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Implementation of management innovation leading to local government effectiveness

The purpose of this research is to emphasise the significance of management innovation development, i.e. its implementation in local government as a prerequisite to facilitate the introduction of other changes and, consequently, development of a higher level of effectiveness. The need to research management innovation in the public sector is gaining in importance due to the ongoing public administration reforms which are often, through the implementation of new methods and management concepts, aimed at increasing public service efficiency and effectiveness. Empirical research was conducted on local government units in Croatia. The research results show the dual relationship between management innovation and effectiveness. In addition to a direct relationship with effectiveness, this paper also confirmed an indirect relationship between implementation of management innovation and effectiveness, through influencing a higher level of implementation of other innovations. This implies that continuous innovation of management creates the basis for a faster, easier and more efficient implementation of other innovation, i.e. efforts are invested in increasing the effectiveness of local government in general. Further, results suggest that institutional isomorphic pressures are evident in Croatian local government units, leading them to adopt similar structures, strategies and processes.

Management innovation ; non-technological innovation ; local government ; effectiveness

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