Wakeup Call: Strategic Management, Network Alarms, and Performance Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • New empirical evidence suggests that service performance is shaped by the strategies adopted by public organizations and the networking behavior of public managers. Strategy captures two central behavioral aspects of public organizations: the way in which objectives and actions are selected (processes), and an organization's approach to service delivery (content). Networking is similarly concerned with the behavior of public managers as they interact with others. These twin themes are linked in an integrated study that explores the relationship between strategy, networking, and service performance within a sample of English local governments. The results show that strategy processes based on rational planning offer long-run positive effects on public services, as does a strategic proactive stance. Copyright 2010 The American Society for Public Administration.

published proceedings

  • PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Walker, R. M., Andrews, R., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., & O'Toole, L.

citation count

  • 73

complete list of authors

  • Walker, Richard M||Andrews, Rhys||Boyne, George A||Meier, Kenneth J||O'Toole, Laurence J Jr

publication date

  • September 2010

publisher