[PDF] Crowdsourcing In The Public Sector eBook

Author : Daren C. Brabham
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1626162220

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Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. Crowdsourcing works to generate new ideas or develop innovative solutions to problems by drawing on the wisdom of the many rather than the few. US local government experimented with rudimentary crowdsourcing strategies as early as 1989, but in the last few years local, state, and federal government have increasingly turned to crowdsourcing to enhance citizen participation in problem solving, setting priorities, and decision making. While crowdsourcing in the public sector holds much promise and is part of a larger movement toward more citizen participation in democratic government, many challenges, especially legal and ethical issues, need to be addressed to successfully adapt it for use in the public sector. Daren C. Brabham has been at the forefront of the academic study of crowdsourcing. This book includes extensive interviews with public and private sector managers who have used crowdsourcing. Brabham concludes with a list of the top ten best practices for public managers.

Author : A. Ant Ozok
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642217958

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2011, held in Orlando, FL, USA in July 2011 in the framework of the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2011 with 10 other thematically similar conferences. The 77 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the thematic area of online communities and social computing, addressing the following major topics: on-line communities and intelligent agents in education and research; blogs, Wikis and Twitters; social computing in business and the enterprise; social computing in everyday life; information management in social computing.

Author : Regina Lenart-Gansiniec
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 303077841X

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In recent years, crowdfunding has become important and it has been enthusiastically used not only by commercial organizations but also by the public sector. This alternative source of financing in times of constrained government budgets enables citizens to vote with their dollars online to bring ideas into reality. This book sheds light on the developing concept of crowdfunding in the public sector, with an overview of current academic discussions and best practices on crowdfunding in the public sector. The volume approaches crowdfunding in the public sector from an integrated perspective, addressing the dearth of publications on the subject. The book gathers a wealth of theoretical information, ideas, best practices and lessons learned in the context of executing concrete crowdfunding projects, and assess methodological approaches to integrating the topic of crowdfunding in public organizations curricula. The book provides definitions, insights and examples of this managerial perspective resulting in a theoretical framework of crowdfunding in the public sector. The contributors also explore different crowdfunding applications in public sectors such as local government, higher education, schools, arts & culture organizations, healthcare, energy sector, and police services, which are presented in several case studies. This is a unique book in the field that points the way forward both for policymakers and for the research community in terms of thinking about crowdfunding in the public sector and the complex issues surrounding its development.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1677 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522583637

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With the growth of information technology, many new communication channels and platforms have emerged. This growth has advanced the work of crowdsourcing, allowing individuals and companies in various industries to coordinate efforts on different levels and in different areas. Providing new and unique sources of knowledge outside organizations enables innovation and shapes competitive advantage. Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of crowdsourcing in business operations and management, science, healthcare, education, and politics. Highlighting a range of topics such as crowd computing, macrotasking, and observational crowdsourcing, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business executives, professionals, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of crowdsourcing.

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File Size : 25,3 MB
Release : 2012
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Over the past few years, the idea of the "wisdom of crowds" has become commonplace. There is wide recognition of the benefits of harnessing the collective experience, knowledge, perspectives, and resources to produce better products, services, and decisions. While crowdsourcing may seem to be a natural fit for governments, there are few examples of successful public sector use. Where, for example, is the public sector equivalent of Kickstarter that has crowdsourced funding for many start-ups that otherwise might have languished because of lack of support? In this e-Presentation, Paul Dombowsky discusses the principles that underpin crowdsourcing, shares some of Ideavibes public sector successes, and introduces other public sector applications he's working on.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1764 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522581839

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Businesses are looking for methods to incorporate social entrepreneurship in order to generate a positive return to society. Social enterprises have the ability to improve societies through altruistic work to create sustainable work environments for future entrepreneurs and their communities. Social Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a useful scholarly resource that examines the broad topic of social entrepreneurship by looking at relevant theoretical frameworks and fundamental terms. It also addresses the challenges and solutions social entrepreneurs face as they address their corporate social responsibility in an effort to redefine the goals of today’s enterprises and enhance the potential for growth and change in every community. Highlighting a range of topics such as the social economy, corporate social responsibility, and competitive advantage, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, academics, and graduate-level students in the fields of economics, business administration, sociology, education, politics, and international relations.

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File Size : 22,70 MB
Release : 2012
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Over the past few years, the idea of the "wisdom of crowds" has become commonplace. There is wide recognition of the benefits of harnessing the collective experience, knowledge, perspectives, and resources to produce better products, services, and decisions. While crowdsourcing may seem to be a natural fit for governments, there are few examples of successful public sector use. Where, for example, is the public sector equivalent of Kickstarter that has crowdsourced funding for many start-ups that otherwise might have languished because of lack of support? In this e-Presentation, Paul Dombowsky discusses the principles that underpin crowdsourcing, shares some of Ideavibes public sector successes, and introduces other public sector applications he's working on.

Author : Babao?lu, Cenay
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1799849791

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As the field of public administration has been changing due to globalization, government reforms, and increasing governance practices within intergovernmental networks, research and teaching in public administration also adapted itself to these changes. Public policy research and instruction has become transformed and has diffused into other countries with the help of international organizations and other agents of change and transfer. Research in this field is seen as an opportunity for a definitive shift from traditional models of public administration in the sense that policies may be better designed, articulated, and governed through a collaborative approach, while service provision could be enhanced in terms of proximity, representativeness, and innovativeness. The Handbook of Research on Global Challenges for Improving Public Services and Government Operations provides comprehensive approaches to the study of public administration and public policy from a comparative perspective and includes sound theories and concepts for understanding opportunities and challenges governments face when seeking to improve public services and government operations. The book is a compilation of selective high-quality chapters covering cases, experiences, and practical recommendations on topics related to public administration, public policy, social policy, public management, and public affairs. This book is ideal for policymakers, students, and researchers in the field of public administration, public policy, governance, public management, public affairs, citizen engagement, and administrative sciences and management along with practitioners, stakeholders, and academicians interested in the best practices of various countries in public administration and policy.

Author : Christopher L. Tucci
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 30,71 MB
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0192548190

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Examples of the value that can be created and captured through crowdsourcing go back to at least 1714 when the UK used crowdsourcing to solve the Longitude Problem, obtaining a solution that would enable the UK to become the dominant maritime force of its time. Today, Wikipedia uses crowds to provide entries for the world's largest and free encyclopedia. Partly fueled by the value that can be created and captured through crowdsourcing, interest in researching the phenomenon has been remarkable. Despite this - or perhaps because of it - research into crowdsourcing has been conducted in different research silos, within the fields of management (from strategy to finance to operations to information systems), biology, communications, computer science, economics, political science, among others. In these silos, crowdsourcing takes names such as broadcast search, innovation tournaments, crowdfunding, community innovation, distributed innovation, collective intelligence, open source, crowdpower, and even open innovation. This book aims to assemble chapters from many of these silos, since the ultimate potential of crowdsourcing research is likely to be attained only by bridging them. Chapters provide a systematic overview of the research on crowdsourcing from different fields based on a more encompassing definition of the concept, its difference for innovation, and its value for both private and public sector.