Using public administration theory to analyze public innovation

Using public administration theory to analyze public innovation

The study of innovation associated with ICT has been strong on the agenda of academics for many years. This focus can be seen as a response to the continuous effort of practitioners in public administration to innovate both public organizations and policies through the use of information and communication technologies. Such innovations offer the prospect of improving public administration witho...

Public Administration and Innovation by the Poor

Developing a Model of Sustainable Innovation in Public Hospitals Using Grounded Theory

Introduction: Today, sustainable innovation is recognized as a way to gain a competitive advantage and solve social and environmental problems. The aim of this study was to developing a model of sustainable innovation in public hospitals in Tehran using Grounded Theory in public hospitals in Tehran.  Methods: The present study is a qualitative study that was performed by Grounded Theory method...

Big Issues Facing Contemporary Public Administration Theory

To what extent were Woodrow Wilson’s ideas about public administration informed by German organic political theory? Drawing on the writings of Wilson, Lorenz von Stein, and Johann K. Bluntschli on public administration, and comparing American and German primary sources, the author off ers insights into Wilson’s general concept of public administration, as well as his understanding of the politi...

Public Administration Theory: Justification for Conceptualisation

Public Administration has reluctantly been accepted as a science by some of its sister disciplines in the Social Sciences. This may be ascribed to the eclectic nature of the Discipline and its reliance on related disciplines to explain, direct and inform study and practice. Public Administration studies human beings engaged in administrative and managerial duties in organs of state. Therefore, ...