Challenges of Creation and Implementation of Collaborative Innovations in Public Sector Organisations

Abstract

Innovation in the public sector is inseparable from the political, administrative and technological components and stages of public administration systems development. Purpose of the article is to analyse and define the emerging concept of collaborative innovation in the public sector and indicate the major challenges relating to their generation and implementation. Benchmarking, generalisation and synthesis will be used as the methods in order to achieve the purpose of the article. Contemporary challenges of public governance lead to the change of the concept and operational principles of public sector organisations and encourage the need for innovation. The traditional, hierarchical innovation development conception is changed by collaborative innovation, which is characterised by networking, promotion of creativity and unification of resources. Significant principles for effective collaborative innovation become inter-organisational trust, knowledge sharing, informal leadership, ensuring the necessary resources and conditions for experimentation. Application of collaborative innovations requires adaptation to the changing positions of power and transformation of traditional roles of public sector employees.

Formation of Professional Competences and Soft Skills of Public Administration Employees for Sustainable Professional Development

“…The digitalisation of public services is a priority for many governments around the world, which is reflected by research studies into these issues. They show that the level of digital administration correlates to the knowledge management quality and that knowledge management is a decisive factor in the successful digital transformation in public administration [23,24]. At the same time, acceptance of learning style preferences of learners is an important component of knowledge management and the formation of competence profiles [31].…”

“…Current public administration and sustainability challenges in the context of education and digitalisation lead to a change in the management and operational principle concepts of public sector organisations and support the need for innovation. The development and implementation of innovations are based on collective interaction and promote creativity, knowledge, and resource sharing as well as education implementation, thus providing an opportunity to find solutions to the extremely difficult and complex problems of modern public administration [24].…”

Liderança no processo de inovação colaborativa no setor público: uma revisão integrativa

“…A inovação pública é um processo de aprendizagem no qual as organizações governamentais buscam enfrentar desafios sociais específicos por meio do desenvolvimento e introdução de novos serviços, tecnologias, estruturas organizacionais, técnicas, políticas e processos de governança (Budryte et al, 2020). Nessa mesma linha, Wegrich (2019) defende que a inovação pública se refere à implementação de um produto, processo, prática, tecnologia ou serviço que é novo para a organização adotante.…”

“…Os problemas complexos da sociedade moderna, em geral, não podem ser resolvidos com base em soluções padronizadas, exigindo, com frequência, a união de esforços e a atuação colaborativa para produzir soluções inovadoras que respondam aos desafios da gestão pública (Crosby et al, 2017). Assim, cada vez mais atenção é dada às várias partes interessadas -por exemplo, comunidades locais, organizações não governamentais (ONGs) e empresas -como potenciais catalisadores e desenvolvedores de inovações no setor público (Budryte et al, 2020).…”

Collaborative Leadership to Manage Virtual School in Island and Border Areas

“…respect to public sector organizations (Rakšnys et al, 2020). Moreover, evaluating the effectiveness of state programs, including education, is a complex process that requires specialized knowledge and well-formed tools (Kolesnik et al, 2018), and is essential in educational discourse (Rahman et al, 2021).…”