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Theorethical considerations about Innovation in the Public Sector - potentials, consequences and misunderstandings. PhD student Laia Martinez, Institute for Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University lamaap@ruc.dk. Theme and type of the paper.
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Theorethical considerations about Innovation in the Public Sector - potentials, consequences and misunderstandings PhD student Laia Martinez, Institute for Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University lamaap@ruc.dk
Theme and type of the paper • Innovation in the Public Sector with emphasis on collaboration and on innovation management • Theorethical paper
Contributions • Theory development about innovation • Descriptive definition of innovation and not normative • Analysis of innovation as a dependent variable of collaboration and innovation management • Criteria for evaluating innovation
Purpose of the paper • To reflect on the concept of innovation in the public sector and to problematise it • To explain potentials of innovation to break up deadlocks, silos, improve the policies and services, etc. • To explain consequences of innovation: innovation as a process, managed chaos (innovation management), collaborative dimension • To explain misunderstandings of innovation: normative vs. descriptive, as a goal in itself or a process?, understanding innovation in general terms
Context of the paper • The paper is part of my PhD project • Ambition to convert the paper into an article
Findings of the paper I • Innovation needs to be understood as a crossdiscipline • Innovation needs to be defined descriptive and not normative: Innovation is the complex process of creating and implementing new ideas to a particular context with the intentional purpose of improving the quality of public policies and services
Findings of the paper II • Innovation requires a collective effort due the complexity, the risks and ressources that it takes. It implies a process of socialisation. Innovation need to be negociated and is not achieved through contracts!
Findings of the paper III Criteria for evaluating outputs and outcomes of innovation: • Compare the initial purposes of innovation • Use criteria based on social capital • Efficiency terms (labour costs reduced or less bureocracy) • Quality terms • Digital technologies • Organisatorial terms (shared communication)
Findings of the paper IV • Innovation processes are complex and requires management: innovation management • Innovation management is an open concept with a pluralistic view of the roles