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Facing especially wicked problems, social sector organizations are searching for powerful new methods to understand and address them. Design Thinking for the Greater Good goes in depth on both the how of using new tools and the why. As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward better answers, design thinking is already well established in the commercial world. Through ten stories of struggles and successes in fields such as health care, education, agriculture, transportation, social services, and security, the authors show how collaborative creativity can shake up even the most entrenched bureaucracies—and provide a practical roadmap for readers to implement these tools. The design thinkers Jeanne Liedtka, Randy Salzman, and Daisy Azer explore how major agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and the Transportation and Security Administration in the United States, as well as organizations in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, have instituted principles of design thinking. In each case, these groups have used the tools of design thinking to reduce risk, manage change, use resources more effectively, bridge the communication gap between parties, and manage the competing demands of diverse stakeholders. Along the way, they have improved the quality of their products and enhanced the experiences of those they serve. These strategies are accessible to analytical and creative types alike, and their benefits extend throughout an organization. This book will help today's leaders and thinkers implement these practices in their own pursuit of creative solutions that are both innovative and achievable.

HUMAN SERVICES--MANAGEMENT --- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION--DECISION MAKING --- MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

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Administrative agencies --- Public administration --- Decision making. --- Administrative agencies - Canada. --- Public administration - Decision making.

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"Governance is about governing, and governing is predominantly about making decisions. This might appear to be a truism but we assert that much of the governance literature in general, and the development of governance theory in particular, has lost perspective on what constitutes the core issue of democratic governance; governing. Equally important, governing frequently means making and enforcing unpopular decisions which require a solid institutional framework and a regulated process. Again, decision making is at the heart of governing and governance. It is generally acknowledged that governing contemporary society is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. Governments around the world address this complexity by engaging societal partners in the process of governing but this strategy has entailed complex contingencies related to the organization and management of collaborative forms of governance. Most academic observers of governance have interpreted these developments as proof of a "shift" in the locus of political power from government to networks and other forms of exchange between state and society. In an effort to produce new analytical models to study the collaborative dimension of governance most political scientists seem to ignore the fundamental circumstance that the state remains very much at the centre of governance"-- "Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. In this book, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre propose a new framework for the comparative analysis of governance, arguing that government remains a central actor in governance. By articulating the functionalist dimension of governance they show how goal setting, resource mobilization, decision-making, implementation and feedback can be performed by a combination of different types of actors. Even so, effective governance requires a leading role for government. The framework is also applied to a taxonomy of governance arrangements and national styles of governing. Comparative Governance advances our knowledge about governance failure and how forms of governance may change. It also significantly strengthens the theory of governance, showing how governance can be studied conceptually as well as empirically"--

Comparative government. --- Political science --- Public administration --- Decision-making in public administration --- Decision-making in political science --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Decision making. --- Comparative government --- Political science - Decision making --- Public administration - Decision making

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European law --- European federation --- Public administration --- Construction européenne --- Administration publique (Science) --- Decision making --- Prise de décision --- European federation. --- #SBIB:327.7H220 --- Decision-making in public administration --- Federation of Europe --- Pan Europa movement --- Paneuropean federation --- United States of Europe (Proposed) --- Federal government --- Regionalism (International organization) --- Decision making. --- Europese Unie: instellingen en besluitvorming --- Construction européenne --- Prise de décision --- Public administration - Decision making