Preventing dysfunction and improving policy advice: the role of intra-departmental boundary spanners

dc.contributor.authorCarey, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorBuick, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorPescud, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorMalbon, E
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T01:18:51Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:58:43Z
dc.description.abstractIt is well established in the public management literature that boundary spanners – people or groups that work across departments or sectors – are critical to the success of whole of government and joined-up working. In studying recent unprecedented change to central government agencies in the Australian context, our research identified that intra-departmental boundary spanners also play a critical role in the functioning of government departments, particularly during restructuring. Although most contemporary literature in public management concentrates on boundaries across formal organisational entities (departments, agencies, sectors), boundaries also exist within departments. Our research has found that without dedicated intra-departmental boundary spanners, significant role confusion and dysfunctional practices arise. In turn, this has serious implications for the quality of policy advice given to Cabinet. Further research needs to be undertaken into both the role of intra-departmental boundary spanners and how to nurture and manage the practice of intra-departmental boundary spanners. This is especially the case if changes in Australia represent a fundamental shift more broadly in the way central government agencies operate.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0313-6647en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/247393
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_AU
dc.rights© 2016 Institute of Public Administration Australiaen_AU
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Public Administrationen_AU
dc.subjectboundariesen_AU
dc.subjectstructural changeen_AU
dc.subjectwhole of governmenten_AU
dc.titlePreventing dysfunction and improving policy advice: the role of intra-departmental boundary spannersen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage186en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage176en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCarey, Gemma, University of New South Walesen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBuick, Fiona, University of New South Walesen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPescud, Melanie, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMalbon, E, UNSW Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu1003286@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidPescud, Melanie, u1003286en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111706 - Epidemiologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920599 - Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationU5654936xPUB32en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume76en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-8500.12213en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84993949208
local.identifier.thomsonID000402651400003
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByU5654936en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.wiley.com/en-gben_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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