Original
Public sector innovation management in the shadow: why the overlooked sibling still matters
Abstract
This paper examines innovation management as a deliberate organizational arrangement through which public organizations seek to remain relevant in contexts of uncertainty, technological and societal changes, and bureaucratic constraints. Drawing on a multiple-case study of five national police agencies, the study analyzes what works well and less well in systematic innovation management arrangements. While all agencies established innovation units with similar responsibilities, they differed in how innovation management systems were configured and sustained. Three configurations are identified – Strong Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, and Lightweight – showing how enabling and constraining mechanisms help explain variation in innovation capacity across highly institutionalized public-sector contexts.
中文
影子中的公共部门创新管理：为何这一被忽视的兄弟仍然重要
摘要
本文考察创新管理作为一种有意的组织安排，公共组织借此在不确定性、技术与社会变迁以及官僚约束的背景下力求保持自身相关性。基于对五个国家警察机构的多案例研究，本文分析了系统化创新管理安排中哪些做法成效良好、哪些成效欠佳。尽管所有机构都设立了职责相似的创新单元，但它们在创新管理系统的配置与维系方式上存在差异。研究识别出三种配置——强重量级、轻度重量级与轻量级——表明使能机制与约束机制如何有助于解释在高度制度化的公共部门情境中创新能力上的差异。
关键词
公共部门创新、创新管理、国家警察机构、多案例研究、创新能力、组织配置、重量级团队、制度约束