Innovation in the Public Sector
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 1985
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-8039-2395-9 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this volume begin with the assumption that successful governments must be able to innovate. Defined here as 'the introduction of a new idea, method, or device', innovation encompasses several steps: identifying the problem, developing solutions, enlisting the support of various non-governmental groups, and implementing the new idea. The authors focus on the process of innovation in the hope of learning how information and knowledge can be made more useful to public policy-makers who innovate.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2395-9 (9780803923959)
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Content
Innovation in the Public Sector - Richard L Merritt
An Introduction
On Theory and Research In Innovation - Karl W Deutsch
PART ONE: INNOVATION: A CROSS-SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Cultural Creativity and Political Leadership - Dean Keith Simonton
The Lesson of Historiometry
Groups and the Innovation Process - Joseph E McGrath
Diffusion of Innovations in Public Organizations - Everett M Rogers and Joung-Im Kim
PART TWO: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: WEST GERMANY
Innovation in West Germany's Public Sector - Thomas Ellwein
Innovation in West Germany - Herbert Konig
Retrospect and Prospects
Comment on the Chapters by Ellwein and Konig - Wolfgang Zeh
Technology Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany - Frieder Naschold
PART THREE: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Politics of Educational Reform - Hans N Weiler
Comment on the Chapter by Weiler - Dietrich Goldschmidt, Karl W Deutsch, and Theodor Hanf
Legal Culture and the Chances for Legal Innovation - Erhard Blankenburg
Large-Scale Policy Innovation in East and West European Agriculture - Ronald A Francisco
PART FOUR: PROSPECTS FOR INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Trends and Perspectives in Innovation Policies - Gerhard O Mensch
Social Know-How and its Role in Invention and Innovation - Manfred Kochen
An Introduction
On Theory and Research In Innovation - Karl W Deutsch
PART ONE: INNOVATION: A CROSS-SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Cultural Creativity and Political Leadership - Dean Keith Simonton
The Lesson of Historiometry
Groups and the Innovation Process - Joseph E McGrath
Diffusion of Innovations in Public Organizations - Everett M Rogers and Joung-Im Kim
PART TWO: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: WEST GERMANY
Innovation in West Germany's Public Sector - Thomas Ellwein
Innovation in West Germany - Herbert Konig
Retrospect and Prospects
Comment on the Chapters by Ellwein and Konig - Wolfgang Zeh
Technology Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany - Frieder Naschold
PART THREE: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Politics of Educational Reform - Hans N Weiler
Comment on the Chapter by Weiler - Dietrich Goldschmidt, Karl W Deutsch, and Theodor Hanf
Legal Culture and the Chances for Legal Innovation - Erhard Blankenburg
Large-Scale Policy Innovation in East and West European Agriculture - Ronald A Francisco
PART FOUR: PROSPECTS FOR INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Trends and Perspectives in Innovation Policies - Gerhard O Mensch
Social Know-How and its Role in Invention and Innovation - Manfred Kochen