Managing Collaboration in Public Administration

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Managing Collaboration in Public Administration The Promise of Alliance among Governance, Citizens, and Businesses

Eran Vigoda-Gadot

ISBN: 1-56720-567-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-567-1

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216 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 11/30/2003

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Description: Many people have always believed that more can be accomplished when government, business, and the general public cooperate with a common goal in mind. Unfortunately it has taken the recent manifestations of two of humankind's oldest scourges—terrorism and disease—to bring the point home. For example, the lack of collaboration among various government agencies prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001, has been found to have been of such an egregious nature that a new Homeland Security umbrella department was formed to ensure a new level of cooperation. And in China in early 2003, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) was found to have spread far beyond initial reports, a discovery that led in April of that year to the unprecedented step of firing the mayor of Beijing for mishandling the situation. To handle potential future attacks and outbreaks of disease, as well as to maximize the results of collaboration when times are good, it is imperative for citizens, the private sector, and government agencies—especially at the local, regional, and state levels—to learn how, when and why they should share information, knowledge, and resources to get things done. Collaboration is the real challenge facing free democracies in the future, and the success of modern societies will hinge upon our meeting this challenge.

The community level is a most promising arena in which to start and to practice many collaborative ventures. The power of citizens as individuals and within groups can be expected to increase dramatically, in line with more involvement of the media and academia. This book presents various examples of successful collaboration and partnership for inspiration and presents a theoretical typology among such closely related concepts as integration, partnership, coooperation, coordination, and association. Current thinking in the field is rather pessimistic about the actual willingness to collaborate among all parties. This book offers a more optimistic (but also realistic) pattern of alliance that is vital for modern societies that carry the heavy burden of citizens' growing demands and needs.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Public Administration: The State of the Art and the Call for Collaboration
The Spirit of Collaboration and the Role of Governments: A Politics-Focused Analysis
Public-Private Partnership and Collaboration: A Business-Focused Analysis
Collaboration with Citizens and the Third Sector: A Community-Focused Analysis
The Promise of Cross-Sectoral Alliances: Surveying Managers on the Challenge of Collaboration
Conclusion: The Challenge of Collaboration-New Managerial Frontiers for Public Administration
Appendix
References
Author Index
Subject Index

About the Author: ERAN VIGODA-GADOT is Senior Lecturer of Public Administration and Organizational Behavior at the Department of Political Science, University of Haifa, Israel.

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