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What Does it Take to Make Surprises Less Surprising
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In this paper, an empirical example from New Zealand is used to show the contribution complexity theory has to make to helping public management scholars and practitioners understand the origin of surprises and anticipate them.Abstract:
It is not unusual for public management systems to be ‘caught by surprise’ when events unfold which had not been anticipated in policy processes. An empirical example from New Zealand is used to show the contribution complexity theory has to make to helping public management scholars and practitioners understand the origin of surprises and anticipate them. This illustrative case identifies a number of unforeseen events in tertiary education, their origins and effects through a complexity-informed lens. These self-organizing changes can be the source of unwanted surprises (unknown unknowns) which require complexity-compatible approaches to their anticipation and management.read more
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What is Narrative Analysis
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Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or Why It's Amazing That Federal Programs Work at All . By Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron B. Wildavsky. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. xviii, 182. $7.50.)
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Chaos, Complexity and Sociology: Myths, Models and Theories@@@Chaos and Intoxication
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Complexity thinking in public administration’s theories-in-use
TL;DR: In this article, a compressed overview of complexity theory in public administration creates a starting point for comparison with other theories-in-use and concludes that understanding the complexity friendliness of extant theories will both facilitate the greater use of complexity theories in PA and extend the explanatory capacity of the existing compatible theories.
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