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By Professor Rob Paton (The Open University)

09 January 2007

This extract from Shaping Public Policy, taken from The Open University Master of Public Administration, describes the process of introducing new ways of working.  Read more : Keeping conflict constructive

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By Professor Rob Paton (The Open University)

31 March 2006

Fairtrade is an example of two broader, long-term trends: global governance and social enterprise.  Read more : Fair trade matters

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Paton, Rob and Spear, Roger (2010). Civil society and the 'commanding heights' the civil economy: past, present, future. The Carnegie UK Trust, Dunfermline.

Paton, Rob; Ali, Haider and Taylor, Lee (2009). Government support for faith-based organizations: the case of a development programme for faith leaders. Public Money and Management, 29(6), pp. 363–370.

Nicholls, Alex and Paton , Rob (2009). Emerging resource flows for social entrepreneurship; theorizing social investment. In: British Academy of Management Annual Conference, 15-17 September 2009, Brighton, University of Brighton.

Paton, R. C. and Taylor, S. L. (2009). Faith Leaders and Workers Project: Evaluation Report. Communities and Local Government.

Paton, Rob and Brewster, Richard (2008). Making deeper sense in the midst of great busyness: a study of and with third sector CEOs. In: 37th Annual Conference of ARNOVA, 20-22 Nov 2008, Philadelphia, USA.

Paton, R. C. (2008). Comment on "The British are not coming! UK higher education and the nonprofit sector". Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 19(1), pp. 101–105.

Paton, Rob (2008). How transferable are management learning systems? Reflections on 15 years of transnational partnerships. Management Learning, 39(1), pp. 93–111.

Nicholls, Alex and Paton, Rob (2008). Social investment discussion paper. In: Social Investment Seminar, 14 Oct 2008, Admiralty House, Whitehall.

Paton, Rob (2007). Fundraising as marketing: half a truth is better than no truth. In: Mordaunt, Jill and Paton, Rob eds. Thoughtful Fundraising: concepts, issues and perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 29–37.

Paton, Rob; Mordaunt, Jill and Cornforth, Chris (2007). Beyond nonprofit management education: leadership development in a time of blurred boundaries and distributed learning. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 36(4), 148S-162S.

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Rob Paton is professor of social enterprise at The Open University Business School. He has had a long-standing interest in values dilemmas and leadership, in hybrid organisations.

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