Knowledge and Innovation in Public Administration

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Exposure of key contents, for each subject, using audiovisual systems. Discussion in small groups or larger group reflection. The participatory methodology seeks to create conditions so that students know how to use critically the concepts presented in the context of Public Administration.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the concepts of Innovation and Knowledge Management and apply them in the context of Public Administration.

Improve skills, develop and update knowledge of Public Administration through models associated with innovation and knowledge management.

Understanding challenges in Public Administration related with Innovation and Knowledge Management.

Develop the ability to collect, organize and critically examine related contents of innovation and knowledge management in Public Administration and communicate proposals/findings for the improvement of public services.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

INNOVATION | definition; types of innovation; main theories of innovation.

INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR | definition; innovation types; economic importance of innovation; factors and preconditions for innovation; drivers and barriers (internal factors, external factors and political factors).

eGOVERNMENT |e-government as a driver of innovation in the public sector; framework of concepts and historical roots of eGovernment; maturity model of the EU eGovernment; eGovernment in Portugal.

OPEN GOVERNMENT | Open Administration as a driver of innovation in the public sector; framework of concepts; Open Administration in Portugal: some initiatives.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | introduction; conceptual aspects; application fields of knowledge; knowledge management tools and new technologies.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | general framework; areas of activity; Knowledge Management in Public Administration in Portugal.

Head Lecturer(s)

Víctor Manuel dos Reis Raposo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 30.0%
Project: 70.0%

Bibliography

CARAPETO, C. & FONSECA, F. (2014) Administração Pública – Modernização, Qualidade e Inovação, 3ª Ed., Edições Sílabo.

DAGLIO, M., et al. (2015) Building Organisational Capacity for Public Sector Innovation.

DALKIR, K. (2011) Knowledge management in theory and practice, 2nd ed., Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2014) Delivering the European Advantage? ‘How European governments can and should benefit from innovative public services’. Brussels.

HOLLANDERS, H., et al. (2013) European Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard 2013 - A pilot exercise.

LEE, J. (2010) 10 year retrospect on stage models of e-Government: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Government Information Quarterly, 27, 220-230.

LEÓN, L. R., et al. (2012) Trends and Challenges in Public Sector Innovation in Europe.

LINDERS, D. & WILSON, S. C. (2011) What is Open Government? One Year after the Directive. College Park, MD, USA, ACM.

SARKAR, S. (2014) Empreendedorismo e Inovação, Escolar Editora.