Sandford F. Borins
Bio
Sandford Borins is a Professor of Public Management Emeritus, Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, where he served as its founding Chair from 1991 to 2003. He has graduate appointments at the Strategic Management area at Rotman, the School of Public Policy and Governance, and the Political Science Department. He is also a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research focuses on narrative and innovation. His books include, The Persistence of Innovation in Government (2014), Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives (2011) and Innovating with Integrity (1998). He is currently working on a sequel to Governing Fables dealing with management narratives about the private sector.
Other Info
Posts a blog at www.sandfordborins.com.
Academic Positions
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1990 to present
Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough
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1990-Present
Professor of Strategic Management, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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2003-04
Scholar in Residence, Ontario Cabinet Office
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1991-2003
Chair, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough
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1999
Visiting Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley
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1993-1994
Adjunct Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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1988-1990
Professor, Policy Area, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University
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1982-1987
Associate Professor, Policy Area, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University
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1979-1982
Assistant Professor, Policy Area, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University
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1985-1988
Associate Dean, Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University
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1977-1979
Assistant Professor, Policy and Environment Department, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
Selected Publications - Papers
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Making Narrative Count: A Narratological Approach to Public Management Innovation
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
2012
Pages: 165-89
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Strategic Planning from Robert McNamara to Gov 2.0
Public Administration Review
Issue:December
2010
Pages: 220-221
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A Holistic View of Public Sector Information Technology
Sandford Borins
Journal of E-Government
2004
Pages: pp.3-29
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From Research to Practice: A Study of Public Administration Scholars in Canada
Sandford Borins
Canadian Public Administration
2003
Pages: pp. 243-56
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Leadership and Innovation in the Public Sector
Sandford Borins
Leadership and Organizational Development Journal
2002
Pages: pp.467-76
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On the Frontiers of Electronic Governance: A Report on the United States and Canada
Sandford Borins
International Review of Administrative Sciences
2002
Pages: pp.199-211
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Managing Airports: A Test of the New Public Management
Asheesh Advani and Sandford Borins
International Public Management Journal
2001
Pages: pp. 91-107
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Public Management Innovation in Economically Advanced adn Developing Countries
Sandford Borins
International Review of Administrative Sciences
2001
Pages: pp. 715-31
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Loose Cannons and Rule Breakers or Enterprising Leaders? Some Evidence about Innovative Public Managers
Sandford Borins
Public Administration Review
2000
Pages: pp. 498-507
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What Border? Public Management Innovation in the United States and Canada
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Issue:19:1 (Spring)
2000
Pages: pp. 46-74
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Innovating with Integrity: Evidence from the Ford Foundation-Kennedy School of Government Awards
Public Integrity
Issue:1:4 (Fall)
1999
Pages: pp. 375-378
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Government in Transition: A New Paradigm in Public Administration
Government in Transition: The Inaugural Conference of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (London: Commonwealth Secretariat)
1995
Pages: pp. 3-23
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Public Sector Innovation: The Implications of New Forms of Organization and Work
in D. Savoie and H. Guy Peters, (Eds.), Governance in a Changing Environment (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press)
1995
Pages: pp. 224-47
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The New Public Management is Here to Stay
Canadian Public Administration
Issue:Vol. 38:1, (Spring)
1995
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Statecraft: the Effective Use of Political Power
Business Quarterly
Issue:57 (Autumn)
1992
Pages: pp. 52- 56
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Public choice: 'Yes Minister' made it popular, but does winning a Nobel prize make it true?
Canadian Public Administration
Issue:31 (Spring)
1988
Pages: pp. 12-26
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Management of the Public Sector in Japan: Are There Lessons to be Learned?
Canadian Public Administration
Issue:29 (Summer)
1986
Pages: pp. 175-96
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The Economic Effects of Non-optimal Pricing and Investment Policies for Substitute Transport Facilities
Canadian Journal of Economics
Issue:17 (February)
1984
Pages: pp. 80-94
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
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The Persistence of Innovation in Government
Brookings Institution Press
2014
Pages: 227 pages
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Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives
Information Age Publishing
2011
Pages: 291 pages
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Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication
Brookings
2008
Pages: 231 pp.
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Digital State at the Leading Edge
Sandford Borins et al
University of Toronto Press (www.digitalstate.org)
2007
Pages: 446 pp.
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If you Build It .. Business, Government and Ontario's Electronic Toll Highway
Chandran Mylvaganam and Sandford Borins
University of Toronto Press (www.407etrbook.com)
2005
Pages: 164 pp.
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The New Public Organization
with Kenneth Kernaghan and Brian Marson
Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
2000
Pages: 368 pp.
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Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government
Washington: Georgetown University Press
1998
Pages: 346 pp.
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Political Management in Canada
with Allan E. Blakeney
University of Toronto Press
Issue:2nd edition
1998
Pages: 293 pp.
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Investments in Failure: Five Government Corporations that Cost the Canadian Taxpayer Billions
with L.T. Brown
Toronto: Methuen, September
1986
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The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada Montreal
McGill-Queens University Press, Translated as Le francais dans les airs: le conflit du bilinguisme dans le controle de la circulation aerienne au Canada (Montreal: Editions Cheneliere et Stanke
Issue:April
1983
Research and Teaching Interests
Teaches and conducts research on narrative in management and public sector innovation.
Honors and Awards
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2003 to present
Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts (UK)
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1986-Present
Listed in Canadian Who's Who,
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1990
Social Science Federation of Canada Certificate of Merit for The Language of the Skies, Judged one of the twenty best books written in English with the support of the Aid to Scholarly Publications programme
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1971
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship,
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1971
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
Academic / Professional Service
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2007 to present
Member and Chair, Independent Review Committee, Chou Associates Management Inc.
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2003-07
President, Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (www.cappa.ca)
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1995-2001
Senior Fellow, Canadian Centre for Management Development
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1999-2000
Advisor to the Auditor-General of Canada,
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1996-1998
Chair, Panel of Judges:Amethyst Awards for Excellence in the Ontario Public Service
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1995-1998
Member, Board of Directors: Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation
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1994-1995
Member, Panel of Judges: Amethyst Awards for Excellence in the Ontario Public Service
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1990
Member, Panel of Judges: Institute of Public Administration of Canada Innovative Management Award