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Profile
Steve Kelman is the Weatherhead Professor of Public Management
at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. A
summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College, with a Ph.D.
in government from Harvard University, he is the author of many
books and articles on the policymaking process and on improving the
management of government organizations. His new book, Unleashing
Change: A Study of Organizational Change in Government,
was published in June 2005 by the
Brookings Instutition Press. His other books include a study on
how to improve the government computer procurement process,
entitled Procurement and Public Management: The Fear of
Discretion and the Quality of Government Performance (AEI
Press, 1990), and Making Public Policy: A Hopeful View of
American Government (Basic Books, 1987). In l996 he was
elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
In 2001, he received the Herbert Roback Memorial Award, the highest
achievement award of the National Contract Management Association.
In 2003 he was elected as a Director of The Procurement Roundtable.
He currently serves as editor of the International Public Management
Journal.
From 1993 through 1997, Dr. Kelman served as Administrator of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of
Management and Budget. During his tenure as Administrator, he
played a lead role in the Administrations reinventing government
effort. He led Administration efforts in support of the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition
Reform Act of 1995.
Courses
Fall
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MLD-101-B
Strategy, Structure, and Leadership in Public Service Organizations
Media Expertise
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Research
For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.
Selected Publication Citations:
- Academic Journals
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Kelman, Steven, and John N. Friedman. "Performance Improvement and
Performance Dysfunction: An Empirical Examination of Distortionary
Impacts of the Emergency Room Wait-Time Target in the English
National Health Service." Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory 19.4 (October 2009): 917-947.
- Book Chapters
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Kelman, Steven. "Achieving Contracting Goals and Recognizing Public
Law Concerns: A Contracting Management Perspective." Government
by Contract : Outsourcing and American Democracy. Ed. Jody
Freeman and Martha Minow. Harvard University Press, 2009, 153-191.
- HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
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Kelman, Steven, and Jeff Myers. "Successfully Executing Ambitious
Strategies in Government: An Empirical Analysis." HKS Faculty
Research Working Papers RWP09-009, April 2009.
- Magazine and Newspaper Articles
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Kelman, Steven. "Satisfied Employees Prove Value." Federal
Computer Week. January 12, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Partner or Patsy?" Federal Computer Week.
February 6, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Asking the Defense Industry to Give Back."
Federal Computer Week. February 23, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Agencies Have an Opportunity to Attract Young,
Energetic Employees." Federal Computer Week. March 26, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Learning from Facebook." Federal Computer
Week. April 2, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Rethinking Fixed-Price Contracting." Federal
Computer Week. April 29, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Challenges to Conventional Thinking Can Prompt
Novel Ideas." Federal Computer Week. June 3, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Hybrid Workforces Complicate Outsourcing Reforms."
Federal Computer Week. June 18, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Hybrid Workforces Complicate Outsourcing Reforms."
Federal Computer Week. June 18, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "China's Cybersecurity Fears Sound Very Familiar."
Federal Computer Week. July 1, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Past Performance Returns." Federal Computer
Week. July 22, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Performance Management Sticks Around." Federal
Computer Week. July 31, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "5 Ways to Improve Procurement." Federal
Computer Week. September 2, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "How Contractors Can Help Agencies Save Money."
Federal Computer Week. September 10, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "The Case for Pay for Performance." Federal
Computer Week. September 23, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Bring Back Share in Savings." Federal Computer
Week. October 14, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Empirical Evidence can Help Inform Debate about
Whether a Management Approach Will Improve Government." Federal
Computer Week. November 2, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Customer Service Tips from Developing Countries."
Federal Computer Week. November 16, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Performance Data: 'Use It or Useless'." Federal
Computer Week. December 3, 2009.
- Op-Eds
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Kelman, Steven, and Stan Soloway. "Performance and Accountability."
Washington Times, March 6, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven, and Steve Schooner. "Achieving Effective Reform."
Federal Times.com, April 13, 2009.
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Kelman, Steven. "Empirical evidence can help inform debate about
whether a management approach will improve government." Federal
Computer Week, November 2, 2009.