New development: Covid-19 and its publics—implications for strategic management and democracy

Sancino, Alessandro; Garavaglia, Christian; Sicilia, Mariafrancesca; Braga, Alessandro

doi:10.1080/09540962.2020.1815380

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“…Coherently with a public service logic (Osborne, 2020), WW decided to use the pipe work to improve their presence in the community, for example increasing the number of activities with the community, helping customers in need with tailored social tariffs and promoting their affordability targets. WW interpreted its role as entailing a broader responsibility for the place where it provides public services beyond the strict delivery of the service (water provision and sewage collection), for example also consulting with other publics (see on this Sancino et al 2020), like for example businesses (traders, independent shops) to reduce the disruption during the pipe restructuring work.…”

Section: Co-creation Of Public Services Solutions Requires Understand...mentioning

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Strategic management as an enabler of co-creation in public services

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The current transformations in society, the economy and the public sector call for the development of more unified theoretical frameworks. This article takes the literature on strategic management as a theoretical entry angle and aims to better understand how the adoption of models of strategic management can enable processes of public value co-creation. Utilising the literature centred on the notion of ‘schools of thought’ in the strategic management of public services, the article discusses how co-creation as a mode of governance in public services can contribute to innovative public service solutions and value co-creation. The Welsh Water’s ‘Water Resilient Community’ – a project characterised by long-term strategic planning as well as by local innovation – is used to illustrate the argument. Four propositions on the drivers/enablers and key managerial issues for undertaking a strategic approach to co-creation as a mode of governance are offered to enhance future practice, research and theory.

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Strategic management as an enabler of co-creation in public services

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Sancino

Pluchinotta

et al. 2021

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“…The study on emergency-based governance is generally conducted in three approaches. The first group of scholars focuses on the agent level (e.g., street-level bureaucrats [ 25 ], community-based organisations [ 8 ], non-profit organisations [ 26 , 27 ], citizens [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]). They emphasised the value of involving multiple stakeholders (public, private, and non-profit sectors) and the importance of democracy.…”

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Understanding the Evolution of Government Attention in Response to COVID-19 in China: A Topic Modeling Approach

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The effective control over the outbreak of COVID-19 in China showcases a prompt government response, in which, however, the allocation of attention, as an essential parameter, remains obscure. This study is designed to clarify the evolution of the Chinese government’s attention in tackling the pandemic. To this end, 674 policy documents issued by the State Council of China are collected to establish a text corpus, which is then used to extract policy topics by applying the latent dirichlet allocation (LDA) model, a topic modelling approach. It is found that the response policies take different tracks in a four-stage controlling process, and five policy topics are identified as major government attention areas in all stages. Moreover, a topic evolution path is highlighted to show internal relationships between different policy topics. These findings shed light on the Chinese government’s dynamic response to the pandemic and indicate the strength of applying adaptive governance strategies in coping with public health emergencies.

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“…Sancino et al ( 2020 ) state that individuals and organizations were affected disproportionately by the impact of COVID-19, both for the better (e.g. higher profits for technology companies) and for the worse (e.g.…”

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“…These problems call for robust governance solutions that are sufficiently adaptable, agile and pragmatic to achieve a particular goal or function in the face of continuous disruption. Sancino et al (2020) state that individuals and organizations were affected disproportionately by the impact of COVID-19, both for the better (e.g. higher profits for technology companies) and for the worse (e.g.…”

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Direct Management of COVID-19 at National and Subnational Level: The Case of the Western Amazon Countries

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This paper analyses direct management of COVID-19 in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, the three largest countries in the Western Amazon region. Using information gathered from different sources and analysing them through comparative case studies and content analysis, this study reveals the scale of disruption endured by Indigenous communities living in the region caused by COVID-19. While findings identify several shortcomings and failures in policies adopted by national and local governments in dealing with the pandemic, they also highlight how some Latin American countries used the crisis to introduce reforms to deepen neoliberal New Public Management (NPM) policies and practices.

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New development: Covid-19 and its publics—implications for strategic management and democracy

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Strategic management as an enabler of co-creation in public services

Strategic management as an enabler of co-creation in public services

Understanding the Evolution of Government Attention in Response to COVID-19 in China: A Topic Modeling Approach

Direct Management of COVID-19 at National and Subnational Level: The Case of the Western Amazon Countries

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