is Professor of Management at Queen Margaret University and a principal of SRKConsultancy.. He is a visiting professor at the Institute of Technology Management, Mumbai and East Asia School of Business, Singapore .
He was previously at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Local Authorities Management Centre, University of Strathclyde . He has also been a visiting scholar at Yale University. Richard chaired the Scottish Executive Working Party on Renewing Local Democracy; the report of which was published in July 2000 and which was legislated for in June 2004 as the Local Governance Act.
His main academic interest is in the wide field of public management , with a specific focus on policy and management in local government .
Richard is the author of various books; research papers ; articles in academic journals and numerous articles in the quality print media . His most recent publications include: an occasional paper on the current UK fiscal crisis ; a book chapter on performance in public services; journal articles on the management of urban car parking as an example of effective practice in public management; and Single Outcome Agreements in Scottish local government.
He has at various times been an employee of 4 local authorities and a councillor for 8 years , during which time he was convenor of the Economic Development Committee in Edinburgh. He currently chairs the board of The Audience Business/Audience Business Trading in Edinburgh and is a director of two other companies.
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