3Innovation Strategies in Motion in the Australian Public Sector

DOI: 10.4324/9781003191131-4

Introduction

This chapter highlights the Australian state government departments’ capabilities in promoting innovation through various perspectives derived from government reports, newsletters and websites. According to Klein, et al. (2013), innovation in public sector organisations is reliant on evolved organisational capabilities. Clausen, Demircioglu and Alsos (2019) articulated that organisations with innovation capability not only have more opportunities to spur innovation processes, but they may also be better at sourcing external resources and further supporting the organisation’s capability to innovate. Although several scholars examined innovation ...

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