scholarly journals Accountable Government through Collaborative Governance?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Eva Sørensen ◽  
Jacob Torfing
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Impact

Governance researchers have repeatedly discussed how to make public governance more accountable given the relatively ‘thin’ accountability of representative government. Recent decades have seen the growth of new, compensatory forms of accountability. However, these measures do not seem have satisfied the demands for strengthening public sector accountability. Drawing on the concept of social accountability, this article challenges common wisdom in arguing that collaborative governance may enhance public governance accountability, although it also raises new accountability problems that must be tackled. The article develops a heuristic framework for empirical studies of accountability, which improves the impact of collaborative forms of governance.

Public Governance in the Public Sector: Literature review

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Amal Abdulla Alqooti
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
National Audit ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Governmental System

The study aimed to investigate the impact of public governance on the implementation of National Audit Office’s recommendations in Kingdom of Bahrain. It measures the impact of public governance on reducing the total violation of government entities. The study finds that there is significant impact of stewardship and rule of law principle on reducing the total violations. The study came out with important recommendations to the executive bodies concerned with addressing the deficiencies in the governmental system and raising the level of public governance to assist implementing the auditors ‘recommendations and avoid violations.

How can governance support collaborative innovation in the public sector? A systematic review of the literature

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085231989344 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Vaz Lopes ◽  
Josivania Silva Farias
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes

Collaborative innovation has been increasingly adopted by the public sector to address complex issues and improve its efficiency. Despite the developments in the literature on this subject, recent studies still indicate the need to investigate how public governance could be organized to support collaborative processes of innovation. Through a systematic review of 36 empirical studies, this article aims to contribute to bridging this gap by identifying the characteristics that should form governance in order to support the collaborative innovation process in the public sector. The results show that the establishment of relationships of trust, supported by technology tools and promoted by leaders committed to well-established goals, is a characteristic of governance that has a positive influence on collaborative innovation processes. However, there is still a need to develop more studies that indicate the characteristics of governance that may contribute to the implementation of innovation and not just to its creation processes. Points for practitioners Collaboration has been shown to be a more positive strategy for innovation in the public sector in comparison with strategies that seek isolation or competition. However, it is necessary to establish governance mechanisms that contribute to the involvement of stakeholders and to the achievement of the intended results so that this strategy becomes successful. By reviewing the results of prior empirical experiences, this article identifies that in order for collaborative innovation processes in the public sector to be successful, governance must predict: the participation of top management and managers with decision-making power; the setting of clear goals and needs; the generation of useful innovation that benefits stakeholders; and the establishment of tools that facilitate communication, interaction, and the sharing of information and knowledge. This information provides managers and public policymakers with key indicators, learned from prior mistakes and accomplishments, for the implementation of this innovation strategy in their organizations.

scholarly journals The impact of digitalization in the public sector: a systematic literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2021) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Caroline Fischer ◽  
Moritz Heuberger ◽  
Moreen Heine
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Cooperation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Instrumental Values ◽  
N 93 ◽  
The Impact

The digitalization of public administration is increasingly moving forward. This systematic literature review analyzes empirical studies that explore the impacts of digitalization projects (n=93) in the public sector. Bibliometrically, only a few authors have published several times on this topic so far. Most studies focusing on impact come from the US or China, and are related to Computer Science. In terms of content, the majority of examined articles studies services to citizens, and therefore consider them when measuring impact. A classification of the investigated effects by dimensions of public value shows that the analysis of utilitarian-instrumental values, such as efficiency or performance, is prevalent. More interdisciplinary cooperation is needed to research the impact of digitalization in the public sector. The different dimensions of impact should be linked more closely. In addition, research should focus more on the effects of digitalization within administration.

Changing market values? Tensions of contradicting public management discourses

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 659-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mie Plotnikof
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
New Public

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address studies of New Public Governance (NPG) as a post-New Public Management (NPM) tendency. Although NPG is considered a contrast to NPM and its market incentives, it argues that the practices emerging in tensions of NPM and NPG discourses indicate not a clear-cut shift away from NPM, but rather changes that combine competition with collaboration and trust. Design/methodology/approach It offers a discourse approach to advance the theorizing and empirical unfolding of the tensions of contradicting, yet co-existing discourses of NPM and NPG and their effects in practice. Drawing on a case study from the Danish daycare sector, it investigates local collaborative governance initiatives that develop new quality-management methods. Findings The study elucidates how NPM and NPG discourses collide in local practices of public sector management within daycare. It shows that the discursive tensions between such value-laden practices indicate a changing marketization associated with collaboration and trust, yet also competition. Research limitations/implications To research it becomes critical to advance theoretical and empirical knowledge on the constitutive effects of such complex discursive tensions in public organizations. Practical implications To practice it becomes necessary to acknowledge and handle co-existing, yet contradicting management discourses, and not mistake their opposing values as necessarily distinct, but rather as entangled in practice. Originality/value The paper contributes with original findings that shed new light on colliding management discourses in practices and their effects within the public sector area of daycare.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Feasibility of the Community Score Card and Subsequent Contraceptive Behavior in Kisumu, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dickens Onyango ◽  
Katherine Tumlinson ◽  
Stephanie Chung ◽  
Brooke Bullington ◽  
Catherine Gakii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Family Planning Service ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Planning Service ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Score Card ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Women seeking family planning services from public-sector facilities in low- and middle-income countries sometimes face provider-imposed barriers to care. Social accountability is an approach that could address provider-imposed barriers by empowering communities to hold their service providers to account for service quality. Yet little is known about the feasibility and potential impact of such efforts in the context of contraceptive care. We piloted a social accountability intervention - the Community Score Card (CSC) - in three public healthcare facilities in western Kenya and use a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to describe the feasibility and impact on family planning service provision. Methods: We implemented and evaluated the CSC in a convenience sample of three public-sector facility-community dyads in Kisumu County, Kenya. Within each dyad, communities met to identify and prioritize needs, develop corresponding indicators, and used a score card to rate the quality of family planning service provision and monitor improvement. To ensure young, unmarried people had a voice in identifying the unique challenges they face, youth working groups (YWG) led all CSC activities. The feasibility and impact of CSC activities were evaluated using mystery client visits, unannounced visits, focus group discussions with YWG members and providers, repeated assessment of score card indicators, and service delivery statistics. Results: The involvement of community health volunteers and supportive community members – as well as the willingness of some providers to consider changes to their own behaviors - were key score card facilitators. Conversely, community bias against family planning was a barrier to wider participation in score card activities and the intractability of some provider behaviors led to only small shifts in quality improvement. Service statistics did not reveal an increase in the percent of women receiving family planning services. Conclusion: Successful and impactful implementation of the CSC in the Kenyan context requires intensive community and provider sensitization, and pandemic conditions may have muted the impact on contraceptive uptake in this small pilot effort. Further investigation is needed to understand whether the CSC – or other social accountability efforts – can result in improved contraceptive access.

Performance Budgeting: Incentives and Social Waste From Window Dressing

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Bischoff ◽  
Frédéric Blaeschke
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Enhancing Effect ◽  
The Public ◽  
Window Dressing ◽  
Performance Budgeting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sector Performance ◽  
The Impact

Performance budgeting schemes in the public sector have to operate with imperfect performance measures. We argue that these imperfections generate incentives for the potential recipients of performance-based funds to use up resources in socially wasteful window dressing. Using a theoretical model, we analyze the trade-off between the efficiency-enhancing effect of performance budgeting (PB) and the social waste it induces. We show that the social waste from window dressing may outweigh the gains from PB. This social waste provides an explanation for the mixed empirical evidence concerning the impact of PB on public sector performance. We provide first guidance on how to assess window dressing and its consequences in future empirical studies.

scholarly journals Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-116
Author(s):  
Marko Ropret ◽  
Aleksander Aristovnik
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of public sector reform on academic literature from the post-NPM perspective. There have been several investigations into post-NPM public governance models and their impact on public sector reform. Yet, the research problem faced when analysing post-NPM literature is the lack of studies examining the multitude of possible public governance models (PGM) with sufficient comprehensiveness, especially in Central and Eastern European (CEE) states. In order to effectively address the research problem, a bibliometric analysis was performed, following three objectives: (i) an investigation into the evolution of PGM literature, (ii) identification of the core publications and authors based on publication frequency, and (iii) a citation network analysis (a historiograph), indicating the relations among the most-cited publications. It involved the identification of 16,374 publications in the Web of Science database, narrowed down to the 100 most cited between 1994 and 2017, and the application of the HistCite bibliometric analysis software, covering descriptive statistics, bibliometric indicators, and historiographic citation analysis. The research results reveal a growing research interest in the topic, as supported by bibliometric indicators. In addition, important differences as regards coverage and diffusion of individual post-NPM models are indicated. Namely, most publications focus on the ‘governance’ paradigm and subsequent critical rethinking, as indicated by several post-NPM modernisation proposals. Furthermore, we have shown that such evaluation of governance and related doctrines may be biased in favour of subjective, pluralistic Western ideas about governance, presumably limiting their impact within the CEE and several other regions. Hence, the regions’ particularities in terms of governance (post-socialism, Rechtsstaat culture, EU membership, small states, etc.) must be further taken into account in the post-NPM literature.

Dampak Kebijakan Moneter Pada Output Di Negara-Negara ASEAN Tahun 1980-2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-70
Author(s):  
Nur Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
State Data ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of monetary Policy on Ouput is an ambiguous. The results of previous empirical studies indicate that the impact can be a positive or negative relationship. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of monetary policy on Output more detail. The variables to estimatate monetery poicy are used state and board interest rate andrate. This research is conducted by Ordinary Least Square or Instrumental Variabel, method for 5 countries ASEAN. The state data are estimated for the period of 1980 – 2014. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the impact of monetary policy on Output shown are varied.Keyword: Monetary Policy, Output, Panel Data, Fixed Effects Model

The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence On Leadership Excellence Of Executive Empoloyees In Public Sector Organizationin Ampara District Of Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (9) ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
Dr.S. Gunapalan ◽  
Dr.K. Maran
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Public Organization ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Expression Of Emotion ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
The Impact

Emotional Intelligence is play a vital role to decide  leadership excellence. So this paper to study the  impact of emotional intelligence on leadership excellence of executive employee in public sector organization.Hence the objective of this  research   is to identify the  impact of emotional intelligence on leadership excellence of executive employee in Public Sector Organization in Ampara districtof Sri Lanka.emotional intelligence includes the verbal and non-verbal appraisal and expression of emotion, the regulation of emotion in the self and others, and the utilization of emotional content in problem solving. Cook (2006)[1]. Emotional intelligence is one of the  essential skill for leaders to manage their subordinate. Accordingly although there is some research done under “Emotional intelligence on leadership excellence of the executive employee in the public organization in Ampara district so this study full filed the gap. Based on the analysis, Self-awareness, Self-management, Social-awareness and Relationship management are the positively affect to the Leadership excellence. So, executive employees should consider about the Emotions of their subordinators when they completing their targets. leaders should pay the attention for recognize the situation, hove to impact their feelings for the performance & recognized their own feelings. Leaders should consider and see their own emotions when they work with others by listening carefully, understand the person by asking questions, identifying non-verbal expressions and solving problems without helming someone’s. Leadersshould consider their subordinators emotions when they find a common idea, government should give to moderate freedom to executive employees in public organization to take the decision with competing the private sector organizations.

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