A research agenda for African smart public value governance – Insights from a webinar series

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2023.2187689

Emamdeen Fohim, Adeelah Kodabux, A. Seeam

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The article discusses key insights gained from a webinar series that the authors of this article launched when founding the “Centre for African Smart Public Value Governance” (C4SP). As a research centre that aims to improve the quality of public governance approaches in Africa, C4SP invited international scholars and practitioners to talk about their perspectives on “Public Value Governance”, “Unpacking the African Context”, and “Smart Government” during four webinars, taking place between April 2021 and March 2022. The discussions revealed that: i) Smart Public Value Governance (SPVG) is a promising approach to tackle grand challenges; ii) local particularities might hamper the implementation of SPVG approaches in African countries; iii) it exists as a necessity to “listen” deeply to Africa. On this basis, we provide an outlook for future research on SPVG by suggesting studies that can be conducted along three guiding questions that can be addressed by a people-oriented or a concept-oriented research approach.

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非洲智慧公共价值治理研究议程——网络研讨会系列见解

摘要本文讨论了本文作者在创建“非洲智慧公共价值治理中心”（C4SP）时发起的一系列网络研讨会中获得的关键见解。作为一个旨在提高非洲公共治理方法质量的研究中心，C4SP邀请国际学者和从业者在2021年4月至2022年3月举行的四次网络研讨会上谈论他们对“公共价值治理”、“打开非洲背景”和“智慧政府”的看法。讨论表明：一智能公共价值治理是应对重大挑战的一种很有前途的方法；ii）当地的特殊性可能会阻碍SPVG方法在非洲国家的实施；iii）深入倾听非洲的声音是必要的。在此基础上，我们提出了可以沿着三个指导性问题进行的研究，这些问题可以通过以人为本或以概念为导向的研究方法来解决，从而为SPVG的未来研究提供了展望。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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2.80

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15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.