Zealand

Discussant: KEVIN LANG, Dept. of Economics, Boston University and Advisor to the Government of New Zealand.

4:30-5:30     Closing Bear Pit Session

Chair: TED CHAMBERS

Experts on the Spot: ERWIN DIEWERT, DENIS LAWRENCE, KEVIN LANG, JEFF SMITH, BILL WARBURTON, GING WONG
The Inquisitors: DAVE BENTLEY, BILL COOK, GRAZYNA DAVIES, DAVID LYCHAK, DAVID MCGARVA, KIM MOVOLD, JEFF BONYUN


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