Dr Philip Whiteman

Department of Public Administration and Policy
Lecturer

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7491
Fax: +44 (0)121 414 8452
Email: p.whiteman@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Government
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Philip Whiteman is a lecturer on public policy and administration at the Institute of Local Government Studies at The University of Birmingham. Philip is the Director of the distance learning Masters of Public Administration. He convenes a number of postgraduate and undergraduate modules, via blended, campus and distance modes of learning.

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Qualifications

Ph.D (Birmingham)
B.Soc.Sc (Birmingham)

Teaching

Programme Director

Masters in Public Administration

Module Convenor

Distance Learning MPA
Performance Management
Managing in the Political Environment
Strategic Management

Postgraduate MSc:

Performance Management

Undergraduate:

Policy and Politics
The Politics and Challenge of Public Service Delivery

Other activities

Current:

Independent Member of Worcestershire County Council’s Standards and Ethics Committee.
Member of the Editorial Board of the academic journal, Teaching Public Administration
External Examiner to the University of Portsmouth

Former:

Editor of Local Government Studies
Book Reviews Editor of Local Government Studies
External Examiner to the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS)
External Examiner to the University of Nottingham
Vice-Chairman of the JUC Public Administration Committee

Publications

Coulson,A & Whiteman,P (2012) Holding politicians to account? Overview and scrutiny in English local government. Public Money and Management. 185-192

Whiteman P., Turner D (2005) ‘Learning from the Experience of Recovery: The Turnaround of Poorly Performing Councils’, Local Government Studies, 31.4

Whiteman P., Turner D (2005) ‘Learning from the Experience of Recovery: The Turnaround of Poorly Performing Councils’ in Martin S (ed) Public Service Improvement

Hughes M., Turner D., Whiteman P (2004) ‘Intervention and Persuasion? Strategies for turnaround in poorly performing councils’, Public Money and Management 24.4, pp 227-34

Hughes M., Skelcher C., Jas P., Whiteman P., Turner D (2004) Learning for the Experience of Recovery. Paths to Recovery, 2nd Annual Report, London: ODPM

Whiteman P (2004) The Role of Political Mentors in Poorly Performing Local Authorities, London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Expertise

Local Government, councils, turnaround, section 114, policy failure