MPA Major Research Papers
From 1990 until 2023, all Western Master of Public Administration students completed a faculty-supervised Major Research Paper. Starting in 2024, students complete a Research Report that is not individually supervised.
At the time of submission, students may opt to publicly release their papers. This series contains all publicly available papers completed since 1990.
The program does not endorse the content of these papers which are the independent research of the students. The papers are owned by the authors and posted here with their permission.
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Major Research Papers from 1998
Why A Strategic Plan?: A Review of Strategic Planning in Selected Ontario Municipalities, Moira Winch
Major Research Papers from 1997
Toward an Economic Development Strategy for the County of Middlesex, Stephen Evans
Humanizing the Downsizing Process: A Review of a Recent Downsizing Process in Three Conservation Authorities, Thomas Prout
Major Research Papers from 1996
GTA Reform: City of Burlington – Identification and Analysis of the Process Used by the City to Evaluate the “Golden” Report, Mickey Frost
An Investigation of Strategic Planning and Organizational Change: Halton Regional Police Service, Laurie McGinn
Interorganizational Networking in the Local Government Sector: Case Study of the Municom Network, Geoffrey Singer
Major Research Papers from 1995
Intermunicipal Servicing Agreements: Four Case Studies in Huron County, Jennifer Hosack
The Economic Impact of a Short Term Event on Tourism: 1994 National Slo-Pitch Tournament, John MacDonald
Evaluation of Leadership in Ontario Public Libraries, Reed Osborne
The Incidence and Impact of Strategic Human Resource Management in Canadian Municipalities, Cheryl Smith
Major Research Papers from 1994
An Evaluation of the jobsOntario Training Program, Michael Schuster
Major Research Papers from 1993
Implementing and Managing Change in the Fire Service, Terence Allen
Employee Assistance Programs: Suitable Tools for Ontario Boards of Health, Michael Bragg
Human Services: The Future Role of Local Government in Ontario, Stephen Cairns
The Municipal Role in Child Care – Ontario, Karen Chan
A Model of Organizational Learning and Its Application to the Realities of Public Sector Organizations, Curry Clifford
Restructuring Local Government in Ottawa-Carleton, George Vadeboncoeur
Major Research Papers from 1992
Fiscal Impact Analysis: Applications and Usage in Ontario Municipalities, Jeffrey Celentano
The Boundary Adjustment Process: The Case of Arbitration in the Greater London Area, Bruce Curtis
Issues in the Unorganized Areas of Northern Ontario, Dean Nickerson
Municipal Staff-Council Relations in Theory and Practice: Examining the Hamilton Gore Park Fiasco, Vincent Sferrazza
An Investigation of Privatization: A Local Government Service – The Waterloo County Board of Education School Bus Fleet, Christopher Smith