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Dilemmas of policy innovation in the public sector: a case study of the National Innovation Summit
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posted on 2023-05-17, 01:00 authored by Marsh, MI, Edwards, LPolicy innovation is a significant challenge for the public sector. This article illustrates its magnitude through a case study of the National Innovation Summit. The article concludes that the Summit represented an elaborate process of search and engagement that sanctioned an outcome that was, in most respects, largely pre-determined. Its outreach and deliberations served the political purpose of mobilising industry and media attention and communicating the government's commitment. But there is no evidence that it exercised any substantive influence on policy development. The obstacles confounding any other outcome are considerable. Strategic thinking is inhibited by various organisational factors including lock-in to a present successful strategy, the constraints on policy choices associated with multiple veto points and the need to maintain medium term fiscal and policy discipline across a wide range of agencies and claimants. The article explores ways these inhibitions might be overcome.
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Publication title
Australian Journal of Public AdministrationVolume
68Issue
4Pagination
399-413ISSN
0313-6647Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing AsiaPlace of publication
AustraliaRights statement
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