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Stuart Bretschneider

Stuart Bretschneider

Emeritus Foundation Professor of Organizational Design and Public Management, School of Public Affairs, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions

Stuart.Bretschneider@asu.edu

602-496-0450

School of Public Affairs
Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix campus
411 N. Central Ave, Ste 750
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2163

Titles

  • Emeritus Foundation Professor of Organizational Design and Public Management, School of Public Affairs, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions

Biography

Stuart Bretschneider retired in 2021 and is now an Emeritus Foundation Professor of organization design and public administration at Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs. He was also a co-founder of ASU’s Sustainable Procurement Initiative (SPRI) and was director of ASU’s School of Public Affairs’ Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD). Previously Dr. Bretschneider was a Maxwell Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, before arriving at Arizona State University. He was also associate dean and chair of the Public Administration Department between 2005 and 2011 at the Maxwell School. His research has focused on how public organizations make use of information technology and the effects of those technologies on public organizations; how public organizations employ forecasting technology and organize to carry out forecasting activities; adoption of sustainable procurement by local governments; and how sector differences affect administrative processes.  He also has done work in science and technology policy.  His work also included numerous funded projects associated with the evaluation of public policy in the energy, environment and technology areas. A past president of the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF), Bretschneider was also a director of the IIF. He was the managing editor for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory from 1992-2000. 

Education

  • PhD, The Ohio State University, 1980
  • MPA, The Ohio State University,, 1973
  • MA, History, The Ohio State University, 1973

Journal Articles

2021

Chen, Y., S. I. Bretschneider, J. M. Stritch, N. Darnall and L. Hsueh. 2021. E-procurement system adoption in local governments: the role of procurement complexity and organizational structure. Public Management Review DOI: DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1874497. (link )

Hafsa, F., N. Darnall and S. I. Bretschneider. 2021. Estimating the true size of public procurement to assess sustainability impact. Sustainability Vol. 13(No. 3):pp 1448. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031448. (link )

2020

Hsueh, L., S. I. Bretschneider, J. M. Stritch and N. Darnall. 2020. Implementation of sustainable public procurement in local governments: a measurement approach. International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol. 33(No. 6/7):pp. 697-712. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-09-2019-0233. (link )

Stritch, J. M., S. I. Bretschneider, N. Darnall, L. Hsueh and Y. Chen. 2020. Sustainability policy objectives, centralized decision making, and efficiency in public procurement processes. Sustainability Vol. 12(No. 12):pp. 6934. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176934. (link )

2018

Stritch, J. M., N. Darnall, L. Hsueh and S. Bretschneider. 2018. Green technology firms and sustainable public purchasing. IEEE ENgineering Management Review 46(1):128-131. DOI: 10.1109/EMR.2018.2810080. (link )

2017

Darnall, N., J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider, L. Hsueh and W. No. 2017. How cities are addressing climate change through sustainable purchasing. Public Administration Review

2000

Welch, E. W., A. Mazur and S. Bretschneider. 2000. Voluntary behavior by electric utilities: Levels of adoption and contribution of the Climate Challenge Program to the reduction of carbon dioxide. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 19(1):407-425. (link )

1998

Welch, E. W., S. Bretschneider and J. Rohrbaugh. 1998. Accuracy of judgmental extrapolation of time series data: Characteristics, causes, and remediation strategies for forecasting. International Journal of Forecasting 14(1):95-110. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(97)00055-1. (link )

1994

Bozeman, B. and S. I. Bretschneider. 1994. The "publicness puzzle" in organization theory: A test of alternative explanations of differences between public and private organizations. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 4(2):197-224. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037204. (link )

1992

Landsbergen, D., B. Bozeman and S. Bretschneider. 1992. "Internal rationality" and the effects of perceived decision difficulty: Results of a public management decisionmaking experiment. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 2(3):247-264. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037130. (link )

1986

Bozeman, B. and S. I. Bretschneider. 1986. Public management information systems: Theory and prescription. Public Administration Review 46(Nov):475-487. DOI: 10.2307/975569. (link )

Bretschneider, S. I. and B. Bozeman. 1986. Adaptive diffusion models for the growth of robotics in New York state industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 30(2):111-121. DOI: 10.1016/0040-1625(86)90014-4. (link )

Book Chapters

2018

Darnall, N., L. Hsueh, J. M. Stritch and S. I. Bretschneider. 2018. Environmental purchasing in the City of Phoenix. Pp. 485-502 In: Garren, S. and R. Brinkman eds., The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability: Case Studies and Practical Solutions. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3319713885.

1999

Welch, E. and S. I. Bretschneider. 1999. Contracting in: Can government be a business?. Pp. 258-280 In: Frederickson, H. G. and J. M. Johnston eds., Public Managemwent Reform and Innovation: Research, Theory, and Application. THe University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL. ISBN: 978-0817309718.

1995

Bretschneider, S. I. and B. Bozeman. 1995. Understanding red tape and bureaucratic delays. Pp. 81-116 In: Halachmi, A. and G. Bouckaert eds., The Enduring Challenges in Public Management: Surviving and Excelling in a Changing World . Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-0787900670.

Magazine Articles

2017

Darnall, N., J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider, L. Hsueh and W. No. 2017. Going green on purchasing: eight practices to reduce environmental impacts. Public Management Magazine. 99(8):28-29.

Reports

2020

Blanco, A. L., D. Pérez-Castillo, B. W. Husted, J. E. Amorós, J. A. Ivy, Y. Chen, N. Darnall, J. M. Stritch and S. I. Bretschneider. 2020. Advancing Green Purchasing in Mexican Municipalities. Technológico de Monterrey, EGADE Business School and Arizona State University, Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative. (link )

Lukacs de Pereny Martens, S. G., G. Schwarz, L. Carter, Y. Chen, N. Darnall, J. M. Stritch and S. I. Bretschneider. 2020. Advancing Green Purchasing in Australian Municipalities. University of New South Wales Business School, and Arizona State University, Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative. (link )

Testa, F., F. Iraldo, F. Iannone, A. C. Wilkerson, Y. Chen, N. Darnall, J. M. Stritch and S. I. Bretschneider. 2020. Advancing Green Purchasing in Italian Municipalities. Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, and Arizona State University, Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative. (link )

2018

Darnall, N., T. H. Arimura, T. Miyamoto, J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider and L. Hsueh. 2018. Advancing Green Purchasing in Japanese Municipalities. Phoenix: Arizona State University’s Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative and Waseda University’s Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management. (link )

2017

Darnall, N., S. I. Bretschneider, J. M. Stritch, L. Hsueh, M. Duscha and J. Iles. 2017. City of Phoenix's environmental procurement policy: Focus group findings and recommendations. Phoenix: Arizona State University, Center for Organization Research and Design.

Darnall, N., J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider, L. Hsueh, M. Duscha, J. Iles, W. No, J. Suarez and C. Burwell. 2017. Advancing Green Purchasing in Local Governments. Phoenix: Arizona State University, Center for Organization Research and Design, Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative.

Blog Posts

2017

Darnall, N., J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider, L. Hsueh and W. No. 2017. Five practices to help cities green their purchasing [Blog Post].

Darnall, N., J. M. Stritch, S. I. Bretschneider, L. Hsueh and W. No. 2017. US cities buy-green schemes reduce their environmental liabilities and costs [Blog Post].