The Opportunities and Constraints to Collaboration in Public Sector Management

Alex Osei-Kojo (), Justice Nyigmah Bawole () and Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi ()
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Alex Osei-Kojo: University of Colorado
Justice Nyigmah Bawole: University of Ghana Business School
Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi: University of Ghana Business School

Public Organization Review, 2020, vol. 20, issue 3, No 4, 495-510

Abstract: Abstract This article synthesizes current insights about the opportunities and constraints to collaborative public management. Despite the swath of research on collaboration there has been little attempt to present the opportunities and constraints in a single article that articulates both perspectives coherently. Drawing on an extensive literature review, the main arguments are that collaboration presents opportunities to maximize scarce resources and improve public services delivery. Yet, the difficulty in evaluating the outcomes of collaboration as well as accountability and power-sharing issues remain key constraints. The article concludes that public managers need to critically ponder both perspectives in making decisions.

Keywords: Collaboration; Public management; Public problems; Public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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