Disruptive public policy: Challenges in implementation

Guide(s)

Naik, Gopal

Department

Economics

Area

Economics

University

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Place

Bangalore

Publication Date

3-31-2021

Year Awarded

March 2021

Year Completed

March 2021

Year Registered

June 2011

Abstract

More often, public sector innovation refers to a limited change in Government processes and technologies that happens over some time, almost imperceptibly. There are many barriers to a bureaucratic organisation adopting innovations. However, of late, there is an increased pressure on public sector organisations to become more innovative, even embracing disruptive innovations, to overcome the shortage of resources and expand the reach of quality public services (Eggers et al. 2015). There are no standard models for adopting disruptive innovation in Government, and the learnings from the private sector may not always be adequate (Christensen et al. 2006, Sahni, Wessel, and Christensen 2013). Disruptive innovation is a new technology, process, procedure or idea that has specific features. Functional limitations constrain the usage of disruptive innovation. It is often demanded only in a small segment of consumers, appeals to lower-end customers who need an inexpensive, simple, quick solution to their problems. When the innovation is new, there may not be any existing market due to its novelty; soon, the innovation transforms itself into the mainstream over time. Successful mainstream organisations do not promote a disruptive innovation due to many factors, but most importantly, due to a lack of requisite organisational capabilities. The existing organisational capabilities, namely its resources, processes, and values (collectively called RPV), are not compatible with the innovation. A fully autonomous unit or start-up is likely to pilot a disruptive innovation successfully (Christensen et al. 2006, Christensen and Overdorf 2000, Christensen, Raynor, and McDonald 2015). Our study examines the challenges a public sector organisation has to overcome while adopting a ‘Disruptive Public Policy’, a public policy that includes a mix of disruptive or radical innovations and sustaining or incremental innovations.

Pagination

174p.

Copyright

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Document Type

Dissertation

DAC Chairperson

Naik, Gopal

DAC Members

Ramesh, G; Swaminathan, Hema

Type of Degree

Ph.D.

Relation

DIS-IIMB-FPM-P21-21

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