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{"title":"Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community-led approach","authors":"Marco De Sisto,&nbsp;Clifford Shearing,&nbsp;Timothy Heffernan,&nbsp;David Sanderson","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.12668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12668","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The management of disasters has traditionally involved public, private, and nongovernmental organisations working together. While scholars have examined the value of collaborations among these entities, less is known about how to successfully engage and empower communities in disaster management. Based on network governance theory, this article contributes to the growing body of public management literature on community engagement by presenting findings from an Australian research initiative conducted after the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires in New South Wales. Through workshops and semi-structured interviews with a total of 58 members from local communities and emergency agencies, this paper identifies differing perspectives on power distribution among stakeholders, indicating complexities in achieving an integrated and community-led disaster management approach. The findings underscore the need to shift from exclusively centralised to more inclusive systems, recognising the unique contributions of nonofficial community-based groups. To address this, the study suggests: a funded community consultation committee, ensuring government and local community representation; collaborative debriefing sessions, leveraging technology for knowledge capture; and the adoption of different leadership styles able to identify, include, and integrate communities as both steerers and rowers within established hierarchical arrangements.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>The current centralised emergency management system, which relies on recognised experts and state-controlled facilities, limits the integration of nonofficial resources and community-based knowledge.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>A shift towards a more community-centric and integrated approach (collaborative polycentric governance) is needed to enhance disaster resilience and response in Australia.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>\u0000 <p>Different stages of disaster reduction could and should have different leadership styles: a transformational, collaborative community-based style should be implemented before and after the disaster, while a transactional leadership style, more focused on restructuring the system or how it is applied, should be adopted during the disaster.</p>\u0000 </li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":"3-30"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.12668","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regulating digital mental health services in Australia: Strengthening oversight and clarifying complaints mechanisms","authors":"Piers Gooding,&nbsp;Grant Pink","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Digital mental health services in Australia have grown rapidly since the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to attract public and private investment. Yet, ambiguity remains about which regulatory bodies are responsible for addressing the ‘significant risks’ noted in Australia's National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards. These risks include threats to privacy, safety, and data security. This Practice and Policy note makes recommendations based on a mapping of Australian regulators potentially involved when a digital mental health service is found to pose such a risk. In practice, an average of three regulators may be relevant for each area of risk, and more than double in some instances. Such complexity can confound clarity about where to lodge complaints or concerns, and how any identified ‘significant risk’ is to be managed. This paper proposes ways to clarify referrals between the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, accrediting agencies, and other key regulators and recommends (1) further regulatory mapping and planning, (2) clearer complaints and feedback pathways, and (3) an evaluation of current regulatory infrastructure to ensure fitness for purpose.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Uncertainty currently exists about which bodies oversee different aspects of digital mental health service regulation in Australia.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>The National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards are world-leading, but there is a need to confirm referral pathways for risks that arise during service accreditation.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Clearer public complaint and feedback procedures would benefit service users, care providers, and regulators alike.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Robust oversight and accessible complaints channels will help Australia maximise the benefits of digital innovations in mental health care while minimising harm.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":"206-211"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.70013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147562319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integration of Indonesia's government research and development institutions into single agency: Neo-Weberian State or not?","authors":"Hadi Kardoyo,&nbsp;Roy Valiant Salomo,&nbsp;Andreo Wahyudi Atmoko,&nbsp;Dudi Hidayat","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70003","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This article analyses the trajectory and reform model in the integration of all Indonesian government R&amp;D institutions into a single agency, the National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BRIN). Based on the two ideal types of Weberian–entrepreneurial bureaucracy models, the BRIN case shows a ‘maintain’ trajectory in the aspects of formal structure and Weberian organisational model and a ‘modernise’ trajectory in the aspects of administrative procedures and processes. This hybrid approach fits the Neo-Weberian State (NWS) model. However, merging all research organisations into a single agency contradicts current literature on innovation in bureaucracies, which defines NWS as a configuration of multiple organisations fostering agile stability. By integrating five types of innovation in bureaucracy, the reform reverts to a stability-focused Weber I model. Efforts to create an agile bureaucracy are confined to internal procedures and services. To align with the NWS definition in the literature, BRIN's public managers play a key role as public value carriers, devising strategies for thematic-led missions and building charismatic networks to promote the agencification of other innovation bureaucracies. This aims to fulfil BRIN's mission as an enabler of Indonesia's research and innovation ecosystem.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Points for practitioners&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;div&gt;\u0000 &lt;ul&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;li&gt;The Neo Weberian State (NWS) is a post-New Public Management (NPM) reform model, evolving from the Weberian bureaucratic model and the entrepreneurial bureaucracy model.&lt;/li&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;li&gt;Public sector management reforms adhere to two ideal bureaucratic types, focusing on formal structures, civil service organisation, and internal procedures and processes. Reform trajectories can hybridise due to ideological influences, politico-administrative systems, and practical contingencies, influencing the choice of mechanisms tailored to specific conditions.&lt;/li&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;li&gt;In the science, technology, and innovation sectors, NWS is perceived as a configuration of multiple organisations with differing bureaucratic characteristics (creators, doers, funders, facilitators, and regulators), aiming for agile stability.&lt;/li&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;li&gt;The integration of all Indonesian government research and development agencies into a single entity highlights the dominant role of public sector reformers or managers as public value carriers in the NWS reform model. Policy innovations in internal procedures and functions serve as breakthroughs used by public managers to address structural rigidity in the reform agenda.&lt;/li&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;li&gt;The integration of five types of bu","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":"91-115"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From local innovation to national policy: Cross-boundary policy entrepreneurship in China's health regulatory reform","authors":"Alex Jingwei He,&nbsp;Hongqiao Fu,&nbsp;Na Tang","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.12687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12687","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Many contemporary social problems are innately complex, increasingly requiring joint efforts across sectoral boundaries to find a resolution. Cross-boundary policy entrepreneurship, a distinctive form of policy dynamism, represents a nascent approach to policy innovation in the face of emerging disruptive technologies. By analysing a major health regulatory reform in China that was catalysed by local innovation, this study explains how a coalition of entrepreneurial actors across the local government, the corporate sector, and public hospitals was formed, and how it secured policy adoption at both local and national levels. In-depth interviews were extensively used in data collection, and a processual approach was adopted in qualitative analysis. This two-episode case study characterises four types of policy entrepreneurs and explains their respective motivations and entrepreneurial strategies used in the reform. This study's findings illustrate how local innovations are scaled-up into national policies in a multilevel governance structure through collective manoeuvres.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Many contemporary social problems require joint innovative efforts across sectoral boundaries.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Policy entrepreneur, process broker, program champion, and technology innovator play distinctive roles in cross-boundary policy innovations.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Issue framing, strategic planning, coalition building, venue-shopping, persuasion, and leading by example are common entrepreneurial strategies in scaling up local innovations to national policies.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Caveats must be drawn from both legal and ethical grounds to scrutinise cross-boundary policy entrepreneurship.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":"51-70"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Administrative burden as a constraint on freedom in the modern welfare state","authors":"Jeremiah Thomas Brown,&nbsp;Eleanor Malbon","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.12683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12683","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The administrative burden literature has demonstrated a variety of ways in which administrative burdens can act as barriers to citizens accessing services to which they are entitled. This paper connects these insights to ideas from the Capabilities Approach to Human Development to articulate the ways that administrative burdens can be understood as constraints on freedom. Drawing from examples in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme application process, we discuss potential barriers to accessing social support services in the conditional welfare state. This analysis demonstrates the subtle mechanisms through which citizens can be excluded from accessing services to which they are entitled and the disconnection between being entitled to a service in principle and being free to access that service in practice. The paper demonstrates that by paying more attention to the filtering mechanisms in social policies, administrative burden can offer insight into what constrains freedom in the modern welfare state.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>For many policy areas within the welfare state, there are a variety of challenges that can prevent citizens from obtaining access to rights which they are entitled to receive, with administrative burdens being a common type of barrier to completing administrative processes that relate to accessing rights.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Administrative burdens can act as constraints on freedom for people by preventing them from completing administrative processes which are necessary to complete in order to access supports to which they are entitled, and which would otherwise expand their freedom by increasing the range of meaningful choices which they would hold.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Practitioners should think about structural components of the wider system they engage with when working on or changing an application process (like the health system), since those components of the system may become overloaded when they become a requirement for a widely applied for service, and this can make those requirements harder for applicants to comply with.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"85 1","pages":"31-50"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.12683","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Introduction to the special issue ‘The implications of new public governance arrangements for street-level organisations and bureaucrats’","authors":"Gabriela Lotta,&nbsp;Mark Considine","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This special issue examines how contemporary changes in public administration—such as New Public Management and public governance—have reshaped service delivery and influenced street-level implementation. These shifts have generated new arrangements involving state and non-state actors, including alternative contracting models, co-production systems, and governance networks. While such arrangements have sometimes weakened the role of the state, in other contexts they have fostered deeper local embeddedness and more flexible, relational approaches to service delivery. Focusing on street-level dynamics, this issue explores how new forms of accountability, organisational structures, and actor relationships are redefining frontline implementation. Drawing on eight case studies from Australia, Brazil, Israel, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Mexico, the contributions analyse diverse governance arrangements and their impact on policy delivery in varied institutional and administrative settings. The issue highlights five key relational dynamics: (1) between state and non-state actors; (2) between street-level organisations and communities; (3) between frontline actors and higher-level agencies; (4) between bureaucrats and political actors; and (5) across sectors, through partnerships. Together, the articles show how contemporary implementation is shaped by local context, organisational form, and social relations, offering new insights into how street-level actors navigate complex governance environments in the delivery of public services.</p>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"84 4","pages":"597-604"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145646431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Foundations for a more human(e) government: Reflections at a transitional moment","authors":"Janine O'Flynn","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In an era of growing hostility towards government in many parts of the world, how might we chart a more positive future direction? This article sets out foundations for a new approach to public administration. It sets these in contrast to the extreme hostility and turbulence that erupted followed the inauguration of the Trump Administration in January 2025 and seeks to chart a future for our field that is more human(e).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Increasing turbulence and hostility towards public servants call for new ideas in the theory and practice of public administration and management.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Focusing on positive aspects of government, along with increasing our capacity to cope with complexity, being more empathetic, and working with humility, can help us to shape new approaches to public administration and practice.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Being more human-centred, and operating with more care and compassion, can help to develop a much more human(e) approach to how we govern.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"84 3","pages":"457-462"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.70012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145038542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Administrative burden alleviation and business ecosystem promotion: Evidence from China's company survey","authors":"Zhang Chun,&nbsp;Jiang Guojun,&nbsp;Liao Fuchong","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.12681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12681","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study explores the relationship between public sector reform (PSR) and the reduction of administrative burdens (ABs), expanding the focus from government–citizen to government–business interactions. It introduces a framework aimed at reducing ABs in business settings, linking PSR to improvements in the business ecosystem. Using enterprise survey data, the study's multivariable regression models demonstrate that government reforms significantly enhance the business ecosystem. Recognising potential endogeneity, the study employs the historical timing of port openings in the ancient China as an instrumental variable. The instrumental variable regression analysis confirms the positive impact of PSRs, even after accounting for endogeneity. This research extends administrative burden theory and offers valuable insights for developing countries like China, suggesting that targeted government reforms can foster economic growth.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>This paper introduces a new approach for developing countries like China to enhance the business ecosystem through public sector reform.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Reducing administrative burdens is crucial for improving the business ecosystem and guiding targeted policy reforms.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Utilising technologies like AI and 5G to reduce administrative burdens is effective, but reforms should be tailored to specific country contexts.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"84 4","pages":"786-803"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145646641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bushfire public inquiries: From recommendations to hybrid emergency management arrangements","authors":"Graham Dwyer,&nbsp;Timothy Marjoribanks,&nbsp;Fiannuala Morgan,&nbsp;Jane Farmer","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Victoria, Australia consistently experiences significant bushfires. This article examines the ways in which public inquiry recommendations after major bushfires in Victoria have played an important role in shifting the emphasis of emergency management organisations (EMOs) from bushfire response to bushfire preparedness through hybrid emergency management arrangements. Based on a qualitative analysis of Victorian public inquiry bushfire reports from 1851 to 2020, this study shows that public inquiry recommendations contribute to new emergency management arrangements. These new arrangements have seen organisational hybridity emerge as a way of achieving greater integration between EMOs. These findings have important implications for research related to managing natural hazard events such as bushfires which, to date, has proposed that public inquiries hinder the ability of EMOs to learn from bushfires and, more broadly, natural hazard events. This study also shows how emerging organisational hybrid phases have been important as a mechanism by which EMOs have moved towards an approach to natural hazard mitigation which is shared, collaborative, and prospective.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>This article provides insights into ways in which practitioners can use public inquiry recommendations as a basis for creating hybrid emergency management arrangements, including policies, practices and procedures.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>It also highlights how practitioners can use public inquiry recommendations as a way of focusing on preparedness for future natural hazard events.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Additionally, the article offers insights into organisational learning, suggesting that emergency management organisations have been able to demonstrate learning as a process of continuous improvement by implementing public inquiry recommendations.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Finally, it presents a framework which can be used by practitioners to operationalise hybridity in emergency management organisations. The emphasis is on approaches that are shared, collaborative and prospective.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"84 2","pages":"403-441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.70007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In the shadow of bureaucratic governance: A framework for internal governance in government organisations","authors":"Rick Anderson","doi":"10.1111/1467-8500.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Government organisations employ various forms of governance, both externally and internally. Externally, government organisations increasingly operate within networks, while internally, bureaucratic governance is often maintained. While research has been conducted on how external network governance can be shaped, less is known about the impact of internal governance on the contribution the government organisation makes to the external network and how the internal governance structure within a government organisation can align with its external network governance. This research demonstrates that the way internal governance is structured influences the contribution that government organisations make to an external network. Internally, a bureaucratic form of governance is often combined with network or market governance. Combining bureaucratic governance with network governance provides a good basis for timely and substantively correct contributions but can also lead to a clash between these two forms of governance. The combination of bureaucratic governance and market governance provides a basis not only for timely and substantively correct contribution but also for reliable contribution to the network.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Points for practitioners</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>\u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>It can be concluded that bureaucratic governance can be effective insofar as it targets the organisational units under the primary director's responsibility. However, this internal governance form can fall short when contributions from other directorates need to be adjusted.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>This is especially evident in external projects realised within a network that involve contributions from multiple departments under different directors within the government organisation, as an organisation relying solely on bureaucratic governance may struggle to provide timely and appropriate support for the project.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>A combination of bureaucratic governance and network governance appears to be more effective, but a lack of coordination between the two can lead to internal governance conflicts. This can result in inconsistent contributions to the project by the government organisation.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>When internally combining bureaucratic governance with market governance, this issue seems to be less prevalent. The study demonstrates that a blend of bureaucratic and market governance leads to perceived reliability of the organisation's contribution by project participants.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47373,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Public Administration","volume":"84 3","pages":"499-519"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8500.70006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145038144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}