Purpose – How knowledge management theories and frameworks are applied in the public sector is not well understood due to little evidence being published in the literature. This paper aims to identify core issues and challenges that governments face in delivering effective public policy, particularly challenges presented by increasing community expectations, and to highlight the importance of developing public policy via knowledge‐based partnerships with its stakeholders.Design/methodology/approach – Arguments draw on relevant theory in knowledge management and related fields as well as from public sector experiences.Findings – The main discussion examines some issues, challenges and opportunities in public policy developments and proposes some practical models to assist governments develop and capitalize on more effective knowledge‐based stakeholder partnerships.Practical implications – This paper suggests that some existing process frameworks can provide a good starting‐point to capturing knowledge abou...
['Andreas Riege', 'Nicholas Lindsay']
Knowledge management in the public sector: stakeholder partnerships in the public policy development