Handbook on Strategic Public Management (Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management)

Front Matter Copyright Contents Figures Tables Contributors PART I THE FIELD: STRATEGY, PUBLIC VALUE AND THE STATE 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Strategic Public Management 2. Strategic management and the study of public agencies: a historical overview 3. Finding a role for design-oriented practice in strategic public management: a conceptual engineering approach 4. Strategy at the state level 5. Is strategy possible in a federal system? 6. The strategic state: a case study of devolved government in Scotland PART II CHALLENGES, APPROACHES AND NEW SOLUTIONS 7. Public value governance and strategic public management 8. Strategic public management in crises 9. Cross-fertilisation of design labs and strategic public management 10. Magic PILs to cure the ills of public management? The rise of public innovation labs as design-for-policy entrepreneurs 11. A public innovation strategy from the frontline: everyday innovation 12. What a democratically anchored public administrator needs to understand about artificial intelligence and strategic management PART III REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD: STRATEGICALLY ACTING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR VALUE CREATION SYSTEMS 13. Strategic planning: the way forward 14. Business model innovation and the financial dimension of strategy in the public sector 15. The individual public manager as a strategic actor in relation to the organizational environment 16. Strategic public management and the role of senior executives: the case of Australia 17. Trust-based public management: conceptualization and lessons from the Swedish trust reform 18. Emerging ideas for strategic public management: strategizing collaborative governance Index Offering essential interpretations of the surge in recent literature on strategy and public management, this timely and insightful Handbook includes contributions from some of the key figures in the field, focusing on concepts such as strategic management, strategic planning, and strategizing for public purposes. Providing an in-depth examination of strategic public management as a key topic in public management and governance, this Handbook considers the interconnections between strategy, public value, and the state, and the challenges of strategizing collaborative governance. Chapters discuss the role of design-oriented practices in strategic public management, the rise of public innovation labs, business model innovation, and the financial dimension of strategy in the public sector. It also includes case studies from Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, illustrating the effects of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growth of artificial intelligence on strategic public management. This stimulating Handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in strategic management, public management, public administration, public policy and politics, and political science. It will also be beneficial for public managers, public administrators, strategizers, local, regional, and national politicians, and network managers.