Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand

Drawing on an analysis of 112 watchdog reports that addressed collaboration, this paper concludes that governance issues make up a large proportion of all issues identified. Less commonly found were specific references to capacity and information management as important elements for effective collab...

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Main Authors: Wilkins, Peter, Phillimore, John, Gilchrist, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44679
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description Drawing on an analysis of 112 watchdog reports that addressed collaboration, this paper concludes that governance issues make up a large proportion of all issues identified. Less commonly found were specific references to capacity and information management as important elements for effective collaboration. The evidence from watchdog reports confirms that collaboration remains very problematic for the public sector. Moreover, it is not evident that the wider public sector is drawing on this evidence extensively to learn and improve.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-446792025-03-27T05:21:03Z Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand Wilkins, Peter Phillimore, John Gilchrist, David Drawing on an analysis of 112 watchdog reports that addressed collaboration, this paper concludes that governance issues make up a large proportion of all issues identified. Less commonly found were specific references to capacity and information management as important elements for effective collaboration. The evidence from watchdog reports confirms that collaboration remains very problematic for the public sector. Moreover, it is not evident that the wider public sector is drawing on this evidence extensively to learn and improve. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44679 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282249 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Wilkins, Peter
Phillimore, John
Gilchrist, David
Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title_full Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title_fullStr Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title_short Collaboration by the Public Sector: Findings by Watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
title_sort collaboration by the public sector: findings by watchdogs in australia and new zealand
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44679