Lawrence R. Jones

Address & Phone

Professor Lawrence R. Jones

Department of Systems Management
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943 USA

Phone: 001-408-656-2482
Fax: 001-408-656-3407

E-mail: lrjones@nps.navy.mil

Education

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Public Policy & Budgeting)

M.A. University of California, Berkeley (Public Policy & Budgeting)

B.A. Stanford University (Political Science)

Biography

Lawrence R. Jones is Professor of Financial Management in the Department of Systems Management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He received his B.A. degree in political science from Stanford University (1967), and M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1977) in public policy and budgeting from the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation was on planning and budgeting strategies for universities coping with resource constraints.

At the Naval Postgraduate School Dr. Jones teaches courses in public policy, government budgeting and finance, and national defense resource policy and planning. Formerly, he served as Associate Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School. He joined the faculty at NPS in 1987. Professor Jones began his academic career in 1977 as a member of the Faculty of Business, University of British Columbia. Prior to joining the faculty at UBC, Dr. Jones served as a budget official and management auditor for the State of California Department of Finance. He also worked for three other state government agencies including the University of California. Before working for California State government he was employed in the private sector in the electronics industry in production management and marketing. After working at the University of British Columbia Dr. Jones moved to the Department of Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon (1979-1985) and then the Division of Public Management, University of New Mexico (1985-1987). He also lectured as Visiting Professor at Shanghal University, and at the University of Geneva in the MBA program. In 1994 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to conduct research on corporate environmental policy. In 1993-94 he was a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University, the University of St. Gallen and the University of Geneva. In 1996-97 he is a part-time Visiting Scholar at the Atkinson School, Willamette University.

Dr. Jones has published more than sixty sole and co-authored articles in a variety of journals including the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, Policy Sciences, Public Budgeting and Finance, State and Local Government Review, Municipal Finance, the Journal of Higher Education, California Mangement Review, Academy of Management Review, Sloan Mangement Review, Defense Analysis, Armed Forces and Society, and Government Executive. He has published six books as author or co-author: Regulatory Policy and Practices, 1982 (with F. Thompson), University Budgeting for Critical Mass and Competition, 1985, Government Response to Fiscal Constraint, 1989 (with J. McCaffery), Mission Budgeting to Realign National Defense, 1992 (with G. Bixler), Corporate Environmental Policy and Government Regulation, 1994 (with J. Baldwin), Reinventing the Pentagon, 1994 (with F. Thompson). He is currently writing a book on the new public management with Fred Thompson (due 1997) and editing a book titled International Perspectives on the New Public Management with Kuno Schedler (1997). He serves on the editorial boards of the journals Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, and Armed Forces Comptroller. He also is editor(1997) of the book series Research in Public Policy and Mangement, JAI Publications.

Professor Jones has consulted for local, state and federal governments and in the private sector. He is President of Management and Policy Associates, Inc., a research and consulting firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon.