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Professor Deborah Blackman is the Associate Dean Lifelong Learning; Acting Head Canberra School of Professional Studies; and Professor in Public Sector Management Strategy at UNSW Canberra at ¹û¶³app.

Her research focuses on public service management, in particular strategy development and implementation. Prof Blackman’s academic background is in a range of management and administration related fields: human resource management; organisational learning; knowledge management; training and development;  and managing change and organisational behaviour. 

The common theme of her work is developing effective knowledge development, acquisition and transfer in order to improve organisational effectiveness in a range of applied, real-world contexts.

Before joining UNSW Canberra in 2014, Prof Blackman was the Director of the Graduate Research Office at the University of Canberra, where she managed a small team that undertakes strategic planning, develops policy and delivers the Higher Degree Research research education programme.

Prof Blackman is currently working on a range of projects to improve public sector outcomes. Recent highlights include:

• an evaluation of understanding of Performance Management in the Australian Federal Police, which was unusual as it was a pre-implementation benchmark
  
• working with the Australian Institute of Police management to evaluate a new leadership development intervention
• receiving the ‘Most Innovative Public Sector Research’ award at the Academy of Management related to a paper based upon the ‘Strengthening the Performance Framework’ research, which is being undertaken in collaboration with the Australian Public Service Commission
• an invitation to evaluate the performance management framework being implemented by the Ghana Public Commission
• enhancing Disaster Recovery Models to create more clarity in terms of the redevelopment stage, which is currently under-researched or understood in terms of the roles of both leadership and government.