Innovation In The Public Sector: Linking Capacity And Leadership (governance And Public Management)

Addresses Issues Relevant To An Understanding Of The Innovation Journeys On Which Public Organizations Have Embarked. If Public Innovation Is Defined As A Necessary Condition For Establishing Meaningful Interactions Between The Government And Society What Are The Relevant Issues That May Explain Successful Processes And Forms Of Public Innovation? Edited By Victor Bekkers, Jurian Edelenbos, Bram Steijn. Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation? This book addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. The need to innovate does not solely reflect a desire to create a more efficient and effective government, an idea which is to some extent dominant in the new public management literature and which often focuses on the modernization of public service processes. The contributors argue that innovation is required to create a legitimate public sector that is able to meet a number of societal challenges. Furthermore, one of the challenges government organizations face in order to create an innovative public sector is the need to invest in their linking capacities. The development of these linking capacities can be perceived as a necessary condition for public sector innovation, while the need to innovate can be understood as arising from the need to restore the lost connections between government and society. What are the relevant mechanisms that play an important role in the creation of the new linkages? Is the nature of the public sector itself a handicap in the creation of these linkages? Does the public sector have its own specific incentives that stimulate innovation? In addition, if public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation? Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Linking Innovation to the Public Sector: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges....Pages 3-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Innovation in the Public Sector: An Introductory Overview....Pages 35-43 How Common Is Public Sector Innovation and How Similar Is It to Private Sector Innovation?....Pages 44-60 Small States, Innovation and Administrative Capacity....Pages 61-81 Public Sector Innovation at the Urban Level: The Case of Public Procurement....Pages 82-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Innovation Inside Government: The Importance of Networks....Pages 107-133 Competing Values in the Management of Innovative Projects: The Case of the RandstadRail Project....Pages 134-154 Exploring the Innovative Capacity of Intergovernmental Network Managers: The Art of Boundary-Scanning and Boundary-Spanning....Pages 155-175 Innovating Entrepreneurship in Health Care: How Health Care Executives Perceive Innovation and Retain Legitimacy....Pages 176-194 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 An Innovative Public Sector? Embarking on the Innovation Journey....Pages 197-221 Back Matter....Pages 222-252 "Innovation in the Public Sector addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society, what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?"-- Provided by publisher