Academic Staff Profile - Richard Norman

Richard Norman
Ph.D (Victoria University of Wellington)

Co-Director, Case Program

Tel: +64 4 463 5455
Email: Richard.Norman@vuw.ac.nz

Dr Richard Norman, Wellington-based co-director of the Case Program, specialises in researching lessons from New Zealand 's experience of 'reinventing' its public sector systems.  In 2003, he published a book, Obedient Servants? - Management Freedoms and Accountabilities in the New Zealand Public Sector, based on his PhD study on this topic.

Richard is a Senior Lecturer with Victoria University's School of Management, where he teaches Human Resource Management and Training and Development topics. He is a programme director for two annual seminars for public sector managers and trainers from developing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. Before joining Victoria University in 1994, Richard was a trainer and manager at the State Services Commission's training unit, which delivered training to assist managers gain the skills for decentralised government. Earlier, he worked as training manager for a Government-owned development bank and as a journalist and trainer of journalists.