Risking innovation. Understanding risk and public service innovation—evidence from a four nation study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1621051" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1621051</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1621051" target="_blank" >10.1080/09540962.2019.1621051</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Risking innovation. Understanding risk and public service innovation—evidence from a four nation study

Original language description

This paper presents new evidence about the governance of risk in public service innovation. It finds that risk is currently poorly understood with public service organizations. Either it is presented as a professional issue or it is dealt with purely as an actuarial or health and safety issue. There is little understanding of risk as a core component of innovation. In response, this paper argues for a more nuanced risk governance approach that calls for transparent decision-making on risk in public service innovation in relation to its intended outcomes. Politicians and public service managers need to understand that risk is an inherent element of innovation, because it engages with uncertain outcomes. A framework needs to be evolved to balance these risks against potential benefits and which can drive forward transparent risk governance involving politicians, public service mangers, citizens and local communities and other key stakeholders. This approach also needs to accept that failure can often by an outcome of innovation. The key here is not to maintain the blame culture that has dominate the debate to date but rather to embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and to improve public services and their outcomes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

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Continuities

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Public Money and Management

ISSN

0954-0962

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

52-62

UT code for WoS article

000475020100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85067053417