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Strategizing Public Sector Human Resource Management: The Implications of Working in Networks

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  • Jennifer Waterhouse
  • Robyn Keast

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Networks have come to the fore as a means by which government can achieve its strategic objectives, particularly when addressing complex or “wicked” issues. Such joined-up arrangements differ in their operations from other forms of organizing as they require collaborative effort to deliver the collaborative advantage. Strategic Human Resource Management is concerned with the matching of human resource practices to the strategic direction of organizations. It is argued that the strategic direction of government has been towards network involvement and that, as a result, a reconfiguration of Human Resource Management practices is needed to support this new direction. Drawing on eight network case studies findings are presented in relation to the roles government is expected to play in networks and conclusions are drawn about what types of human resource management practices would best support those roles. Implications for Strategic Human Resource Management are posited.

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  • Jennifer Waterhouse & Robyn Keast, 2012. "Strategizing Public Sector Human Resource Management: The Implications of Working in Networks," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(8), pages 562-576.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:35:y:2012:i:8:p:562-576
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.662782
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