Sandford Borins

Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough at Rotman School of Management

Schools

  • Rotman School of Management

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Biography

Rotman School of Management

Bio

Sandford Borins is a Professor of Strategic Management, 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.

Academic Positions

1990 to present  Professor of Strategic Management; Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough

1990-Present  Professor of Strategic Management; Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

2003-04  Scholar in Residence; Ontario Cabinet Office

1991-2003  Chair; Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough

1999  Visiting Professor of Public Policy; Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

1993-1994  Adjunct Professor; John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1988-1990  Professor, Policy Area; Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University

1982-1987  Associate Professor, Policy Area; Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University

1979-1982  Assistant Professor, Policy Area; Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University

1985-1988  Associate Dean; Faculty of Administrative Studies, York University

1977-1979  Assistant Professor, Policy and Environment Department; J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Honors and Awards

2003 to present  Fellow; Royal Society for the Arts (UK)

1986-Present  Listed in Canadian Who''s Who

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

1971  Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

1971  Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

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Books

The Persistence of Innovation in Government; Brookings Institution Press; 2014; Pages: 227 pages

Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives; Information Age Publishing; 2011; Pages: 291 pages

Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication; Brookings; 2008; Pages: 231 pp.

Digital State at the Leading Edge; Sandford Borins et al; University of Toronto Press (www.digitalstate.org); 2007; Pages: 446 pp.

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.

The New Public Organization; with Kenneth Kernaghan and Brian Marson; Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada; 2000; Pages: 368 pp.

Political Management in Canada; with Allan E. Blakeney; University of Toronto Press; Issue: 2nd edition; 1998; Pages: 293 pp.

Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government; Washington: Georgetown University Press; 1998; Pages: 346 pp.

Investments in Failure: Five Government Corporations that Cost the Canadian Taxpayer Billions; with L.T. Brown; Toronto: Methuen, September; 1986

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

Papers

  • The Persistence of Innovation in Government; Brookings Institution Press; 2014; Pages: 227 pages
  • Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives; Information Age Publishing; 2011; Pages: 291 pages
  • Innovations in Government: Research, Recognition, and Replication; Brookings; 2008; Pages: 231 pp.
  • Digital State at the Leading Edge; Sandford Borins et al; University of Toronto Press (www.digitalstate.org); 2007; Pages: 446 pp.
  • 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.
  • The New Public Organization; with Kenneth Kernaghan and Brian Marson; Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada; 2000; Pages: 368 pp.
  • Political Management in Canada; with Allan E. Blakeney; University of Toronto Press; Issue: 2nd edition; 1998; Pages: 293 pp.
  • Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government; Washington: Georgetown University Press; 1998; Pages: 346 pp.
  • Investments in Failure: Five Government Corporations that Cost the Canadian Taxpayer Billions; with L.T. Brown; Toronto: Methuen, September; 1986
  • 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

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