Public Innovation Through Collaboration and Design

"While innovation has long been a major topic of research and scholarly interest for the private sector, it is still an emerging theme in the field of public management. While 'results-oriented' public management may be here to stay, scholars and practitioners are now shifting their attention to the process of management and to how the public sector can create 'value'. One of the urgent needs addressed by this book is a better specification of the institutional and political requirements for sustaining arobust vision of public innovation, through the key dimensions of collaboration, creative problem-solving, and design. This book brings together empirical studies drawn from Europe, the USA and the antipodes to show how these dimensions are important features of public sector innovation in many Western democracies with different conditions and traditions.This volume provides insights for practitioners who are interested in developing an innovation strategy for their city, agency, or administration and will be essential reading for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of public policy and public administration"--

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Torfing Ansell
• Assisted by: Christopher Ansell (Editor), Ansell Christopher (Editor), Jacob Torfing (Editor), Torfing Jacob (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2014
• EAN: 9780415858595
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85859-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, Organizational theory & behaviour, Public Administration, Research & development management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Public ownership / nationalization, Research and development management